Nonfiction Animal Short Stories and Prizes up to $300

The Preservation Foundation, INC is offering at its storyhouse.org a short story competition under the theme of “Nonfiction Animal Stories”. As Stories should be factual and true accounts of an encounter or encounters by the author with a wild animal or animals. These include, but are not limited to, birds, fish, butterflies, snails, lions, bears, turtles, wombats, etc., as long as it is not a pet.

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First prize in each category will be $200. Runners-up will receive $100. Winners, runners-up, and finalists in each category will receive certificates of recognition suitable for framing.

1. Stories must be between 1000--5,000 words in length.   
2. There are no international limitations. Stories from any country are fine, although they must be written in English. 
3. Language in the stories should be free of words or scenes not suitable for children, since many children read the stories and some actually post their stories.
4. Be sure your stories are ready for publication. We do not provide copy editing services. If they aren't ready to go up on the site don't send them until they are.
5. We like to include a short author's introduction at the beginning and a brief biography of the author at the end. This helps us determine if you are truly a "unpublished writer." Send these along in the body of your E-mail or as attachments.
6. Just to be clear, we claim no rights to your stories. They are published with your name as copyright holder. However, since our object is to preserve these stories for future generations, not to put them up one year and take them down the next, contest runners-up and winners are expected to remain on the site for as long as the Preservation Foundation exists. We will, however, have no objection to the stories being published elsewhere. If you anticipate submitting your posted story to a publisher that would object to previous publication on our site you could use a pen name with us and/or a different title. 
7. Stories should be submitted as electronic text files. No paper manuscripts can be considered. 
8. If you submit copyright material as text or as illustration it is your responsibility to obtain permission to use it. 
9. Stories entered in any of our previous contests will not be eligible for current year contests.
10. A writer may enter one or two stories in each contest. There are no entry fees.

About the preservation foundation, inc:

A Nonprofit Publisher Established In 1976, Preserving the extraordinary stories of 'ordinary' people.

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