A Round-up of Our January 2026 Coverage!

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ICYMI: OUR LATEST MONTHLY SALVO!

• Feb. 17: On-Line Colloquy on Vets-Writing Groups

• Jan. 28 Reading to Celebrate 'Proud to Be' Vol. 14

• Horror Press Calls for Military-Base Short-Fiction

• 2026 Vonnegut Lit Journal Theme Announced

• Contest Seeks Books & Articles on World War I

• 2-Week Subs Window Opens Jan. 15 at MEA

• Editors Extend Deadline on 500-word Craft Essays

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IMAGE: U.S. Soldiers assigned to 4th Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, load an M777 Howitzer during a live-fire exercise as part of Dynamic Front 26 at 7th Army Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area, Jan. 29, 2026. Dynamic Front is the practical application of the Eastern Flank Deterrence Line that enhances US and NATO's capability to coordinate lethal and non-lethal effects in a distributed battlefield. U.S. Army photo by Kevin Sterling Payne