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Line of Advance Fostering the creative voices of contemporary American military veterans.

Line of Advance sees a nation that fully embraces its veterans, past and present, and gives an ear to the literature being created by these men and women as they reinvigorate modern American society. We believe that the truth of the last ten years can be found in the stories veterans tell. Individual truths, yes, but even more importantly a national, cultural truth that we aren't able to yet see.

By fostering and mentoring these ideas we will be presented with what we hope will be a wiser, more honest version of ourselves, and a wiser, more honest version of America.

Sorry for the late post. Mrs. LOA and I drove all the way around Lake Michigan for the 4th. Thanks to everyone for the s...
07/07/2025

Sorry for the late post. Mrs. LOA and I drove all the way around Lake Michigan for the 4th. Thanks to everyone for the submissions. 121 in total!!! Okay getting back to reading them.

Fun night on the lake. Still a week or so left to submit before the 2025 Wright Prize closes. Submit at lineofadvance.or...
28/06/2025

Fun night on the lake. Still a week or so left to submit before the 2025 Wright Prize closes. Submit at lineofadvance.org.

Happy Father’s Day! Best day of the year man. And don’t forget to submit to the ‘25 Wright Prize. Contest submissions cl...
16/06/2025

Happy Father’s Day! Best day of the year man. And don’t forget to submit to the ‘25 Wright Prize. Contest submissions close on the 4th of July!

Guest judge Jillian Danback-McGhan, herself a Wright Prize alum says, “It isn’t an exaggeration to say the Darron L. Wri...
04/06/2025

Guest judge Jillian Danback-McGhan, herself a Wright Prize alum says, “It isn’t an exaggeration to say the Darron L. Wright Memorial Awards are the reason that I’m a writer…Reading these stories and poems felt like watching a band at a small venue, knowing that one day they would strike it big.” Submit your work at lineofadvance.org

Veterans and family members, there is a month left to submit to the 2025 Wright Prize. Please, if you're on the fence, s...
26/05/2025

Veterans and family members, there is a month left to submit to the 2025 Wright Prize. Please, if you're on the fence, submit! Everything will be read. Also, check out LOA's instagram line.ofadvance

Annual veteran Writing contest accepting poetry, prose, and non-fiction by America's veterans and their family members in honor of Col Darron L. Wright.

The 2025 Wright Prize Contest is NOW OPEN! Veterans, family members, and active duty personnel can all submit. This year...
01/05/2025

The 2025 Wright Prize Contest is NOW OPEN! Veterans, family members, and active duty personnel can all submit. This year’s judge is the super talented Jillian Danback-McGhan. The winners will be included in the next Our Best War Stories anthology coming out this fall!

Annual veteran Writing contest accepting poetry, prose, and non-fiction by America's veterans and their family members in honor of Col Darron L. Wright.

Hi all! We have some cool tee shirts for sale on the site if you're interested.
13/04/2025

Hi all! We have some cool tee shirts for sale on the site if you're interested.

Tee shirts for a veteran literary website promoting fiction, non-fiction, and poetry.

Oh Crap moments in a C-130 from Rand Timmerman. Enjoy.
18/02/2025

Oh Crap moments in a C-130 from Rand Timmerman. Enjoy.

This is not good! Not good at all. I think, watching the crew try to maneuver an M113 Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) into the C-130 Hercules Cargo Plane somewhere in the middle of South Vietnam in 1967. The plane was originally scheduled to leave in the early afternoon. Maybe, because of weight

Good prose and heavy content for your Friday from Joshua Swink.
14/02/2025

Good prose and heavy content for your Friday from Joshua Swink.

April 2012-Black River, New York How do you capture a thought, emotion or even a fleeting sense of worry?  Do you chase them in circles like a scared baby chick until they cower and give into you?  Do you accept them and let them slide over you like the warmth of a blanket placed

Loving this play by Stephanie Kline.
12/02/2025

Loving this play by Stephanie Kline.

Cast of Characters JAKE MCNALLY :   Late 20s, a Marine veteran with a prosthetic right leg (below the knee) SAM SUMMERS :       Late 20s, a Marine veteran, Jake’s ex-wife Place  A Veterans Affairs hospital room in Raleigh, N

I think a lot of us can identify with the sentiment from this Frances Wiedenhoeft poem.
04/02/2025

I think a lot of us can identify with the sentiment from this Frances Wiedenhoeft poem.

Central Asia slipped into my heart sometimes when I wasn’t looking at the horror the still arid beauty and brightly colored tribal clothing almost hidden under burkas in the starving face of every Taliban child soldier I witnessed the determination of a people  to do more than just surviv

For today: check out Morgan Schneebeli's poem!
30/01/2025

For today: check out Morgan Schneebeli's poem!

(Written in honor of Kansas Honor Flight #101) Thank you for your service :  It doesn’t quite suffice. Thank you for your sacrifice isn’t quite right either.  Because the Uninformed believe the only sacrifice the Uniformed can make is their life, which is, of course, the greate

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