T he Arkansas Inmate Collective showcases works written by inmates housed in Arkansas prisons. It is important to remember that the works on this site are written by men and women who have not had access to formal training in arts or letters. Very few have attended college or vocational schools. It is your duty as the reader to consider the circumstance of each writer and to look for the ideas contained within each writer's poetry, essays and fiction and to not fault these works for their lack of eloquence or proper grammar. Read these works with an open mind and you will discover that many of the issues and ideas discussed in these inmates' works are not so different from those in your own life.
All inmates retain the rights to their work.
Deadlines are Oct. 1 and May 1 of each year.