Non-Profit Fires Salvo of 3 Free Arts-and-Military Pubs

Military Experience and the Arts, a Kentucky-based non-profit organization, has launched three new or rebooted journals of military-themed non-fiction, fiction, and poetry. Starting this week, each is available free online as Portable Document Format (P.D.F.) files.

Each publication features the work of military veterans, service members, family members, researchers, and supporters. The journals are:

• A third volume of The Journal of Military Experience (Click for PDF). The 377-page publication has been retooled to focus on literary non-fiction, visual arts, and academic scholarship, having spun off poetry and fiction into separate vehicles.

• The 105-page inaugural issue of the Blue Streak poetry journal.

• The 75-page inaugural issue of The Blue Falcon Review features 11 short works of fiction. 

Working through collaborative e-mail and social media groups, the organization operates as a virtual writing workshop, and relies heavily on nationwide networks of volunteer peer-editors.

Each publication welcomes submissions year-round. A fourth journal regarding Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (P.T.S.D.) topics is anticipated to launch later this year.