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Celebrating Arkansas Writers 

Inspired by a beloved writing professor, learn how The Porter Prize came to be. 

Past Porter Fund Literary Prize winners include poets, playwrights, novelists, and screenwriters

Awards, scholarships, speakers, and more

2024 Porter Fund Award Ceremony

Thursday, October 10
6:30 - 9:00 p.m.
Glass Box, Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts 
 
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The Porter Fund offers an annual $5,000 scholarship to a student in the University of Central Arkansas MFA Creative Writing Program. Email porterfund@gmail.com for more information.

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The Porter Fund

The Porter Fund was founded in 1984 by novelist Jack Butler and novelist and lawyer Phil McMath to honor Dr. Ben Kimpel. Kimpel was noted professor of English at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. The Porter Fund prize is named in honor of Kimpel’s mother, Gladys Crane Kimpel Porter. The annual prize of $5,000 is given to an Arkansas writer of merit and has been awarded to over 35 poets, novelists, non-fiction writers and playwrights. 

Email: porterfund@gmail.com

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