JaxbyJax XI
Student Showcase Writers 

2024 Student Showcase

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Please note: there is no application fee for student submissions.

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James Robert Cobb Student Writer Awards

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There will be three poetry winners, and three prose winners.

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Cash prizes are $250 for 1st place, $150 for 2nd place, and $100 for 3rd place in each category.

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Poet Andres Rojas generously sponsors the awards in honor of his late teacher, mentor, and friend.  Rojas says, "These awards are given to selected student writer participants at JaxbyJax in memory of Dr. James R. Cobb, a professor at Florida State College at Jacksonville's Kent Campus for over 20 years. He was a life-long educator and supporter of higher education for all who aspired to it. Dr. Cobb was a mentor and a model for broad-minded but rigorous thought to his students."

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JaxbyJax is grateful to Rojas for honoring the memory of a beloved teacher by encouraging student writers and celebrating their work.

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THE FOLLOWING TALENTED JACKSONVILLE
HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS

(in alphabetical order by last name)
WILL PRESENT THEIR WORK:

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Douglas Anderson School of the Arts

Clover Anglin - "My Mother at 22"

Esmé DeVries - "I Bled at My Baptism"

​Emerson Flanagan - "Kindred Spirit"

Oona Keleher - "A Lesson on Teenage Girlhood"

Layla Stalford - "Maritime Spirit"

Scooter Wirth-"The Effects of Seasonal Changes on Floridian Coastal Wildlife"

(with thanks to Tiffany Melanson & Michelle L. Flores)

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Florida State College at Jacksonville (FSCJ)

​​Amaria Dukes - "Sun-Power Woman: A Journey of Self-Love"

Faith Evans - "What is Love?"

(with thanks to Jenn Chase, Darlyn Finch Kuhn, and Whitney Lafond)

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University of North Florida (UNF)

​Kinsey Gabree - "The Day the Music Died"

Nayra Lea McMahan - "The Collector," from "Rockhounds"

(with thanks to Mark Ari, Tricia Booker, and Jessica Stark )

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JaxbyJax Student Showcase is sponsored by: