Packed with
36 PRIZE-WINNING WORKS
of
WAR POETRY, SHORT FICTION, and NON-FICTION from TODAY'S WARS!
A patrol races to make peace with Afghan village leaders, battling time to save a snake-bitten Marine! An Army veteran whose touch can hold off death attempts to find his grip. On the streets of Washington, D.C. a former sailor is haunted by the ghost of a stalker who once threatened her career! A proud Air Force brat faces racism on an overseas playground! The crew of an Army cargo plane delivers a brand new Jeep to special forces-in the middle of a jungle firefight!
Since 2016, administered by the Chicago-based literary journal
Line of Advance
, the
Col. Darron L. Wright Memorial Awards
have served not only to highlight some of the
best contemporary voices writing about modern wars-from Vietnam, to Iraq and Afghanistan
-but to also creatively commemorate the life of a U.S. Army leader and writer, beloved by his family and troops.
Contributors to this volume include:
-
Brian L. Braden:
U.S. Air Force veteran, former military intelligence officer, and author of the historical fantasy series
Black Sea Gods: Chronicles of Fu Xi.
Eric Chandler:
U.S. Air Force Academy graduate, former F-16 fighter pilot over Iraq and Afghanistan, outdoor sports writer, and author of the poetry collection
Hugging This Rock: Poems of Earth & Sky, Love & War.
Desiree Cooper:
U.S. Air Force family member, journalist, and author of the award-winning flash-fiction collection
Know the Mother
.
Jillian Danback-McGhan:
U.S. Naval Academy graduate, management coach, and emerging author of literary short stories.
David R. Dixon:
U.S. Army veteran, and author of the military science-fiction swashbuckler
The Damsel.
Dewaine Farria:
U.S. Marine Corps veteran, winner of the inaugural
Syracuse University Press Veterans' Writing Award
for best book-length fiction or non-fiction, and author of the forthcoming novel
Revolutions of All Colors.
Travis Klempan:
U.S. Naval Academy graduate, and author of the metaphysical thriller
Have Snakes, Need Birds.
Ray McPadden:
U.S. Army Ranger veteran, winner of the American Library Association's
W.Y. Boyd Award for Excellence in Military Fiction
, and author of the novel
And the Whole Mountain Burned.
- Lisa Stice:
U.S. Marine Corps spouse, and author of the poetry collections
Uniform
and
Permanent Change of Station.
William R. "Bill" Upton:
U.S. Army veteran, a former crew chief on C-72B "Caribou" aircraft over Vietnam, and author of the memoir
Pizza and Mortars: Ba-muoi-ba & Body Bags.
Other contributors to this volume include:
Edward Ahern - F.S. Blake - Randy Brown
Jack Erwin
Ellyana Gomez
Scott Hubbartt
Laura Joyce-Hubbard
Michael Janairo
Brian Kerg
Michael Lund
Sarah Maples
David S. Pointer
Terry Sanville
Colin W. Sargent
Ryan Stovall
John Thampi
Meredith Wadley
Jeremy Hussein Warneke
Ben Weakley
Amy Zaranek