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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Porter Prize (Home Page)|website=Porter Fund Literary Prize (porter-prize.com)|url=http://porter-prize.com/index.htm}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Ben Drew Kimpel (1915–1983)|website=Encyclopedia of Arkansas|url=http://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/ben-drew-kimpel-1688/}}</ref>
==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<ref>{{cite web|title=The Porter Prize Winners|website=Porter Fund Literary Prize (porter-prize.com)|url=http://porter-prize.com/porter-winners.htm}}</ref>
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Category:American literary awards Category:Awards established in 1984