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University of Central Arkansas Scholarship   Each year the Porter Fund awards a $5,000 Porter Scholarship to a student enrolled in the University of Central Arkansas MFA Writing Program. The 2025 Porter Fund Scholarship recipient is Hex Brown​​​

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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 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. 

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