A Round-up of Our August 2026 Coverage!

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ICYMI: OUR LATEST MONTHLY SALVO!

• CFP for Special Issue on Mil-Affiliated College Students: "TYFYS is Not Enough"

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

• FREE On-line Workshop on Centering Woman Veteran Narratives Aug. 20, 2026

• Anthology Call: "Women Wielding Weapons"

• FREE On-Line Workshop Focuses on WWII Correspondent Ernie Pyle's Techniques

• Guild Announces Recipients of First Professional-Writing Fellowships

• FREE 8-week On-line Veterans Writing Workshop Starts Sept. 23, 2026

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IMAGE: U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to C Battery, 1st Battalion, 201st Field Artillery Regiment, West Virginia Army National Guard, fire a howitzer during a nighttime live-fire mission at Exercise Northern Strike 26-2 at the National All-Domain Warfighting Center in Grayling, Michigan, Aug. 10, 2026. The gun crew delivers indirect fires under limited-light conditions, reinforcing the ability to execute fire missions regardless of time of day or visibility.

Northern Strike is an Army-sponsored, multi-component, multinational exercise designed to build readiness and enhance interoperability to fight and win. Northern Strike 26-2, Michigan's largest and longest joint readiness exercise, is held Aug. 1-15, 2026, at the National All-Domain Warfighting Center. This year's exercise features approximately 9,000 participants. U.S. Army National Guard photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Ari Shuemake