A Place for Veteran Writers

Veteran Writers Network

Building Connections to Create Community Among Veterans
Military veterans are a treasured asset. The Veteran Writers Network brings this truth to life by publishing their works and building community through networking and resource sharing. We work to shine a light on those with military experience who have something to say to an engaged readership. Everyone, veterans and non-veterans alike, is welcome to join us in supporting the cause.
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Latest Posts

  • Everything Does Not Happen for a Reason
    March 23, 2026
    Everything does not happen for a reason. The notion that it does is a self-centered human fantasy based on limited, exclusionary knowledge. It helps people…
  • Beethoven and the Purity of Will
    March 20, 2026
    “What a humiliation when one stood beside me and heard a flute in the distance and I heard nothing, or someone heard the shepherd singing…
  • Butterfly on flower
    Vacant Lots: A Butterfly Hunter Considers the Sacred
    March 16, 2026
    The simplest definition of “sacred” in the Oxford English Dictionary has always seemed to me to be “set apart,” and that’s probably why I’ve never felt very…
  • A Bunch of Felonies
    March 10, 2026
     You know, that’s what my sockeyetrist told me. “Catherine,” he said, “you’ve got a person in you, another person besides you, and that person is…
  • Raymond Carver Remembered
    March 9, 2026
    For those who weren’t writing back in the nineteen eighties, it’s hard to imagine what a broad shadow Raymond Carver cast across the writing world.…
  • The Persistence of Doors
    March 5, 2026
    I was four years old, and we lived on the top floor of a fisherman’s house in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. I could see the ocean…
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Welcome to Veteran Writers Network, the online community for veterans to connect, share stories, and find resources. Our platform is a sanctuary for veterans to express themselves and connect with a warm, supportive online community.
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The Veteran Writers Network

The Veteran Writers Network was created by a team of friends and colleagues who, after years of working with veterans, noticed the gaps between resources and the veterans who value them. So many goods and services are available for service-connected folks, but many of these go undiscovered by the people who need them most. The team wondered, “What if there was a website dedicated to making connections between vets and the wonderful programs and businesses available to them? How can we draw them together?” Paired with smart writing and robust discussions of contemporary topics, the Veteran Writers Network strives to go beyond a blog, beyond a website with a bunch of links. It's a place where visitors can go to connect to a network of goods, services, businesses, and resources as well as to one another. The goal is for the site to become a hub where anyone can go for all things veteran.
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