A Round-up of Our November 2025 Coverage!

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ICYMI: OUR LATEST MONTHLY SALVO!

• Premier Veterans' Writing Contest Opens May 1, 2026

• Vet-Activist Editors Call for Poems & Visual Art

• Publisher Announces 3rd Annual SFF Novella Contest

• Novelist-Veteran Wins Syracuse Press Prize

• FREE On-line Craft Seminar to Explore Poetry of Trauma Nov. 16, 2025

• Got Books? What to Read this Veterans Day

• Call-for-Papers: Pop Culture & War Post-1945

• Now on Sale! "Our Best War Stories" Volume 2!

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PHOTO: POHAKULOA TRAINING AREA, HAWAII—Bravo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery Regiment, 25th Infantry Division Artillery, 25th Infantry Division, execute a fire mission in High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) on Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii Nov. 2, 2025. The mission was part of the Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center Rotation 26-01, which integrated U.S. forces, multinational partners, and joint capabilities to train tactics, techniques, and procedures required to dominate jungle and archipelagic terrain during large-scale combat operations. The exercise underscores the U.S. Army’s commitment to ensuring regional security and strengthening partnerships in the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility. Photo by Pfc. Jose Nunez