A Round-Up of Our May 2019 Coverage!

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ICYMI: OUR MONTHLY SALVO!

• "Veterans-Lit Journal: Submissions Re-open July 2019"

• "'War Room' wants Short Essays with Long Shelf-Lives"

• "Ready! Aim! 15 Lit-Market Targets for Military Writers!" (Patron exclusive!)

• "Call: Mil-Vet Identity, Advocacy & Representation"

• "Call for Papers & 'Veterans' Book Series Launch"

• "Mag Seeks Literary Work on Consequences of War"

• "5 Must-Listen Literary Podcasts for Military Writers"

• "Check or Hold? War Poetry, Sci-Fi Anthologies"

• "Iraq War Veteran and Writing Coach Re-launches Patreon Site"

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DANGER-CLOSE DEADLINES!

• May 31, 2019: Small Wars Journal & Divergent Options contest

• June 1, 2019: Call for papers on "Veterans: Enduring, Surviving, Remembering War" event to be held Sept. 12-13, 2019 on the campus of the U.S. Naval War College, Newport, R.I

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Photo caption: A set of 81mm mortar rounds are counted and checked for malfunctions before mortar training at Besmaya Training Center, Iraq, April 15, 2019. Counter Terrorism Service soldiers undertook Coalition-led land navigation and mortar training in order to enhance their skillset and technical proficiencies in both areas. The Coalition and its partners remain committed to preventing the resurgence of Daesh and its violent extremist ideologies. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jacob Ruiz