The Preservation
Foundation, Inc.
WRITER'S SHOWCASE
NONFICTION
Note: Our nonfiction stories are cataloged by this year's last contest closing date of October 31
2022 Stories
- May
- Christin Kaiser
The Morning Is Mine
-
Biographical
Lesley Mukwacha
Me Against the Lions
- TravelStory
Ikyereve Denen
My Terrifying Encounter with a Mamba Snake and Some Herds of Cattle
- Elliot Wilner
Alice and the Tea Party
- Winners Circle
Karen Radford Treanor
In Like A Lion...Out Like Two Lions
- Wassila Aouadi
Teenage Life
-
Biographical
Marcia McGreevy Lewis
I Don't Know How She Does It
- Ikyereve Denen
Endangered Folks, Chimps, and Funa on the Brinks
- Meenakshi Bhatt
The Foxes with Doggy-ears
-
Biographical
Alexi Dinerstein
Wawa's Divine Sign
-
Biographical
Habib Zreik
The Friendly Neighborhood Doctor
-
Biographical
Fredrick Hudgin
Ha
-
Biographical
Robert Flournoy
Welcome Home
-
Biographical
Robert Flournoy
Dirt Roads and Calloused Hands
- TravelStory
Edward Bogdan
Gringos Estupidos
- Darien Greene
Moving Day
- TravelStory
Leslee W. Kahler
How I learned the Joys of Traveling...
-
Biographical
Katharine Valentino
Get Your Comeuppance Here
- Winners Circle
Carl Winderl
An Ode to Przemsyl
-
Biographical
Pamella Laird
Getting to Know the Canon
- April
- AnimalStory
Ohanya K'Otengo
A Tragedy and a Blessing
- AnimalStory
Paul Onuh
Scray Tale of a Lone Black Kid
- AnimalStory
Subhiksha Parthiban
They Were Never Mine
- AnimalStory
Muthulakshmi Muthukrishnan
Devils of Speechless Creatures
- AnimalStory
Eleanor Dorst
Encounters of the Wild Kind
- AnimalStory
Gavin Greenfield
Surrounded by Swirling Swallows
- AnimalStory
Ikyereve Denen
My Terrifying Encounter With a Black Cat at Night
- AnimalStory
Janice Rider
"Fairy" Beetles
- AnimalStory
Lauren Stoker
Fierce Love
- AnimalStory
Irene Joseph
The Sadistic Mega-Beast
- AnimalStory
Marc Revere
Casting Shadows
- AnimalStory
Barry Purcell
Animal Control Took Care Of It
- AnimalStory
Wanda Nelson
Our Hideaway
- AnimalStory
Penelope Maclachlan
The OnÇa
- AnimalStory
Samantha Pinazza
A Spectacular Fight
- AnimalStory
Caroline Fynn
In Kite Nation
- Abdallahi Hamby
10 Critical Pieces of Advice
-
Biographical
Sara Todd-Stone
Just a Sip
-
Biographical
Jeanne Marie Donnelly
My Real-Life Story
- Gene J. Parola
Robert Louis Stevenson and the Pearl Harbor That Didn't Happen
- AnimalStory
Valerie Forde-Galvin
Charlie's Good Year
- AnimalStory
Salam Syagha
The Olive Oil Thief
- AnimalStory
Amritha Sobrun-Maharaj
Snowy
- AnimalStory
Jennie Mae Ong
Swimming With The World's Biggest Sharks Before They Become Extinct
- AnimalStory
E. P. Lande
Jeanne's
Valley
-
Biographical
Kelly Maida
The Black Sheep of the Family Walks Away
- AnimalStory
Lew Goddard
The Deer Survived
-
Biographical
Roger Barbee
I Was Here
- AnimalStory
Ellie S. Thomas
Where Does The Hare Go
- March
- AnimalStory
Valerie Winans
Where The Wild Things Are In Alaska
- AnimalStory
Desiree Kendrick
Who Ruffled the Emu?
- AnimalStory
Kathryn Payne-Olson
When Giving Kindness Pays You Back
- AnimalStory
Lew Goddard
I Walked with the Wind
- AnimalStory
Deon Matzen
A Sleepover with Friends
- AnimalStory
Anna G. Joujan
And The Lions Laze
- TravelStory
Pamella Laird
The Pot of Gold
- AnimalStory
Kelly Maida
Animal Encounters of a Different Kind
- Charles T. Faulkner
Horse Encounters of the Worst Kind
- AnimalStory
Alex Byrd Jones
Beaver and Willow
- Winners Circle
Don Shook
Attitudes
- Ugochi Eke
Synonyms 101
- Bobbi Ali
Choosing
-
Biographical
Dale Fehringer
Ed and Wilma
-
Biographical
Dale Fehringer
Thanks for My Rodeo
-
Biographical
Janis LeForge
Mom Shops Moscow
- Winners Circle
Don Shook
In The Neighborhood
- Winners Circle
Linda A. Dougherty
Grandmom Kate
-
Biographical
Margie Hofman
The Dutch Aunty
- Winners Circle
Douglas Holub
Man vs. The Man
- Winners Circle
Douglas Holub
Electric Car
- February
- Winners Circle
Giles Ryan
Reliquary
- Winners Circle
Maureen Moynihan
The Playboy
- Winners Circle
Giles Ryan
The Boldest Birds
- Winners Circle
Giles Ryan
Ferry Ghat
- Winners Circle
Giles Ryan
Staying
- Winners Circle
Karen Radford Treanor
Fostering Felines
- Winners Circle
Karen Radford Treanor
Family Matters
- Winners Circle
Carl Winderl
To Be, or Not to Be. a Father. . .
- Winners Circle
Karen Radford Treanor
Fazed By Frogs
-
Biographical
Fred Cheney
Something Personal
- Winners Circle
Thomas Turman
Golden Silence, Silver Tongue
- Winners Circle
Thomas Turman
My Day With Big Moma
- Winners Circle
Thomas Turman
Willie Alexander
- January
-
Biographical
Pamella Laird
Viner Con Migo, Senoritas
-
Biographical
James L. Cowles
My Old Friend, Mike
-
Biographical
Yanjin Song
Picasso. . .
- Winners Circle
Sara Etgen-Baker
Field of Dreams
- Winners Circle
Sara Etgen-Baker
The Eskimo Igloo Cake
- Winners Circle
Sara Etgen-Baker
Intangible Ingredients
- Winners Circle
Sara Etgen-Baker
The Poor Little Matchstick Girl
- Kelly Maida
The True Meaning of the Holidays
- TravelStory
Chaitanyamoi Chetia
My Journey To Kolkata
2021 Stories
- December
- James Osborne
Life Before The Internet
- Deon Matzen
Holiday Magic
- James L. Cowles
Danley and Coy, Young Adventurers
- November
-
Biographical
Joyce Benedict
Blackberry Brandy
- Nouran Sherif
Kind Penguin
- Christin Kaiser
What Lies Beneath
- K. C. Chan Wing Haw
The Abandoned
- TravelStory
Justina Ogodo
Lost in Switzerland
- AnimalStory
Joyce Benedict
The Seagull
-
Biographical
Karla Bowen Herman
Half-Starved As A Child, She Fed Everyone
-
Biographical
Joyce Benedict
A Mother Always 'In The Mood'
-
Biographical
Arad Niksefar
War and Woman
- Winners Circle
Shivaji K. Moitra
Behind The Masks
- October
- TravelStory
Frank Stern
You Can't Always Tell A Priest By His Collar
- TravelStory
Okoye Gosife Janefrances
My Most Memorable Visits
- TravelStory
Stanley Bloom
Covid Castaway
- TravelStory
Tiffany Smith
Cross Country Jaunt
- TravelStory
Gloria Lauris
The Philippines is a Rice Place to Live
- TravelStory
Sally Quon
Camping and Covid-19
- TravelStory
Michelle Lin
My First Glimpse into the Real Mexico
- TravelStory
Janda Raker
Campground Gods on Padre Island
- TravelStory
Hilary Bryn Thomas
Travel Solo, Not Alone
- AnimalStory
Suzanne Anderson
Bison, Bear, and Elk - Oh My!
- TravelStory
Robert Sperry
Deep in the Canyon