The Arkansas International

Read the entirety of Acie Clark's brilliant poem "Walt Whitman" at arkint.org/latest. And while you're there, order one of the gorgeous print issues in our store.

Issue 18 is here! The gorgeous Spring 2026 issue of the Arkansas International includes work by Frank Stanford, C.D. Wright, Geffrey Davis, Henry Dumas, Ben Bird, Ukata Edwardson and many more! With a luminous cover by Carroll Cloar and a Gustav Carlson comic written by Charles Portis, the author of True Grit. Plus a Nigerian folio curated by Uchenna Awoke and Abuchi Modilim. It’s our Arkansas-themed issue, with works by writers and artists with a significant connection to the Natural State.

Order now or subscribe for May delivery at arkint.org—or go to the link in our bio.

You’re invited to a reading at Pearl's books on February 5 at 6:30! Editors from the Arkansas International will read some of our favorite pieces from Issue 17. Come out of the cold and meet other lit-minded folks while we read amazing fiction, poetry, and non-fiction. (Pearl's is an incredible bookstore with the coolest staff.) 28 E Center St, downtown Fayetteville.

We are now open for submissions for our Fall 2026 Themed Issue on Labor. Send us your stories, poems, comics, and non-fiction about all the ways we labor, whether emotional, physical, or mental. How does labor form and inform our lives? What does our work say about what we love, or about what or whom we care for? What does it reveal about what we hate or fear? Hired labor, hard labor, labors of love, or laborious revenge, all of it creative fodder. Send us your best, unpublished work by January 15, 2026!

Scan the QR Code or go to arkint.org/themed-submissions to learn more!

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Submissions OPEN from now until August 15! Scan the QR code or click the link in bio:)

We are overjoyed to announce that our latest issue of the Arkansas International, the women's issue, is digitally available on our website! Carve a little bit of time out during the holiday season to read some of our favorite pieces of literary art! You can read the issue here: https://www.arkint.org/store/p/issue-16

There is a New Review up on the Arkansas International Website! Jared Køhn writes on the frenetic, powerful new novel by the exceptional poet, translator, and novelist Anna Moschovakis. This remarkable piece has been published by the radical and exciting Soft Skull Press. Read the review here: https://www.arkint.org/magazine/an-earthquake-is-a-shaking-of-the-surface-of-the-earth

We have a new review up on our Arkansas International website! Check out D'Angelo Nelson's discussion of this incredibly collection by Joseph Fasano which was recently published by BOA Editions! You can read our new review here: https://www.arkint.org/magazine/the-last-song-of-the-world

We are overjoyed to announce our nominations for the PEN/Robert J Dau Short Story Prize. We are nominating the story DirtyPineapple83 by Rachel Chapman and The Faraday Cage by Lara Hughes. It is incredibly exciting to nominate such strong and lovely pieces.