
The Iowa Review is calling on veterans and active duty members to submit stories that otherwise may go unshared.The inaugural Jeff Sharlet Memorial Award for Veterans kicked off earlier this spring and is open through June 15 to U.S. military veterans and active duty personnel. Submitters are asked to send in their best fiction, creative nonfiction or poetry works for a chance to win $1,000 and publication in an upcoming issue of the literary magazine, editor Russell Valentino said. Author Robert Olen Butler will judge the submissions and choose the winning piece.The contest is named after Vietnam War veteran and anti-war writer and activist Jeff Sharlet, whose family proposed the contest idea to the Iowa Review.�The contest has no limitations on subject matter,� managing editor ...
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