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
- 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!
-
Biographical
Beryl Trebble
Everyone Has A Story To Tell
-
Biographical
Abbie Creed
Childless Mother of Nine
- AnimalStory
Nomyezo Mqhele
The Snake Downstairs
- AnimalStory
Viveck Crishna
Jungle Book
- AnimalStory
H. E. Wheeler
Bald Eagle
- AnimalStory
Valerie Marcley
The Beach, the Ballyhoo, the Barracuda and Me
- AnimalStory
Megan Chisum
Joaquin
- AnimalStory
Sarah Thomas
Hummingbird on the Wind
- AnimalStory
Sydney Dell
Encounter With Animals
- AnimalStory
Henry Loe
Bear Witness
- AnimalStory
Katherine Purvin
Contemplation of a Hornworm
- AnimalStory
Nancy McAtavey
One Horn, Two
- AnimalStory
M’barek Ismaili Alaoui
The Macaque Encounter
- AnimalStory
Asma Janjua
A Tale of a Serpent
- AnimalStory
Charisma Everard
Baby Blue
- AnimalStory
Kurt Schmidt
Chasing The Bear While Almost Bare-Naked
- AnimalStory
Sue Proffitt
My Octopus: A Love Story
- AnimalStory
Lew Goddard
Rabbit Stew
- AnimalStory
Macjohn Ekwealor
The Whispering Wings
- AnimalStory
Mason Sansonia
Rodent Right of Way
- AnimalStory
Stephen Berberich
Meet Mr. Halyo
- AnimalStory
Eddy Daniel
Bear Story
- AnimalStory
Gary Mulnix
Bucky
- AnimalStory
Rachel Lutwick-Deaner
Excuse Me? I'm An Animal Lover
- AnimalStory
Priscilla King
Possums at the Cat Sanctuary
- April
- Winners Circle
Sara Etgen-Baker
Running Away From Home
- Winners Circle
Sara Etgen-Baker
Pink Pearls of Wisdom
- AnimalStory
Ana Marie Hernandez
The Coral Reef's Cry
- Rene Volpi
Traveling To The Past
- AnimalStory
Mark Bucaling
The Forest Was Quiet
- Winners Circle
Maureen Moynihan
Dusty Ashes
- AnimalStory
Sandra Fischer
Saving The Ducks
- AnimalStory
Steven Stilwell
Little Orange People
- AnimalStory
Chaitanyamoi Chetia
The White Brested Waterfowl
-
Biographical
Ezra Azra
My Granny, A Jew Nonpareil
- Winners Circle
Sara Etgen-Baker
Bumper Crop
- Winners Circle
Sara Etgen-Baker
Gone Fishin'
- Winners Circle
Sara Etgen-Baker
Turning Pointe
- AnimalStory
Kass Wood
Moose Encounters of the Close Kind
-
Biographical
Leah Rose
The Phoenix
- AnimalStory
Brooklyn Judd
Hum
-
Biographical
Mike Holland
A Night on the Bay
- AnimalStory
Cynthia Todd
Minature Magnificence
- Dante A. Cinelli, Sr.
My Quiet Hiding Place and other Selected Poems
- AnimalStory
Mike Holland
Middle of Nowhere
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Biographical
Alan L. Brainard
My Search For Roger and the Door Left Open
- AnimalStory
Lily Finch
Transtibial Prosthesis? What Transtibial Prosthesis?
-
Biographical
P. S. Gifford
Chocolates and an Ukulele
- Winners Circle
Sara Etgen-Baker
Of Christmases Past
- Winners Circle
Sara Etgen-Baker
This Old House
- Winners Circle
Sara Etgen-Baker
Things of the Heart
- AnimalStory
Warren Blake
Big Man Tiger
- AnimalStory
Ekoja Solomon
My Undergraduate Encounter With Animals
- TravelStory
Yessenia Gutierrez
The Road Trip Of Our Lives
-
Biographical
Mort Morford
I've Had A Hard Life
- TravelStory
Mort Morford
Visit From Grandma
- Laura Rokowski-Cole
Six Months After Covid
-
Biographical
Mort Morford
Where Is Justice?
-
Biographical
Mort Morford
My Life Doesn't Look Like The Pictures On The Box
- Kelly Maida
Haunted Happenings
- Karene Horst
Deporting My Valentine
- Samuel Jekeli
The Strength of a Lion
- AnimalStory
Abram Gabriel
My Fear of Dogs
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Biographical
Doug M. Dawson
Mom and Pop
- TravelStory
Katarzyna Knas
My Dolce Vita
- AnimalStory
Mort Morford
In Sasquatch We Trust
- AnimalStory
James Osborne
Life Lessons in the Wilderness
- March
- Roger Barbee
Nature's Beautiful Way
- AnimalStory
Martha Patterson
The Fearsomeness of Rats
- AnimalStory
Salam Syagha
The Poison That Cures
- AnimalStory
Pat Mann
Being Quiet in the Woods
- AnimalStory
Beryl Trebble
It Could Only Happen In Africa
- AnimalStory
Abbie Creed
The Giving Light
- AnimalStory
Beata Stasak
One Old Man and One Old Kangaroo
- AnimalStory
Robert Flournoy
Snake Encounter
-
Biographical
Beata Stasak
I Spend My Time on This Earth Doing My Bit. That's All I Can Do
- AnimalStory
Abbie Creed
The Neighborhood Celebrity
- AnimalStory
Mort Morford
It Was The Summer of 1980
- Winners Circle
Maureen Moynihan
Skinny White Girl
- AnimalStory
James L. Cowles
Goosed
-
Biographical
Roger Barbee
Carpe Diem
- AnimalStory
Christin Kaiser
Oh, Deer!
- Winners Circle
Giles Ryan
Lutful
- Winners Circle
Giles Ryan
Nightwalker
- Amanya Aklam
The Blind Cow and the Unbothered Owner
- AnimalStory
James Osborne
Dragonflies and the Great Blue Heron
- AnimalStory
Fred Chaney
Songs
- James Osborne
Our Filly Was A 'Night-Mare'
- AnimalStory
Roger Barbee
A Bush, Bumblebees, and a Butterfly
- AnimalStory
Zary Fekete
Murine Steps
-
Biographical
Chaitanyamoi Chetia
I Chimed A Metal Bowl
-
Biographical
Chaitanyamoi Chetia
The Suprise Day With My Bicycle
-
Biographical
Chaitanyamoi Chetia
Section E
- February
- Winners Circle
Linda Dougherty
Finding Elzada
- Winners Circle
Valerie Forde-Galvin
West Quincy Story
-
Biographical
Naoma Moody
Walking Home From School
-
Biographical
Chaitanyamoi Chetia
Tea Set
- Winners Circle
Maureen Moynihan
The Cookie Lady
- Winners Circle
Valerie Byron
The Secret
- Winners Circle
Maureen Moynihan
Hello, Again
- Winners Circle
Lesley Mukwacha
Seventeen Guides and a Lioness
- Winners Circle
Valerie Byron
Man Of My Dreams
- Winners Circle
Lesley Mukwacha
When The Lions Visit
- Winners Circle
Maureen Moynihan
The John (revised)