{"product_id":"our-best-war-stories-prize-winning-poetry-prose-from-the-col-darron-l-wright-memorial-awards-paperback","title":"Our Best War Stories: Prize-winning Poetry \u0026 Prose from the Col. Darron L. Wright Memorial Awards - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eF. S. Blake\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eRandy Brown\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by), \u003cb\u003eDavid Dixon\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003cem\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\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince 2016, administered by the Chicago-based literary journal \u003cem\u003eLine of Advance\u003c\/em\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eContributors to this volume include: \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\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 \u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eBlack Sea Gods: Chronicles of Fu Xi.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\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 \u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eHugging This Rock: Poems of Earth \u0026amp; Sky, Love \u0026amp; War.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\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\u003cem\u003eKnow the Mother\u003c\/em\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 \u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Damsel.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\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 \u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eRevolutions of All Colors.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- \u003cb\u003eTravis Klempan: \u003c\/b\u003e U.S. Naval Academy graduate, and author of the metaphysical thriller \u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eHave Snakes, Need Birds.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\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. 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