A Round-up of Our September 2026 Coverage!

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ICYMI: OUR LATEST MONTHLY SALVO!

• Call for SF/F/H/War Poetry & Micro-Flash: "Giant Robot Poems," Vol. 2

• FREE 'Verses for Vets' On-line Workshop is Sept. 24, 2026

• Second Group of "Harding Project" Fellows Attends Writing Workshop

• On-line Conflict Journalism How-to Seminar is Oct. 3, 2026

• New Short-Fiction Contest Honors MilitarySF Author, Veteran

• On-line Craft Seminar on Memoir-writing Techniques is Sept. 19, 2026

• "Issued" Launches 4th Annual Edition with On-line Reading Event Sept. 10, 2026

• "Sherpa Sends" No. 1: The Aiming Circle is Approaching 10 Years of Operations!

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IMAGE: RAJASTHAN, INDIA—U.S. and Indian Army artillerymen fire an M777 howitzer as an integrated gun crew during exercise Yudh Abhyas 2026 at Mahajan Field Firing Range, Rajasthan, India, Sept. 22, 2026. The combined crews applied rehearsed commands and procedures to safely execute bilateral live-fire missions, demonstrating interoperability at the soldier and crew level. Photo by U.S. Army Maj. Sarah Harris