Seventh Annual Phillip H. McMath Award, Winners and Finalists

We are pleased to announce this year’s winners: In poetry, Laura Apol for A Fine Yellow Dust, from Michigan State Continue reading →

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT RE: MCMATH POST PUBLICATION BOOK AWARDS

PHILLIP H. MCMATH POST PUBLICATION BOOK AWARD IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT–2021 AWARD DELAYED, 2022 AWARDS ON HIATUS, AWARDS TO CONTINUE FOR 2023  Continue reading →

Winners and Finalists, Sixth Annual Phillip H. McMath Post Publication Book Award

This year’s winners were Katy Yocom in Prose for her novel, Three Ways to Disappear and Wendy Taylor Carlisle for Continue reading →

Arkansas Writers MFA Workshop Supports Black Lives Matter

In March 2020, Breyonna Taylor was shot as she slept in her home by Louisville police. Two months later, George Continue reading →

Alumni Celebrated at AWP2020

The Arkansas Writers MFA Workshop celebrated two alumni on the publication of their books at a reception at the AWP2020 Continue reading →

MFA Alum Publishes First Novel

The Arkansas Writers MFA Program at UCA congratulates 2015 graduate, Stacey Margaret Jones, on the publication of her first novel.  Continue reading →

TO LAY TO REST OUR GHOSTS SELECTED FOR FOURTH MCMATH AWARD

  The Arkansas Writers MFA Workshop, housed at the University of Central Arkansas, is proud to announce Caitlin Hamilton Summie’s Continue reading →

Meet MFA Candidate Pamela James

Pamela James is originally from Wichita, Kansas, and has a B.A. in English from the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Continue reading →