Porter Prize

The Porter Prize, established in 1984 by the non-profit organization known as the Porter Fund Literary Prize, is awarded annually to a writer who has created a substantial body of work and has a significant connection with Arkansas. 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.

Recipients

 * 2023 Jay Jennings Fiction
 * 2022	Mark Barr	Fiction
 * 2021	Jen Fawkes	Fiction
 * 2020	Geffrey Davis	Poetry
 * 2019	Qui Nguyen	Playwriting
 * 2018	Tyrone Jaeger	Fiction
 * 2017	Padma Viswanathan	Fiction
 * 2016	Sandy Longhorn 	Poetry
 * 2015	Davis McCombs 	Poetry
 * 2014	Mara Leveritt	Non-Fiction
 * 2013 Pat Carr	Fiction
 * 2012 Margaret Jones Bolsterli  Non-Fiction
 * 2011 Bill Harrison	Fiction
 * 2010 Bob Ford	Playwriting
 * 2009 Roy Reed	Non-Fiction
 * 2008 Trenton Lee Stewart	Fiction
 * 2007 Greg Brownderville	Poetry
 * 2006 Donald "Skip" Hays	Fiction
 * 2005 Shirley Abbott Non-Fiction
 * 2005 Constance Merritt	Poetry
 * 2004 Michael Burns	Poetry
 * 2003 Kevin Brockmeier	Fiction
 * 2002 Ralph Burns	Poetry
 * 2001 Morris Arnold	Non-Fiction
 * 2001 Fleda Brown	Poetry
 * 2000 Jo McDougall	Poetry
 * 1999 Grif Stockley	Fiction
 * 1998 Michael Heffernan	Poetry
 * 1997 Dennis Vannatta	Fiction
 * 1996 David Jauss	Fiction
 * 1995 Norman Lavers	Fiction
 * 1994 Werner Trieschmann	Playwriting
 * 1993 No Prize was awarded
 * 1992 Andrea Hollander	Poetry
 * 1991 Crescent Dragonwagon	Fiction
 * 1990 James Twiggs	Fiction
 * 1989 Hope Norman Coulter	Fiction
 * 1988 Paul Lake	Poetry
 * 1987 Donald Harington	Fiction
 * 1986 Buddy Nordan	Fiction
 * 1985 Leon Stokesbury	Poetry