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We are a journal of literature from the University of Arkansas Program in Creative Writing and Transl

The Arkansas International seeks to publish the best literature from the United States and abroad. Launched by the University of Arkansas Program in Creative Writing & Translation, The Arkansas International is published biannually and considers previously unpublished fiction, poetry, essays, comics, and works in translation.

10/15/2026

The C. D. Wright Emerging Poets Prize is here!!

SUBMISSIONS OPEN: October 5 - November 15th Judge: Shane McCrae
Entries for the C.D. Wright Emerging Poet’s Prize should be 3-5 poems originally written in English, with a total of no more than 6 pages. You may submit more than once, but each new entry must be accompanied by a separate entry fee.

Contest Guidelines:
• Open to writers who haven’t yet published a full-length poetry book, and who have no book forthcoming before December 31st, 2026. Writers with chapbooks are allowed. Writers with a self-published book with a print run under 300 copies are allowed.
• All work will be considered for inclusion in the print magazine.
• Only previously unpublished work will be considered.
• The contest will be judged blindly, so please DO NOT include your cover letter, your name, or any contact information in your uploaded document.
• Submit your work as a single .doc, or .docx file.
• Close friends of the judge, as well as anyone recently affiliated with the University of Arkansas, which includes those who have studied or worked there within the past 4 years, are ineligible.

10/15/2026

The C. D. Wright Emerging Poets Prize is here!!!!

SUBMISSIONS OPEN: October 5 - November 15th Judge: Shane McCrae
Entries for the C.D. Wright Emerging Poet’s Prize should be 3-5 poems originally written in English, with a total of no more than 6 pages. You may submit more than once, but each new entry must be accompanied by a separate entry fee.

Contest Guidelines:
• Open to writers who haven’t yet published a full-length poetry book, and who have no book forthcoming before December 31st, 2026. Writers with chapbooks are allowed. Writers with a self-published book with a print run under 300 copies are allowed.
• All work will be considered for inclusion in the print magazine.
• Only previously unpublished work will be considered.
• The contest will be judged blindly, so please DO NOT include your cover letter, your name, or any contact information in your uploaded document.
• Submit your work as a single .doc, or .docx file.
• Close friends of the judge, as well as anyone recently affiliated with the University of Arkansas, which includes those who have studied or worked there within the past 4 years, are ineligible.

10/01/2026

Museum as Muse

An Arkansas International Special Feature with the University of Arkansas Museum

Have you ever looked at an artifact in a museum and wondered about its story, or even began inventing the story yourself? Who used that 1930s embalming kit containing artery-hardening liquid and a shaving kit, or what happened to Mrs. Moore the day she wore her clay-colored suit made from hand-woven cloth that she hoped would help restart the loom industry? Whose windows rattled in Fayetteville as they watched this black meteorite fall to Earth? Which item would ignite your imagination?

This fall the Arkansas International will collaborate with the University of Arkansas Museum to publish a special online feature highlighting writing inspired by any of the millions of artifacts in the museum’s archives. We are delighted for writers to have this opportunity to explore and find inspiration from items in the collection to create new work.

Writers are invited to access the museum’s collections via this online portal featuring over 150 highlights selected by museum staff, and to browse the museum’s broader database for additional inspiration. Submissions may be poetry, fiction, non-fiction, or comics. Translated work is also welcome. Selected pieces will be published by the Arkansas International in a special online feature in the spring of 2027

09/21/2026

Read Holden Schmale’s review of The Last Father of the Man by Beowulf Sheehan. The review is live on our website!!

08/30/2026

Click the link in our bio to read Marius Kurbatova’s interview with the gifted translator and writer Lucy Lee Jones! Jones recently translated German author Ronald M. Schernikau’s SMALLTOWNNOVELLA. The conversation is live on our website!!

08/28/2026

Read Ebonee Rice-Nguyen’s review of Claudia Rankine’s beautiful new book Triage. Live on The Arkansas International website!!

08/10/2026

Read Jace Einfelt’s review of Drew Burton’s Daytona Teddy Riggs: https://www.arkint.org/magazine/daytona-teddy-riggs

08/03/2026

Submissions open now!!!

07/29/2026

We are thrilled to announce that The Arkansas International has been selected as a 2026 grant recipient by the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses( CLMP), in collaboration with the Amazon Literary Partnership. This critical support will allow us to advance our mission of publishing. Our sincere thanks to [ c l m p ]] and Amazon Literary Partnership.

07/13/2026

Read Holden Schmale’s review of The Even Tenor of Our Ways on our website!

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333 Kimpel Hall, University Of
Fayetteville, AR
72701

Website

http://www.arkint.org/

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