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Release of AS YOU WERE: THE MILITARY REVIEW, Vol. 23

Posted on November 11, 2025November 11, 2025 by MEA Admin

We have the honor to announce the release of As You Were: The Military Review, Vol. 23. This edition contains three dozen pieces of literary fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and artwork. The work spans multiple generations and viewpoints from across the world, a testament to the wide scope of impacts caused by the presence of militaries in…

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Release of AS YOU WERE: THE MILITARY REVIEW, Vol. 22

Posted on May 26, 2025October 7, 2025 by MEA Admin

We’re proud to announce the release of As You Were: The Military Review, Vol. 22, our latest collection of military-themed literary fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and artwork. Like its predecessors, this edition contains work that is representative of the extraordinary effort on the part of the creators to share parts of the human experience with you….

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Release of AS YOU WERE: THE MILITARY REVIEW, Vol. 21

Posted on November 11, 2024November 11, 2024 by MEA Admin

Military Experience and the Arts, Inc. is proud to announce the publication of As You Were: The Military Review, Vol. 21, an edition containing more than forty works of military-themed poetry, artwork, creative nonfiction, and literary fiction.  The work of the creators featured herein delves deeply into the human experiences associated with the presence of militaries. Each…

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AS YOU WERE: THE MILITARY REVIEW, Vol. 20 Released

Posted on May 27, 2024May 26, 2024 by MEA Admin

MEA is proud to announce the release of As You Were: The Military Review, Vol. 20. This issue contains more than thirty individual works of painstakingly created poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and visual art. Our publication seeks to initiate and explore serious inquiries into the human condition within military contexts. These are the voices and…

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Who We Are

Military Experience and the Arts, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose primary mission is to work with veterans and their families to publish short stories, essays, poems, and artwork in our biannual publication, As You Were: The Military Review, periodic editions of Blue Nostalgia: The Journal of Post-Traumatic Growth and others. To the best of our ability, we pair each author or poet that submits work to us with a mentor to work one-on-one to polish their work or learn new skills and techniques.

Our staff is based all over the country and includes college professors, professional authors, veterans’ advocates, and clinicians. As such, most of our services are provided through email and online writing workshops.

All editing, consultations, and workshops are free of charge. Veterans and their families pay nothing for our services, and they never will.

Under our Publications tab, there are more than two dozen volumes of creative work crafted by veterans and their family members as well as a virtual art gallery. Our blog posts feature short pieces that cover a wide range of opinion editorials, literary reviews, and profiles on veteran artists and writers.

Please consider spending some time navigating our site and reading and seeing the fine work of veterans and their families from around the globe.

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