Hendrix-Murphy Foundation - Programs in Literature and Language

The Hendrix-Murphy Foundation is proud to announce the winners of this year’s Werner Trieschmann Playwriting Contests. In the alumni category, Dawn Branch ’05 was awarded first pl...

Hendrix Alumna Dr. Ellie Black ’18 was named winner of the 2026 American Poetry Review (APR)/Honickman First Book Prize with the submission of her book “Revelator.” Black is curre...

Thirty-six first-year Hendrix College students selected for the Murphy Scholars Program were formally inducted at a ceremony held the evening of March 31, 2026, in Cabe Theatre. ...

CONWAY, Ark.—The Hendrix-Murphy Foundation welcomes author Lauren Groff as part of the Distinguished Visitor Series on Tuesday, February 17. The public event begins at 7:30 p.m. i...

CONWAY, Ark.—The Hendrix-Murphy Foundation awarded $376,705 in grants in the fall semester for eight student co-curricular projects and six faculty-led study-travel trips in liter...

(Conway, Arkansas)— The Hendrix-Murphy Foundation will host Major Jackson as a Hendrix-Murphy Visiting Poet on Thursday, October 9, at 7:30 p.m. in Reves Recital Hall in Trieschma...

(Conway, Arkansas)—Timothy Purkiss, former director of event services and summer programs at Hendrix College, has been hired as Hendrix-Murphy Foundation assistant director after t...

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CONWAY, Arkansas—The Hendrix-Murphy Foundation awarded $150,574 in grants in the spring semester for 18 student cocurricular projects and two faculty-led study-travel projects in ...

The Hendrix-Murphy Foundation named its annual Hendrix-Murphy Book award recipients: Stephen Edwards, a junior at Catholic High School for Boys in Little Rock, and Grace Ford, a j...

Tiffany Pickett joins the Hendrix-Murphy Foundation team in the role of communication & events manager. "Tiffany has a wealth of energy, ideas, and proven experience in both ar...

Sarah Engeler-Young ’91, assistant director of the Hendrix-Murphy Foundation, will retire in August after 20 years of service to Hendrix College. Engeler-Young became assistant...

Dr. Tyrone Jaeger, professor of English-creative writing, chair of the English department, and director of the creative writing program at Hendrix College, has been named interim ...

Hope Coulter, Director of the Hendrix-Murphy Foundation and Associate Professor of English, will retire May 31 after more than 30 years of service at Hendrix College. Coulter b...

Thirty-seven first-year Hendrix College students selected for the Murphy Scholars Program were formally inducted at a ceremony held the evening of April 1, 2025. View event photos...

The Hendrix-Murphy Foundation announces the winners of the 2024-2025 Student and Alumni Playwriting Contests. “Duelling Hamlets” by Dawn Branch ’05 from North Hollywood, Calif. r...

Conway, Ark.—The Hendrix-Murphy Foundation will host Marcelo Hernandez Castillo as Murphy Visiting Poet on Wednesday, April 9, at 7:30 p.m. in Reves Recital Hall in the Trieschman...

Hendrix Players will perform (title) Unknown | a devised performance at Hendrix College’s Cabe Theatre March 5-7 at 7:30 p.m. and March 8 at 2 p.m. Admission is free for the pub...

Due to inclement weather, An Evening with Murphy Visiting Writer Caroline Randall Williams, set for Wednesday, February 19, has been canceled, along with all visit-related events....

The poem “Arkansas” by Annie Crouch, senior psychology major from Fayetteville, recently appeared in the American Literary Review, a literary magazine published through the Depar...