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News from faculty & students of the BA in Creative Writing and the MFA in Creative Writing at UCA. Unless noted, all events are free and open to the public.

This page celebrates publications by our faculty and students. It also shares information about readings and visiting authors. Please join us.

10/09/2026

Penelle Magazine is looking for a Spring 2027 creative writing intern!

Penelle is a literary magazine that publishes poetry, fiction, nonfiction, book reviews, and art, with a special interest in Southern and Arkansan authors. It was founded by UCA alum Kameron Ray Morton (CRWR, class of 2018).

The internship is open to CRWR majors and minors with junior or senior standing. It's unpaid, but you can earn up to 3 credit hours through CRWR 4V85. Interested? Email Prof. Longhorn at [email protected].

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10/06/2026

There's more Poetry@thePublic this Sunday, featuring our own Prof. Acie Clark alongside central Arkansas poet Michelle Stoll! Join us for a great reading on Sunday, October 11, 2pm - 4pm at the Faulkner County Library (1900 Tyler St).

This series of readings by poets from Arkansas and the Ozarks region is hosted by the Faulkner County Library and coordinated by SLANT, the UCA journal of contemporary poetry. Library doors for these Sunday events open at 2 p.m., and the readings begin at 2:30. The event is free of charge and open to the public.

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UCA College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences The Echo University of Central Arkansas

10/02/2026

https://forms.gle/aFc5HguG6xzhoPYK7 - Send your clips here to be featured!

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09/30/2026

Let's talk about zines!

Creative Writing Club is meeting Thursday, October 1st during X-Period! 1:40 - 2:30pm in Win Thompson room 104.

Whether you’re a poet, fiction writer, screen writer, or just like being around people who talk about books too much – come hang out! All majors are welcome.

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09/28/2026

Y’all come out for Carrie Lee South, a UCA MFA alum at the 2026 Six Bridges Book Festival! We need to celebrate her chilling debut novel, In the Woods They Wait.⁠

Saturday, October 3
1:00pm
CALS Main Library
100 S. Rock St, Little Rock
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Set deep in the Arkansas Ozarks, the novel follows park ranger Audrey Figg, whose younger brother disappeared fifteen years ago at Devil’s Den State Park. When another child vanishes under eerily similar circumstances, Audrey is pulled back into the mystery—and forced to confront the possibility that something sinister may be waiting in the woods.⁠
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Blending suspense, horror, and a vivid sense of place, In the Woods They Wait is a haunting story rooted in the landscapes of our state.

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09/24/2026

UCA's own Dr. Jennifer Case will be at the Six Bridges Book Festival with her new book, The Carework Project: Reckoning with Love, Labor, and the Living World, which looks at what care means in a time of climate crisis. She'll be joined by Dr. Allison Alford (Good Daughtering), with moderator Jennifer O'Brien.

Saturday, October 3
5:30–6:30pm
CALS Main Library
100 S. Rock Street, Little Rock

This is just one of many sessions at the festival. Six Bridges runs September 27 through October 4, with plenty more to see and hear. The full schedule and event sign-up is at sixbridgesbookfestival.org.

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09/22/2026

UCA’s own Prof. Acie Clark will be reading from his debut poetry collection, Small Talk, winner of the Hub City Press New Southern Voices Poetry Prize, as part of the Six Bridges Book Festival. He'll be joined by poets Ellie Black (Revelator) and Lee Bains (Work Lunch), with moderator Matt White

Monday, September 28
6:30–7:30pm
White Water Tavern
2500 W. 7th St, Little Rock

The event is at a tavern, but it's open to all ages. This is just one night of the festival. Six Bridges runs September 27 through October 4, with plenty more to see and hear. The full schedule and event sign-up is at sixbridgesbookfestival.org

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09/17/2026

Have you considered going on to graduate school in creative writing, but you have a lot of questions? This is the place to be to find those answers!

We will be hosting the Creative Writing Graduate School Information Session to answer questions you may have regarding any step of the process.

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09/15/2026

Poetry at the Public is back for 2026-2027!

Join the Faulkner County Library and our friends at the School of Language and Literature on Sunday, September 20th for an afternoon of poetry and community. Doors open at 2:00pm; readings start at 2:30pm.

Paulette Guerin is an Associate Professor of English at Harding University and a UCA alum (MA in English). She's the author of Wading Through Lethe, with a new book, When I First Loved You, forthcoming.

Michael Blanchard is an adjunct professor in UCA's School of Language & Literature and the author of five poetry collections, most recently The Things of This World, out this past February.

Come listen, bring a friend and…

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The Echo

09/14/2026

Bring your notebook!

Creative Writing Club is meeting Thursday, September 17th during X-Period! 1:40 - 2:30pm in Win Thompson room 104.

Whether you’re a poet, fiction writer, screen writer, or just like being around people who talk about books too much – come hang out! All majors are welcome.

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