top of page
porterfund_websitebanner.jpg

THE PORTER FUND

Celebrating Arkansas Writers

Est. 1984

PORTER PRIZE CEREMONY

Friday  |  October 3, 2025

5 p.m.

Central Arkansas Library System Main Library 
DOWNTOWN LITTLE ROCK

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

CG 2025 BW (1).jpg

The Porter Fund offers an annual $5,000 scholarship to a student in the University of Central Arkansas MFA Creative Writing Program.

Email stephv@uca.edu for more information.

​

​

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 a 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 more than 40 poets, novelists, non-fiction writers and playwrights. 

Email: arkansas.porterfund@gmail.com

​

Get E-Mail Updates

Thanks for submitting!

bottom of page