Porter Prize Archive

Established in 1984, the Porter Fund Literary Prize is a non-profit organization supporting Arkansas writers and poets. The Porter Prize was founded in honor of Dr. Ben Kimpel.

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Now available to purchase from Amazon.com! Ben Kimpel Biography by Susan Wade Wink.

 

Watch the 35th Anniversary of the Porter Prize Gala video.

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Lifetime Achievement Award winners

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• Donald Harington — 2004

• Miller Williams — 2009

• Charles Portis — 2014

• Jo McDougall — 2019
   

2023 Porter Prize winner announced

Jay Jennings — Fiction

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

 

2023–2024 scholarship winner

Teighlor Chaney

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Contributions All contributions are tax-deductible and can be made by contacting Phillip McMath at (501) 396-5416.

Co-founders of the Porter Fund are Jack Butler and Phillip McMath.

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The Porter Fund Board of Directors

• Jack Butler

• Phillip McMath

• Jo McDougall

• Hope Coulter

• Hon. Morris Arnold

• Padma Viswanathan

• Werner Trieschmann

• Trenton Lee Stewart​