McCombs Awarded 2015 Porter Prize

We're proud to announce that our director, Davis McCombs, has been awarded the 2015 Porter Fund Literary Prize! One of the state's most prestigious literary awards, the Porter Prize annually honors an Arkansas writer who has made distinguished contributions to the field of literature. Congratulations, Davis!

Beimford in Zoetrope

The summer 2015 issue of Zoetrope features a short story by third-year student Caroline Beimford: "Enter, If You Care." Get a sneak-peek of the story online, then pick up your copy of the journal on bookshelves now. The story earned Caroline a Baucum Fulkerson Award for Fiction from our program earlier this year!

Boston in Four Ties Lit Review

Fourth-year student Melissa Boston has a new poem in issue 4, volume 1 of Four Ties Lit Review! Read "Valley Isle" here.

McCombs in Oxford American

The summer 2015 issue of Oxford American features four poems by our director, Davis McCombs. Pick up your copy or read the poems online today! And while you're on the OA website, check out Davis' essay "Scene, Scene Change," about what it is to be a poet of place and to cast one's line into new waters.

Nickol Awarded Beacon Street Prize for Fiction

Congratulations to alum Ben Nickol (2011), whose story "Tenants" won the 2015 Beacon Street Prize from the journal Redivider! Another of Ben's stories, "Safe," can be read in the current issue of Boulevard. And look for his collection Where the Wind Can Find It, which will be published later this year by Queen's Ferry Press. We're proud of you, Ben!

MFA Students Named International Fellows

Three students with ties to the Program in Creative Writing & Translation have won prestigious fellowships to pursue studies abroad! Recent graduates Kathleen Heil and Max Thompson and former MFA student Kaveh Bassiri are among the nine students selected this year as Sturgis International Fellows. Heil's project will take her to Berlin while Bassiri and Thompson are headed to Iran and Russia respectively. Read more about their projects and destinations!

Flash Fiction by Tanaka

Short but not sweet: sample three morsels of flash fiction by alum Kaj Tanaka (2013). You can read "Service," "In-Service," and "After the Fall Carnival" on Revolution John now.