Winners Announced in Veterans' Writing Contest

Editors at the Chicago-based literary journal "Line of Advance" have announced the inaugural slate of Col. Darron L. Wright Memorial Writing Award winners. Underwritten by the Blake & Bailey Foundation, the contest was established in memory of U.S. Army Col. Darron L. Wright.

More background on "Line of Advance" previously appeared on the Red Bull Rising blog here.

"Thanks to all the writers who submitted for the Darron L. Wright Award," the editors wrote earlier this week. "We loved reading your work and are inspired by the creativity and ingenuity it took to write these pieces."

PROSE CATEGORY

• First place: "The Stay" by David Dixon

• Second place: "Left Hearted" by Michael Lund

• Third place: "Bagging it Up" by Scott Hubbartt

POETRY CATEGORY

• First place: "The Stars and Stripes is Free" by Eric Chandler

• Second place: "Starling Wire" by David S. Pointer

• Third place: "Culmination Point" by Jack Erwin

Retooled as a free website in 2015, the Line of Advance will publish one or two waves of submissions annually. Content published in four previous issues of the Line of Advance e-magazine will be anthologized and re-published on the website.

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