What a lovely piece memorializing Donald "Skip" Hay, the 2006 Porter Prize winner. "The story of Ark. literature can’t be told without taking a full account of Hays as both a writer and teacher."

Congratulations to Porter Fund cofounder Jack Butler on the recent release of “Firefish: The Collected Poems!” Read Phillip Martin's piece about Jack in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette / ArkansasOnline.com here:

The 2025 Porter Fund Literary Prize presentation was one for the books! Congratulations to our 2025 winner, Carolyn Guinzo. All our thanks to CALS for letting us be part of opening the new downtown library. Thank you to at The House Catering for providing the delicious hors d'oeuvres.

ICYMI: Arkansas poet Carolyn Guinzio is our 2025 Porter Fund Literary Prize winner. Join us on Friday. Oct. 3 at 5 p.m. in the newly transformed Central Arkansas Library in Downtown Little Rock. Learn more about this year's winner here: porterfund.com/post/carolyn-guinzio-2025-porter-prize