Publication: 11/1/2018
Pages: 196
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The volume also sponsored a veterans’ writing competition, judged by Emma Bolden (author of the poetry collections House Is an Enigma, medi(t)ations, and Maleficae), Seth Wade (BFA Universtiy of Dayton, MFA University of Cincinnati), Ron Austin (author of the forthcoming story collection Avery Colt is a Snake, a Thief, a Liar), Missy Phegley (Director of Composition at Southeast Missouri State University), and Philip MacKenzie (MFA from Minnesota State University, Mankato, and a PhD from the University of South Dakota). The winners and finalists are spotlighted in the front of the book.
The anthology is the seventh in an annual series published by Southeast Missouri State University Press in cooperation with the Missouri Humanities Council’s Veterans Projects. See submissions guidelines here.
Foreward
Myrta Vida
Award-Winning Writing and Photography
Essays
Georgia on My Mind (Winner)
Lauren Stevens
Accidental American (Honorable Mention)
Shane Griffin
What it Means to Serve (Honorable Mention)
Bill Glose
Poetry
Kitchen Firefight (Winner)
Michael Eaton
The Ground Truth (Honorable Mention)
Randy Brown
Desert Rain (Honorable Mention)
Ryan Stovall
Photography
Patrolling the Arghandab (Winner)
Breanne M. Pye
Desert March (Honorable Mention)
Bill Glose
Reunited (Honorable Mention)
Billy Jenkins
Interviews
Haven in the Jungle (Winner)
Nancy Brewka-Clark
Vietnam Vignettes: The Trauma and the Therapy (Honorable Mention)
Billie Holladay Skelley
Raymond’s Journey (Honorable Mention)
Rod Martinez
Fiction
Gurkha!! (Winner)
Cynthia Teramae
Half Moon (Honorable Mention)
Jessica Evans
Rose’s Blink (Honorable Mention)
Ken McBride
Additional Writing and Photography
Essays
Black Hat
Jocelyn Corbin
Vitenam Memoir
Clayvon Ambrose Wesley
Getting On
Charity Winters
The Night Before
Billy Jenkins
The Moment I Lost My Mind
Jay Harden
Poetry
Dope Tired
Jason Arment
Military Haiku
Valerie Young
Magnetic Moment
Steven Croft
Thank You For Your Service
Andrew Gudgel
A Sunlit Poppy Morning
Bruce Sydow
Korea, 1951—We Paid too Much
Leonard Adreon
Hurry Up and Wait
Carl “Papa” Palmer
Taps
Rob Jacques
The Longest Day
Jonathan Tennis
Birds of Prey
Michelle Brandfass
Fatigue
Monty Joynes
Recordings for Later Listening: Lost Rounds
Ben White
Combat Landing
Charity Winters
Loneseome Rising
Jennifer Duff
Memorial Day
Jeremy H. Warneke
The Shirt
Curt Last
Photography
Night Land Nav
Weapons Qual
A. Sean Taylor
Lethal Beauty
Jay Harden
Rafi’s Miracle
Breanne M. Pye
A Town Registers Veterans for Discounts
Patricia Joynes
Coronado Bridge, San Diego
Michele Davis
Interviews
The Story Doesn’t End Here
Stacey Walker and Lauren & Ian Stochl
Kill or Be Killed
Cheryl Ferguson Bernini
How I Survived the Bulge and Other Stories: An Oral Interview with Uncle Sam
Jay Harden
Fiction
Stitch
Breanne M. Pye
I Wonder How She’s Doing
Cindy McDermott
I’m Alright
Ruth Hunt
No Room for Soft
Bill Gloss
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