Silver Boomer Books: A Patriotic/Military Anthology
As the United States and other countries prepare to observe the tenth anniversary of the 9-11 terrorist attacks, our thoughts go to the brave military members who serve our nations at home and abroad and those who also serve by waiting faithfully and supporting the military members with calls, letters, care packages, and other expressions of love and appreciation during times of deployment. Silver Boomer Books wants your stories, poems, essays and interviews dealing with military life and experience.
As always, we're looking for quality over quantity and actually favor shorter works, especially shorter poetry. We're open to stories from the American Revolution to current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan; stories from the homefront, the battlefront or behind the lines; humor, courage, pathos or drudgery. Stories up to 1,500 words; poetry up to 50 lines. Projected release date for the anthology is August, 2011. We need your submissions no later than March 30th, 2011, and will let you know by June 30 if your work is selected for inclusion. Payment is $5 for poetry and $10 for stories plus a contributor's copy.
For all the good writers who have no personal military experience, this is an opportunity to interview those who do. And what might your town, your church, your schools, your service group be doing to encourage or provide for those deployed, to remind them of home and of our appreciation for their commitment?