2006 Contests Winners Announced
2006 Contests ended September 30, 2006.  Winners were announced November 17, 2006.  To see the list of winners and/or read them, Click Here!

Rules for the 2007 Contest(s), if any, will be announced in the near future...Stay tuned!  If we do have contests for 2007, the rules will be similar to those for 2006.  See below.
2006
Preservation Foundation Contests
For Unpublished* Writers

General Nonfiction
Travel Nonfiction
Drawing of a pyramid with a treasure inside.

*Unpublished Writers, Eligibility, And Other Matters

 For purposes of these contests, unpublished writers are defined as those whose creative writing (as opposed writing for salaried jobs) has never produced revenues of over $500 in any single year.  The Preservation Foundation has sole authority to rule on any writer's eligibility, the appropriateness of stories for entry, changes in contest rules, and all other matters relating to the contest.

Rules For the 2006 Contests

    We will again have prizes for two categories of  nonfiction: General Nonfiction and Travel Nonfiction.
    Stories must be between 1500 and 5000 words in length.
    Contest entries will be accepted from October 1, 2005, through September 30, 2006.
    All contest entries will be posted on this web site.
    Stories must be submitted by E-mail or as files on disc.  No paper manuscripts.   See How to submit a story
    No story may be entered in more than one contest.
    A writer may enter up to three stories in each contest.  There will be no entry fee for the first story, but a fee of $10 (U.S.) will be required for each additional story in the same category.
    All entry fees will be applied exclusively toward contest prizes.  Fees can be paid by check or by credit card.
Click here for payment information.

(Note: Most of the 2005 contest prize money came from donations by our members. Any of you fortunate enough to be able to help us
finance the award program click here to do so.  Donations will help fund the prizes for future contests.)

    First prize in each category will be $100.  Winners, runner-ups, honorable mentions, and finalists in each category will receive certificates of recognition suitable for framing.

  General Nonfiction Contest

    Any appropriate nonfiction topic is eligible.  Stories must be true, not semi-fictional accounts.  Stories entered in any of our previous contests will not be eligible unless they have been extensively revised.

Travel Nonfiction Contest

    Stories should be factual and true accounts of a trip taken by the author or someone known personally by the author.  Stories entered in any of our previous contests will not be eligible unless they have been extensively revised.

Judging

As we write this, the 2006 deadline is a long way off.  So we can't be sure if the same process will apply that has served  us in the past.  However, if changes must be made we will make them.  If not, then the judging will be done as we did it for the 2005 contests.  Click here to find out how that was done.


Fiction

    We will continue to accept fictional stories for display on the site and all fiction posted since our last fiction contest will be eligible for any new contest we may announce.  However,  we have not sponsored a fiction contest since 2000.

    These decisions are based on our belief that many Internet sites now offer programs for writers of fiction, while very few encourage nonfiction. We believe too that writers of fiction are also capable of writing about real events in their own lives and the lives of those they know.  So get busy and prove us right!

Regular Story Submissions--No Limit

  While there is a limit of 3 entries in the contests, writers should continue to submit non-contest stories, both nonfiction and fiction,  for display on our site.  There is no limit.  Our purpose is to publish your works and you don't have to enter any contests for us to do that.
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