Writing Contest Expands to Include Military Family
Darron L. Wright PHOTO: Line of Advance Editors of Chicago-based non-profit literary journal Line of Advance have announced an expansion of the Col. Darron L. Wright Memorial Writing Awards will include additional prose (includes fiction, creative non-fiction, and hybrid forms) and poetry categories for spouses, parents, and children of U.S. service members and veterans. Since 2016, the Wright Awards have annually recognized excellence in prose and poetry by U.S. military service members and veterans. With today's announcement, the Col. Darron L. Wright Memorial Writing Awards expands to four categories. Cash prizes of $250, $150, and $100 will be available in each of the following: Service Member/Veteran Prose (includes fiction, creative non-fiction, hybrid) Service Member/Veteran Poetry Family Member Prose (includes fiction, creative non-fiction, hybrid) Family Member Poetry “The Line of Advance proudly serves as a leading venue for the best of ‘veterans-lit,’