Writers, poets, photographers — or anyone with a story to tell or image to share about the Marine Corps — have until Jan. 15 to submit an entry for the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation’s annual awards program.
The competition is open to work across 18 categories from civilians and service members in any branch. Prizes include a $2,000 prize, commemorative plaque and an invitation to the foundation’s annual black-tie dinner.
Categories include autobiography, biography, non-fiction, poetry, reporting and features, along with various photography and videography classifications.
For example, the Robert A. Gannon Award, named after the noted poet, is given for a volume of original verse by a Marine poet dealing with Marine Corps life. The James Webb Award, named for the U.S. senator, author and Navy Cross recipient, honors distinguished fiction related to the service.
The foundation added a new category this year for digital media. The Corporal Jan Bender Award was created in tribute to the “generation of Marines who fought in the Global War on Terror in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere around the world,” the foundation said in a Nov. 15 news release.
Bender, as a combat correspondent, captured some of the first digital coverage of the war, including scenes from Operation Al Fajr, the Second Battle of Fallujah, Iraq, in 2004.
Established in 1979, the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation is dedicated to preserving the Corps’ narrative of sacrifice and triumphs, according to its official website.
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