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
2023 Stories
- October
- TravelStory
Anon Blogger
Trekking In The Himalayas
- Winners Circle
Henry Lansing Woodward
The Reno Syndrome
- September
- Asima Yasin
Rescuing Hope
-
Biographical
Michele Dickson
Jim
- TravelStory
Lindsey Stratte
Princesses Kill Their Own Dragons
- TravelStory
Rakesh Tiwari
Lost and Found: Ladakh's Hidden Gems on Wheels with Friends
- Winners Circle
Henry Lansing Woodward
The Firefighter
- TravelStory
Leslie Cieplechowicz
The Georgian Fluke
- Winners Circle
Henry Lansing Woodward
The Razorblade Lady
- Winners Circle
Sara Etgen-Baker
A Stinky Situation
- Robert Flournoy
All For Nothing?
- TravelStory
Galya Bacheva
My Halle Family
- TravelStory
Raydene Nash
Trifled Timing for a Triad's Timbre
- August
- Winners Circle
Karen Radford Treanor
Past The Use-By-Date?
- Winners Circle
Henry Lansing Woodward
The Vomit Room
- James Osborne
The Halloween Outhouse Episode
-
Biographical
Aravindan Sumaithangi Sambasivam
Global Pain
- TravelStory
Raydene Nash
Trifled Timing for a Triad's Timbre
-
Biographical
Aparna Hulithala
My Brother Ashvini
- Winners Circle
Giles Ryan
Crossing Over
-
Biographical
Kelsey Hoevel
The Commencement
-
Biographical
Kaley Cole
River House
-
Biographical
Thom Webb
Best Teacher Ever
-
Biographical
Sonya Marie Meservey
The Monster Who Raised Me
-
Biographical
Nicole Corey
A Mother's Story
-
Biographical
Haseeb Haider
Goals and Gavels
- TravelStory
Esther Yumi Ko
Fifteen Miles in Big Bend
-
Biographical
Sripriya Singh
An Archive of Rich Memories
- Winners Circle
Karen Radford Treanor
Traveling With Mother
- James Osborne
The Dragon Tree
-
Biographical
Martha Harnly
Breaking The Mold
-
Biographical
Carol Scott
Becoming Arabella
-
Biographical
Michael Mason
Granddaddy Clark
-
Biographical
Karen Petersen
One Summer In Vermont
-
Biographical
Larry Schwandes
Two Years In Laos
- TravelStory
Nandini Ganesh
Bangalore - July 2021
- Winners Circle
Sara Etgen-Baker
The Lady In Red
- Winners Circle
Sara Etgen-Baker
Are You A Scardy Cat?
- Winners Circle
Sara Etgen-Baker
The Time Of My Life
- Winston Donald
Emancipation Day Celebration
- Abbie Creed
Cat in the Corner
-
Biographical
William Flores
A Slice Of Life In New York City
-
Biographical
Richard Ansell
Hastings, New Zealand
-
Biographical
Patrick Shannon
Sixty-One
-
Biographical
Emmanuel Maduabuchi Titus
K-12
-
Biographical
Pola Shreiber
Remaining Light
-
Biographical
Denise Boivin-Iassogna
Seven Days To Sunday
-
Biographical
Abigail Hagler
Jeannie With The Light Brown Hair
-
Biographical
Marcia McGreevy Lewis
She'll Take Them Up On A Tray
-
Biographical
Daniel Windever
Kenny Pye
-
Biographical
George R. Frost
Toothache
-
Biographical
Conrad Esselen
The Heroine
-
Biographical
Lydia Seales-Fuller
My Hero Is My Dad
- Winners Circle
Thomas Turman
P-38-E-1943
-
Biographical
Leigh M. O'Brien
Learning To Swim Without Lane Lines
-
Biographical
John Howell
The Bully
-
Biographical
Sherri J. Bale
Just A Girl In 1972
-
Biographical
Gloria Mesa
Playing Hooky
-
Biographical
Robert Flournoy
This Is For My Coach
-
Biographical
Irvin Sam Schonfeld
Snakes at the Mahjong Game
-
Biographical
Irvin Sam Schonfeld
Cauchemar
- Winston Donald
Clarksonville Baptist Church
- TravelStory
Samantha Leigh Miller
Teacher Field Trip To Ireland
- Winners Circle
Maureen Moynihan
Bottlenose Dolphins
- July
- Winners Circle
Sara Etgen-Baker
The Puppeteer and His Marionettes
- Winners Circle
Sara Etgen-Baker
A Tribute to the Cigar Box, Cigars,and the Men Who Smoked Them
- Winners Circle
Giles Ryan
Together Again
- Ezra Azra
My Cousin Obed
- Nwizi Emmanuel
The Myth of Izzi and My Village
- Sadia Reza
The Walls Speak of Purgatory
- Robert Flournoy
I Am Dead At 19
- Ellie S. Thomas
A New View On Old Things
- Pamella Laird
Jump--Jump!
-
Biographical
Angela Townsend
Technical Excellence
-
Biographical
Annette Vermette
Bipolar In Uniform
- Chukwuemerie Udekwe
A Story of a Motorcyclist
- Chukwuemerie Udekwe
Culture In A Three Cycle
- Winners Circle
Sara Etgen-Baker
Where Have All The Lunchboxes Gone?
- Winners Circle
Sara Etgen-Baker
When Handkerchiefs Were Fashionable
-
Biographical
Abbie Creed
Diary of a Survivor
-
Biographical
Abbie Creed
A Wish Come True
-
Biographical
Abbie Creed
The Red-Letter Dishes
- Thomas Dixon
Wrong Return Time
- Winners Circle
Giles Ryan
La Belle Irelandaise
-
Biographical
Leigh Margaret O'Brien
I wish I had known my seanmháthair
- June
- Rijam Terlumun Iorver
The Day I Learned To Appreciate Life
- Lauren Minju Shin
Diaries of Bright Treasure
- Emily Rodriguez
Imitation is the Backbone of Culture
- Nurma Syelin Komala
The 760 Pages Novel Crafted by
13-year-old Me
- Toni Moriarty
Global Warming. . .
- Winners Circle
Sara Etgen-Baker
Shaping Words
-
Biographical
Pamella Laird
Goodbye, Your Grace
- Lana Nizhehorodova
Pupsia and Lucy
- Agnessa Safovich
Russia's War On Ukraine
- Vince Roman
Is That So?
-
Biographical
Kurien Joseph
The Christening Host
-
Biographical
Winston Donald
Harry Belafonte
- Winners Circle
Sara Etgen-Baker
All Aboard!
- Winners Circle
Sara Etgen-Baker
My Father's Hands
- Winners Circle
Sara Etgen-Baker
Love At The Liberal Army Airfield
- Winners Circle
Sara Etgen-Baker
Weekends With Grammy
- Dante A. Cinelli
The Giant Who Took Small Steps
- Oliver Tichmann
Two Satirical Stories
- Aravindan Sumaithangi Sambasivam
Respecting Above Age
- John Siko
Operation Greenhouse
-
Biographical
Caleb Akakpo
The Outbreak
- Mark Jericho
The Best Writing Tip I've Received As An Author
- TravelStory
Yvonne Pipkin
My Wonderous Visit Down Under
-
Biographical
Louanne Woody Ewald
The Coming Storm, July, 2006
- Rebecca Blyakher
A Friday Night Dinner
- Victoria Blanco
Girasol and Paloma
- Marcia McGreevy Lewis
Breaking Out
-
Biographical
Kurien Joseph
The Code
-
Biographical
Yvonne Pipkin
From Farm Boy to Decorated WWII Soldier
-
Biographical
Richard Decof
The Gift From Dad
-
Biographical
Gareth Macready
Anecdotes of an Accidental Occidental
- L. J. Carber
The Day I Remembered My Soul
- Scot Walker
Poof
- Jack Wallace
True Believer
-
Biographical
Jack Wallace
The Old Man
- Gloria Mesa
Two Stories - Missionaries and Realism
- Iveren Evelyn Ayede
The Great Conviction
- Winners Circle
Sara Etgen-Baker
Ties To The Past
- Winners Circle
Sara Etgen-Baker
A Carousel Of Memories
- May
- Patricia M. Snell
The Life Of Our Barn
- Winners Circle
Sara Etgen-Baker
Cutie Pie, Won't You Be My Valentine?
-
Biographical
Sara Hailstone
Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Ewa Gerald Onyebuchi
A Certain Breed Of Men
- Winners Circle
Sara Etgen-Baker
My Plate Is Full
- TravelStory
Shannon King
Confessions of a Saddle Tramp
- TravelStory
Larry Schwandes
Jerusalem
- Pratheek V. Tangirala
Covid-19, The Killer of Bodily and Sociopolitical Goodness
- AnimalStory
Dianne Honey
Ballooning, A Unique Experience
-
Biographical
Beryl Trebble
Age No Barrier - Forever Young
- Winners Circle
Sara Etgen-Baker
The Time of My Life
- Winners Circle
Sara Etgen-Baker
Change
- Winners Circle
Sara Etgen-Baker
Catching Lightning Bugs
- Winners Circle
Sara Etgen-Baker
Put On Your Apron, It's Time For Home Ec Class!