This year’s winners were Katy Yocom in Prose for her novel, Three Ways to Disappear and Wendy Taylor Carlisle for her book of poetry, The Mercy of Traffic.
We also congratulate the following finalists:
Prose:
Not Dead Yet Hadley Moore
Poetry:
Soft Science Franny Choi
Skin Memory John Sibley Williams
The Mean Game John Wall Barger
The McMath Award was founded in 2016 to promote recently published books and to honor central Arkansas author and literary advocate Phillip H. McMath, who selected the overall winner from the finalists chosen by students in the Arkansas Writers MFA Workshop.
Arkansas Writers MFA Program @ UCA 
Reblogged this on K. M. Bates and commented:
I had the honor of reading this year’s poetry winner, THE MERCY OF TRAFFIC by Wendy Taylor Carlisle, as a preliminary judge. The second I knew I would have to pass the book on to the next round, I made sure to buy a copy for myself – no regrets!
Read about the annual Phillip H. McMath Post Publication Book Award: https://arkansaswriters.wordpress.com/…/winners-and…/