October 1, 2022
Ron Osgood, the Indiana University Media School Professor emeritus and U.S. Navy Vietnam War veteran, received first place in the Indiana Veterans Art Show & Competition’s multimedia category for his one-of-a-kind multimedia website, "Vietnam War…
May 10, 2022
Bill McCloud, a member of Vietnam Veterans of America who served with the 147th Assault (Support) Helicopter Company in Vietnam in 1968-69 and today teaches U.S. History and Political Science at Rogers State University in…
August 14, 2019
Retired Marine Capt. Dale Dye, who received the VVA Excellence in the Arts Award at the 1997 National Convention in Kansas City for all but re-inventing the art of military technology advising in Hollywood, received…
August 29, 2018
Retired Marine Capt. Dale Dye--whom we profiled in the cover story of the May/June issue---will receive the 2018 Bob Hope Award for Excellence in Entertainment in October. The prestigious honor is sponsored by the Medal…
October 11, 2017
The MacArthur Foundation today announced the twenty-four 2017 recipients of the MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, the so-called “genius” grants. These $625,000 stipends are given with no strings attached to writers, artists, scientists, and other creative people. The…
January 31, 2016
Bobbie Ann Mason, the acclaimed novelist and short story writer, was inducted into the Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame on January 28 . Mason, who grew up in Mayfield, Kentucky, and still lives in the…
January 26, 2016
The Jeff Sharlet Memorial Award for Veterans is a creative writing contest for U.S. military veterans and active duty personnel. It's run by The Iowa Review and sponsored by the family of Sharlet (in…
October 15, 2015
Journalist Louise Esola 's book, American Boys , which we reviewed on The VVA Veteran 's Books in Review II page back in January, has been named the grand prize winner of the Writer's Digest…
March 16, 2015
Maya Lin---he artist, sculptor and environmental artist best known as the designer of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial---received the 21st annual $300, 000 Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize in November. The prestigious award recognizes architects, musicians, playwrights, directors,…
August 12, 2014
Most of the obituaries and appreciations of Robin Williams (who committed suicide on August 11) mentioned the fact that his breakout acting role came in the film Good Morning Vietnam and that he won a…