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The $5000 prize is one of the most prestigious literary awards in Arkansas. (The non-profit organization also awards a lifetime achievement award every five years and an annual scholarship to a student in the University of Central Arkansas Master of Fine Arts Creative Writing Program.) The Porter Prize was founded in honor of Ben Drew Kimpel.
The University of Arkansas's M.F.A. program has graduated a number of notable writers, including Lewis Nordan, John Dufresne, Steve Yarbrough, and more. In 2004, the state held the first annual Arkansas Literary Festival in Little Rock, attracting famous writers from around the nation. The Porter Prize is the state's most prestigious literary ...
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The University of Georgia Libraries' example is one where living author arwardees would be invited to campus to give a speech, and creators of the program hoped it would attract donors. [1] John D'Agata, in his book Halls of Fame: Essays (2001) commented on the phenomenon of halls of fame. Per a review of the book, "In these refreshingly bold ...
Williams was born in Hoxie, Arkansas, to Ernest Burdette and Ann Jeanette Miller Williams.He was educated in Arkansas, first enrolling at Hendrix College in Conway and eventually transferring to Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, where he published his first collection of poems, Et Cetera, while getting his bachelor's degree in biology.
Anne V. Zarrow Award for Young Readers' Literature (USA) – since 1991; The Eilis Dillon Award (Ireland) – since 1995; Angus Book Award (UK) – since 1996; Pura Belpré Award for Latino literature (USA) – since 1996; Marsh Award for Children’s Literature in Translation (UK) – since 1996; Children's Laureate (UK) – since 1999
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