What makes the Hospitalized Veterans Writing Project (HVWP) a unique and worthwhile charitable organization?
HVWP is designed to utilize writing as therapy for the hospitalized veteran. Volunteers and/or Veterans Administration medical center staff encourage veterans to write. In 1952, the magazine, Veterans Voices, was created to encourage veterans by publishing their work. Since that time, this 64-page magazine has been published three times per year (Spring, Summer and Fall). Veterans often experience traumatic and life-changing experiences in the service of their country. Through the coordinated efforts of HVWP volunteers and/or VA medical center staff, veterans in VA facilities across the United States are encouraged to write as therapy. They may submit their manuscripts (prose, poetry and artwork) for publication in Veterans Voices, the only publication dedicated solely to veterans writings. It can mean so much to a hospitalized veteran when a story, poem or artwork is published in Veterans’ Voices magazine, proving again that love (and writing) is still the best medicine. Hospitalized
