Arkansas Gems is an annual publication of the Arkansas Center for the Book at the Arkansas State Library. Arkansas Gems posters and bookmarks feature approximately twenty new works about Arkansas or by authors with a connection to the Natural State. Previously known as Fresh from Arkansas, the project began in 2004, and it is one of the ways the Arkansas Center for the Book fulfills the mission of encouraging reading, writing, and literacy in the state.
Inclusion in the poster is based on the work’s literary or artistic merit, originality, and potential for local and regional interest. Titles with registered copyrights published within the current calendar year or previous calendar year will be considered.
Arkansas Gems posters and bookmarks are introduced each year at the National Book Festival, and they help to highlight recent regional literature to a national audience.
Arkansas Gems
- 2022 Poster | Bookmark
- 2021 Poster | Bookmark
- 2020 Poster | Bookmark
- 2019 Poster | Bookmark
- 2018 Poster | Bookmark | Book List
- 2017 Poster | Bookmark | Book List
- 2016 Poster | Bookmark | Book List
- 2015 Poster | Bookmark | Book List
- 2014 Poster | Bookmark | Book List
- 2013 Poster | Bookmark | Book List
- 2012 Poster | Bookmark | Book List
- 2011 Poster | Bookmark
- 2010 Poster
- 2009 Poster
- 2008 Poster
For more information, contact:
- Karen O’Connell
- Coordinator, Arkansas Center for the Book
- karen.oconnell@ade.arkansas.gov or (501) 682-2874
