Prizes and grants, events and humorous book trailers. Here's a round-up of recent military-writing news ...
JOURNALIST BRIAN MOCKENHAUPT WINS $25,000 MICHAEL KELLY AWARD
Freelance journalist Brian Mockenhaupt was recently awarded the 2013 Michael Kelly Award for his independent reporting on U.S. Marines serving in Afghanistan. The award carries a $25,000 prize. Mockenhaupt's award-winning work, "The Living and the Dead," was published online via the Byliner non-fiction writing site.
The award is sponsored by the Atlantic Media Co., in memory of journalist and editor Michael Kelly, who worked there from 1997 until his 2003 death in Iraq.
A former U.S. Army infantry soldier who served two tours in Iraq, Mockenhaupt is a contributor to Outside, Reader's Digest, and Esquire magazines. He was the writer of the 2012 feature-length documentary "High Ground," which tells the story of veterans who overcome physical and mental injuries to attempt climbing a mountain in Nepal. He serves as non-fiction editor for the Journal of Military Experience.
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IOWA REVIEW AWARDED GRANT TO INCREASE OUTREACH TO VETERANS
The Iowa Review, a University of Iowa-based literary magazine, has been awarded a $15,000 National Endowment for the Arts grant to support the publication of writing by U.S. military veterans, editors announced recently.
The Iowa Review is published in print three times annually. In 2012, the publication introduced the Jeff Sharlet Memorial Award for Veterans. Award-winning and notable poetry, prose, and artwork by military veterans was featured in the Spring 2013 issue.
According to press materials regarding the grant announcement, the NEA funding will be used to publicize the Jeff Sharlet contest and to expand the number of prizes to be awarded. A website gallery is also planned.
The next contest deadline is May 15, 2014. Details are still pending.
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JOURNALIST BRIAN MOCKENHAUPT WINS $25,000 MICHAEL KELLY AWARD
The award is sponsored by the Atlantic Media Co., in memory of journalist and editor Michael Kelly, who worked there from 1997 until his 2003 death in Iraq.
A former U.S. Army infantry soldier who served two tours in Iraq, Mockenhaupt is a contributor to Outside, Reader's Digest, and Esquire magazines. He was the writer of the 2012 feature-length documentary "High Ground," which tells the story of veterans who overcome physical and mental injuries to attempt climbing a mountain in Nepal. He serves as non-fiction editor for the Journal of Military Experience.
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IOWA REVIEW AWARDED GRANT TO INCREASE OUTREACH TO VETERANS
The Iowa Review, a University of Iowa-based literary magazine, has been awarded a $15,000 National Endowment for the Arts grant to support the publication of writing by U.S. military veterans, editors announced recently.The Iowa Review is published in print three times annually. In 2012, the publication introduced the Jeff Sharlet Memorial Award for Veterans. Award-winning and notable poetry, prose, and artwork by military veterans was featured in the Spring 2013 issue.
According to press materials regarding the grant announcement, the NEA funding will be used to publicize the Jeff Sharlet contest and to expand the number of prizes to be awarded. A website gallery is also planned.
The next contest deadline is May 15, 2014. Details are still pending.
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EARLY REGISTRATION TO SAN DIEGO MIL-WRITING EVENT ENDS DEC. 31
The 3-day "Pen and Sword" military writers' conference will take place Jan. 30 to Feb. 2, 2014 at the Town and Country Resort, San Diego, Calif. For earlier Red Bull Rising coverage of the event, click here. Until Dec. 31, early bird registration is $399. Regular conference fee is $499. One-day registrations are $350 each. A conference registration page is here. Attendance is limited to 200 participants.
The conference fee includes lunches and cocktail events, but does not include lodging at the Town and Country Resort, San Diego. Hotel conference rates are available at $129 nightly for single- or double-occupancy.
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'FOBBIT' AUTHOR DAVID ABRAMS PRESENTS 'NOT A CHRISTMAS' STORY
David Abrams, author of the 2012 Iraq War novel "Fobbit,"
recently reposted "This is Not a Christmas Story," a 6,000-word short story published in 2009-2010 by Narrative magazine. (For a Red Bull Rising review of Abrams' "Fobbit," click here.) The "Not-Christmas" story is accessible after registering for a free log-in. Abrams' short fiction also appears in the 2013's "Fire and Forget: Short Stories from the Long War."
The author also recently posted a humorous promotional book trailer that can be viewed via YouTube and below.
Thanks so much for highlighting the Narrative story and the Fobbit trailer! I truly appreciate it.
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