University of Central Arkansas Scholarship
 

Each year the Porter Fund has awarded a Porter Scholarship to a student enrolled in the University of Central Arkansas MFA Writing Program. 2024 Porter Fund Scholarship recipient, Caroline Cherry Averitt, received $5,000. 

 

Caroline Cherry Averitt, from Jonesboro, AR, graduated from Arkansas State University with a B.S. in multimedia journalism and a minor in writing studies, creative track in 2024. She has always had a passion for writing and as an Arkansas native, is excited to cultivate those passions at the Arkansas Writers MFA Workshop through this scholarship. 

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