Col. Darron L. Wright Memorial Writing Awards
Deadline July 31 (must be received by this date; don't enter before June 1), formerly July 4. Neutral free contest gives prizes up to $250 and anthology publication for poetry, fiction, and essays by current and former US military service members and their immediate family (parents, siblings, children). Send 1-5 poems or one prose piece up to 5,000 words. Contest sponsor Line of Advance is a literary journal founded by veterans of the war in Afghanistan.
Source: https://www.lineofadvance.org/colonel-darron-l-wright-contest
Published: May 11, 2026
