The 10th Annual Jax Poetry Fest will kick off on Tuesday, April 1, 2025 with 100% FREE in-person and virtual events, performances, and exhibits. Check out our full schedule below filled with workshops, poetry performances and more! A big thank you to our partners and sponsors who make this community event possible.

Schedule Of Events

Telling Stories Through Poetry, featuring Shutta Crum

12:00 pm to 1:00 pm - Register on Eventbrite

Join Shutta Crum for a unique poetry workshop on telling stories through poetry. Shutta will provide examples of, and lead the group in looking at, how narrative can drive a poem or provide backstory for a poem. Writing and sharing breaks will be included. A handout on her website will be available for further study.

Shutta Crum is a Robinson Jeffers Tor House honoree poet (2024). More than 150 of her poems have appeared in journals. A Pushcart nominee, she is the recipient of 9 Royal Palm Literary Awards (FL) and has three chapbooks in print, as well as three novels and fifteen children’s books. She publishes: The Wordsmith’s Playground.