New Volume Collects 60+ Col. Darron L. Wright Award-winning Stories & Poems
Editors of Chicago-based non-profit literary journal Line of Advance ( www.LineOfAdvance.org ) have announced a new, second volume collecting the prize-winning prose and poetry from the annual Col. Darron L. Wright Memorial Writing Awards . Launching Nov. 2, 2025 and collecting prize-winners from 2021-2025 , Volume 2 of “Our Best War Stories” will be available both as a 340-page trade paperback, and an exclusive Amazon Kindle e-book . E-book pre-orders are available here at this link . The new volume also includes special sections of writing prompts, prize-winner insights, and more! Now celebrating its 10th year, the Wright awards annually recognize excellence in prose and poetry by U.S. military service members and veterans . In 2020, contest organizers added categories for immediate family members . Cash prizes of $250, $150, and $100 are now awarded in each of four categories. “The Line of Advance proudly serves as a leading venue for the best of ‘veterans-lit,’ wit...