The Arkansas Programs in Creative Writing & Translation: Weblog

Medders to appear in Brain, Child

Creative Writing — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:00:00 +0000

"Along for the Ride," an essay by Camilla Shumaker Medders, will appear in the summer issue of Brain, Child: The Magazine for Thinking Mothers.

Honum accepted by Nimrod

Creative Writing — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 19:28:00 +0000

Second-year student Chloë Honum has had three poems accepted by Nimrod.

Travis in storySouth

Creative Writing — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:58:00 +0000

MFA student Robert B. Travis has a new story titled The Plastic Flower Option in the online journal storySouth.

Brock's translation a finalist for L.A. Times prize

Creative Writing — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 23:39:00 +0000

Geoff Brock's most recent translation, Antonia Arslan's Skylark Farm, has just been named one of five finalists for the 2007 First Fiction Award given by the L.A. Times. Winners will be announced April 25. (Brock's first translation, Cesare Pavese's Disaffections, appeared on the L.A. Times' "Best Books of 2003" list.)

Mulholland chosen as runner-up

Creative Writing — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:28:00 +0000

Meaghan Mulholland's story "Immersion Program" was recently selected by guest judge Lan Samantha Chang as runner-up for the 2007 Indiana Review Fiction Prize. Mulholland is a first-year student in the program.

Heffernan in Unsplendid

Creative Writing — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:29:00 +0000

Four of Michael Heffernan's poems are featured in the most recent issue of Unsplendid. Audio recordings of Heffernan reading the poems are also offered at the site.

Longhorn in Quarterly West

Creative Writing — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:50:00 +0000

MFA alum Sandy Longhorn's poem "Of Mortal Men and Women" appears in the current issue of Quarterly West (65).

Penkov selected for Best American Short Stories

Creative Writing — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:48:00 +0000

Salman Rushdie, this year's guest editor, and Heidi Pitlor have chosen Miroslav Penkov's story "Buying Lenin" to appear in the 2008 volume of The Best American Short Stories. Penkov is a third-year student in the MFA program.

Shores shortlisted

Creative Writing — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:46:00 +0000

MFA student Jacob Shores-Arguello has been shortlisted for the Montoya Prize from the University of Notre Dame press. A final decision is expected in April.

McCombs interview

Creative Writing — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:12:00 +0000

An interview with Davis McCombs (conducted by our very own Ash Bowen) will appear in the next issue of Turnrow.

Penkov wins Welty Prize

Creative Writing — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:39:00 +0000

Miroslav Penkov has been awarded the 2007 Eudora Welty Prize in Fiction for his story "Buying Lenin." The award is given to the best short story published in The Southern Review each year. Miro is the current recipient of the Walton Fellowship in fiction and a third-year student in the MFA program.

Students launch new online poetry magazine

Creative Writing — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 17:31:00 +0000

Linebreak is a new online poetry magazine edited and published by MFA students Ash Bowen, Johnathon Williams, and Ashley McHugh. Since its launch on Jan. 22, the site has published poems from Bob Hicok, Bruce Bond, and, most recently, Barry Ballard. The format is a little different from most online journals -- each week, the site features a single poem from a single poet. Poems are published in both text and audio formats, and the site is updated each Tuesday.

Current faculty and students at Arkansas are ineligible for publication in the magazine, but the editors are seeking local poets to help record audio versions of selected poems.

Give it a look when you get a chance, and feel free to email the editors with feedback.

Bowen accepted by Crab Orchard Review

Creative Writing — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:44:00 +0000

Ash Bowen's poem "Falling in Love with Flash Gordon" has been accepted for a special issue of Crab Orchard Review. The issue is titled "The In-Between Age: Writers on Adolescence" and will be available in August. Ash is a second-year student in the program.

Recent publications from Geoff Brock

Creative Writing — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:56:00 +0000

Geoff Brock has ten new poems out: a four-poem sequence in the new issue of The Hudson Review, three poems in the finale issue of Electronic Poetry Review, two poems in JoAnne Balingit's "nerve" at la fovea, and one poem in Drunken Boat #9.

Bray wins Rudnitsky Prize

Creative Writing — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:49:00 +0000

MFA alum Tara Bray has won the Lexi Rudnitsky Prize from Persea Books. The prize includes a $1,000 award and publication of her manuscript.

Macri published in New Delta Review

Creative Writing — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:08:00 +0000

MFA alum Angie Macri's poems "Heartland" and "The Bell at Kaskaskia" appear in the current issue of New Delta Review (25.1).

In addition, Macri is the featured Illinois poet with fourteen poems and an interview in the current issue of The Spoon River Poetry Review (32.2).

Macri is serving in her fourth year as the chair of the English Department at Pulaski Technical College in North Little Rock, Arkansas, where she also teaches courses in creative writing, American literature, and composition.

McCombs featured at Poem of the Week

Creative Writing — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:01:00 +0000

Davis McCombs is featured at Poem of the Week with two poems from his most recent collection and a short interview.

Longhorn published in Redivider

Creative Writing — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 04:59:00 +0000

MFA alum Sandy Longhorn's poems "'Touch Me' Misread as 'Torch Me'" and "Disclaimer" appear in the current issue of Redivider (5.1).

Hoahwah in Indiana Review

Creative Writing — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:13:00 +0000

MFA alum Sy Hoahwah's poem "NDN Way" appears in the current issue of the Indiana Review (29.2).

McCombs selected for Best American Poetry 2008

Creative Writing — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:09:00 +0000

A poem by Davis McCombs will appear in The Best American Poetry 2008, edited by Charles Wright. Congratulations, Davis!

Penkov's "Buying Lenin" Online

Creative Writing — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:30:00 +0000

Miroslav Penkov's story "Buying Lenin" is now available on the Southern Review's web site. The story was originally published in the autumn issue of the journal. Penkov is a third-year student in the MFA program.

Brock's translations featured in Poetry Magazine

Creative Writing — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 20:58:00 +0000

The December 2007 issue of Poetry Magazine features a portfolio of Italian poetry edited by our own Geoff Brock. Brock contributed several of the translations in the portfolio, as well as an essay on contemporary Italian poetry. His translation of "At the Circus" by Umberto Fiori is available here.

McCombs featured in Poetry Daily

Creative Writing — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 20:52:00 +0000

Two poems by Davis McCombs -- "Noodling" and "The Last Wolf in Edmonson County" -- are featured today at Poetry Daily. Both poems are from Dismal Rock, McCombs's most recent collection.

Bowen accepted to Blackbird

Creative Writing — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 04:46:00 +0000

Ash Bowen's poem "All My Vendettas I've Given Your Name" has been accepted by Blackbird for publication in the journal's spring issue. Ash is a second-year poet in the program.

McCombs reads tonight

Creative Writing — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 22:01:00 +0000

Davis McCombs will read from his work tonight at 7 p.m. at George's on Dickson St.