{"product_id":"our-best-war-stories-f-s-blake-9781953665553","title":"Our Best War Stories: Prize-winning Poetry \u0026 Prose from the Col. Darron L. Wright Memorial Awards","description":"\u003cp\u003ePacked with \u003cb\u003e36 PRIZE-WINNING WORKS\u003c\/b\u003e of \u003cb\u003eWAR POETRY, SHORT FICTION, and NON-FICTION from TODAY'S WARS!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA 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!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince 2016, administered by the Chicago-based literary journal \u003ci\u003eLine of Advance\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003cb\u003eCol. Darron L. Wright Memorial Awards\u003c\/b\u003e have served not only to highlight some of the \u003cb\u003ebest contemporary voices writing about modern wars-from Vietnam, to Iraq and Afghanistan\u003c\/b\u003e-but to also creatively commemorate the life of a U.S. Army leader and writer, beloved by his family and troops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eContributors to this volume include: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- \u003cb\u003eBrian L. Braden: \u003c\/b\u003e U.S. Air Force veteran, former military intelligence officer, and author of the historical fantasy series \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBlack Sea Gods: Chronicles of Fu Xi.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- \u003cb\u003eEric Chandler: \u003c\/b\u003e U.S. Air Force Academy graduate, former F-16 fighter pilot over Iraq and Afghanistan, outdoor sports writer, and author of the poetry collection \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eHugging This Rock: Poems of Earth \u0026amp; Sky, Love \u0026amp; War.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- \u003cb\u003eDesiree Cooper: \u003c\/b\u003e U.S. Air Force family member, journalist, and author of the award-winning flash-fiction collection \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKnow the Mother\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- \u003cb\u003eJillian Danback-McGhan: \u003c\/b\u003e U.S. Naval Academy graduate, management coach, and emerging author of literary short stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- \u003cb\u003eDavid R. Dixon: \u003c\/b\u003e U.S. Army veteran, and author of the military science-fiction swashbuckler \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Damsel.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- \u003cb\u003eDewaine Farria: \u003c\/b\u003e U.S. Marine Corps veteran, winner of the inaugural \u003cb\u003eSyracuse University Press Veterans' Writing Award\u003c\/b\u003e for best book-length fiction or non-fiction, and author of the forthcoming novel \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eRevolutions of All Colors.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- \u003cb\u003eTravis Klempan: \u003c\/b\u003e U.S. Naval Academy graduate, and author of the metaphysical thriller \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eHave Snakes, Need Birds.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- \u003cb\u003eRay McPadden: \u003c\/b\u003eU.S. Army Ranger veteran, winner of the American Library Association's \u003cb\u003eW.Y. Boyd Award for Excellence in Military Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e, and author of the novel \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnd the Whole Mountain Burned.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e- Lisa Stice: \u003c\/b\u003e U.S. Marine Corps spouse, and author of the poetry collections \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eUniform\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePermanent Change of Station.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- \u003cb\u003eWilliam R. \"Bill\" Upton: \u003c\/b\u003e U.S. Army veteran, a former crew chief on C-72B \"Caribou\" aircraft over Vietnam, and author of the memoir \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePizza and Mortars: Ba-muoi-ba \u0026amp; Body Bags.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOther contributors to this volume include: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdward Ahern - F.S. Blake - Randy Brown \u003c\/b\u003e- \u003cb\u003eJack Erwin\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eEllyana Gomez\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eScott Hubbartt\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eLaura Joyce-Hubbard\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eMichael Janairo\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eBrian Kerg\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eMichael Lund \u003c\/b\u003e- \u003cb\u003eSarah Maples\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eDavid S. Pointer\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eTerry Sanville\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eColin W. Sargent \u003c\/b\u003e- \u003cb\u003eRyan Stovall\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eJohn Thampi\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eMeredith Wadley\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eJeremy Hussein Warneke\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eBen Weakley\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eAmy Zaranek\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e F. S. 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