The Veterans Breakfast Club is pleased to share a publishing opportunity that may be of interest to veterans, military families, historians, researchers, and writers in our community.
The Pritzker Military Museum & Library, in partnership with Master Wings Publishing, is currently seeking submissions of veteran-authored and veteran-centered projects connected to the lived experience of military service.
According to the call, they are especially interested in:
- memoirs and autobiographies,
- military history,
- biographies,
- oral-history-based projects,
- and stories connected to the Cold War era (1945–1991).
The publishers are open to projects at many different stages of development, including:
- finished manuscripts,
- proposals,
- works-in-progress,
- and early-stage ideas.
This opportunity may be especially valuable for veterans or families who have long wanted to preserve a story but were unsure how to begin the publishing process.
From the announcement:
“We’re open to pitches, proposals, not-yet published books anywhere in the creation process, and are willing to support throughout.”
The Pritzker Military Museum & Library describes its mission as connecting the public to “military history, military affairs, and national security through exhibits, public programs, and research access that illuminate the lived experience of the Citizen Soldier.”
The Veterans Breakfast Club believes strongly that veterans’ stories matter — not only famous stories or stories of combat, but also the ordinary human experiences of service, memory, duty, transition, loss, humor, friendship, and survival that so often disappear if they are not recorded and shared.
If you have been working on a memoir, preserving a family member’s story, researching a unit history, or thinking about turning oral histories into a book project, this may be an opportunity worth exploring.
Learn more about Master Wings Publishing here:
Master Wings Publishing
Submission information can be found here:
Master Wings Publishing Submissions Page
We encourage members of the VBC community to consider sharing their stories and preserving the experiences that might otherwise be lost to time.
