Since its inception as a 501(c)(3) in 2014, Military Experience and the Arts, Inc. has fostered the advancement of hundreds of veterans, servicemembers, and military families in their endeavors in the creative arts.
We’ve met these poets, writers, and artists where they are and helped them get to where they want to go with their chosen crafts. Sometimes that’s been through intensive one-on-one mentoring in a developmental revision process that reworks pieces while teaching valuable, universally applicable skills in creative expression. Often it is building upon or simply recognizing inherent strengths. Other times it’s answering questions about their chosen fields. Their efforts and interests are always respected, honored, and celebrated.
Numbers tell the tale.
As of November 2025, MEA has published 31 periodicals, including The Journal of Military Experience, The Blue Falcon Review, Blue Streak: A Journal of Military Poetry, Blue Nostalgia: A Journal of Post-Traumatic Growth, and our longest-running digital magazine, As You Were: The Military Review.
Within these editions, we’ve published:
247 creative nonfiction stories
221 literary fiction stories
426 poems
137 art pieces
-AVolunteer Opportunities
The most valuable contribution anyone can make is lending their expertise to assist in our mission of helping writers tell their story! If you have experience editing and are interested in helping out, email the editor-in-chief at president@militaryexperience.org.
The work of editing literary works and producing a web-based publication is multi-faceted, so if you’d like to contribute in another way, please let us know!
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