Events

Elizabeth Muscari Named Undergraduate Winner of Felix Christopher McKean Memorial Award

Elizabeth Muscari, a senior honors English major, has been awarded the undergraduate Felix Christopher McKean Memorial Award for her poem, "Poem for Ann."

English Professor Receives Fellowship From National Endowment for the Arts

U of A professor Toni Jensen has been awarded a $25,000 fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts for the upcoming year.

Martha Carstensen Named Undergraduate Winner of Felix Christopher McKean Memorial Award

Martha Carstensen has been awarded the undergraduate Felix Christopher McKean Memorial Award for her poem, "Like a Lamb."

Program in Creative Writing and Translation Welcomes Assistant Professor in Fiction

Welcome novelist Bryan Hurt, who joins the faculty as a tenure-track assistant professor!

Alumna Chelsea Rathburn Named Poet Laureate of Georgia

M.F.A. alumna Chelsea Rathburn named Poet Laureate of Georgia.

Alum Jo McDougall Named Poet Laureate of Arkansas

Gov. Asa Hutchinson has appointed MFA alumna Jo McDougall as Poet Laureate of Arkansas.

Fayetteville Named a Best Place to Live in Nation

For the second consecutive year, Fayetteville has been ranked number 5 on the U.S. News & World Report Best Places to Live report.

Read Arkansas International Issue 6

The Arkansas International has released its sixth issue featuring poetry, fiction, essays, and comics from around the nation and globe.

Johnson Graduate Fellowship Supports Diversity in Creative Writing

Alumnus, poet and essayist J. Chester Johnson and his wife, Freda, have committed $150,000 to the University of Arkansas to support the creation of a graduate fellowship for the Program in Creative Writing and Translation that will be used to attract and recruit top students who create and maintain the diversity of the M.F.A. program in creative writing.

Fourth-Year MFA Readings

Join us to celebrate a talented new cohort of graduating writers, with readings on April 13, April 20, and May 4.

Short Talks Features Davis McCombs

In the latest Short Talks podcast, our director, Davis McCombs, reads from his new collection, LORE, and talks about how the Ozarks came to shape his work.

2018-19 Fellowship Recipients

Each year, the Program in Creative Writing and Translation awards more than $110,000 in fellowships to current and incoming MFA students. We're pleased to announce our fellowship recipients for the 2018-19 academic year.

Welcome Incoming MFA Class, 2019

As classes begin for the 2019-20 academic year, the Program in Creative Writing and Translation welcomes eleven new writers to the MFA program.

Davis McCombs Wins Guggenheim Fellowship

Poet Davis McCombs, director of the Program in Creative Writing and Translation, has won a prestigious 2017 Guggenheim Fellowship to support his creative work.

Reading by Renowned Poet Claudia Rankine

Renowned poet Claudia Rankine will give a free reading of her work at 7pm, October 27, as the Program in Creative Writing & Translation 2016 Distinguished Reader.