Honors and Prizes

Ron Osgood Wins Indiana Veterans Arts Show Award

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…

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McCloud Receives History Award

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…

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Dale Dye Continues to Gain Accolades

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…

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Bob Hope Award to Dale Dye

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…

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Viet Nguyen Receives a MacArthur “Genius” Grant

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…

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Bobbie Ann Mason Receives Kentucky Literary Honor

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…

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Creative Writing Contest: The Jeff Sharlet Memorial Award for Veterans

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…

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'American Boys' Wins Big Book Honor

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…

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Maya Lin Receives Gish Prize

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,…

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Robin Williams, 1951-2014

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…

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