CANCELLED!We want your dog stories!

Submission information for new anthology of uplifting dog stories.

Due to forces beyond our control, the project below has been cancelled. Should we revive it, this page will remain live and the "cancelled notice will be removed.

If you have a funny, inspiring or heartwarming real-life story about your dog or a dog you would call "friend", we will pay you for it.

• US$100 "permission fee" upon publication.
• Your byline with the story
• A free copy of the book when it is published
• The one-time option to purchase 10+ copies for friends, family, gifts, etc at a 50% discount when the book is published.

The Happy Guy Marketing (that's us!) is collecting stories on behalf of Snapshots of Heaven, publishers of the successful Snapshots of Heaven series, as seen on the Home Shopping Network, in over 100 TV, radio and print interviews, and on sale in major bookstores across North America. The dog volume will be the second in the series.

Your submission

If you want your submission to be accepted, it is extremely important that you read the following information. We are looking for uplifting stories only. Stories of joy. Moments to remember. Stories of beauty and life and love and humor. We are NOT seeking stories about frustration, sadness, or overcoming challenges. If there is a moral to the story, gently introduced, that is fine, but we are NOT seeking stories about the moral. We want stories that are powerful and moving that will lift readers up out of their seats, happy, smiling, even laughing. And don't forget to mention your dog's breed.

Please make sure that your story reads in the same style as the first Snapshots of Heaven volume to reduce the amount of editing required. If your story requires one hour to edit for the Snapshots of Heaven style, and another submission requires three hours to edit, guess which one we will select? Ideally, you would have read some of the stories in Snapshots of Heaven before you begin writing your story. (If you are looking for a copy, get it here)

Timeline: The book is to include 40 stories, which we are seeking by June 30, 2007, to use in test-marketing and in the completed book. Both The Happy Guy Marketing and Snapshots of Heaven expect the full book to be published once the test marketing phase runs its course.

Format: Please provide your submission in a Microsoft Word document. You can send it to submitdogs@seo-writer.com. All submissions should have at least 750 words and at most 1000 words. Any submission not within this guideline will be fed to the dog next door.

At the top of your submission, please include your name and complete contact info, as well as a 30-word-maximum bio, written in the third person, at the top. Example:

David Leonhardt
3854 County Road 7
Chesterville, Ontario
K0C 1H0 Canada
(613) 448-4086
info@seo-writer.com

David Leonhardt is The Happy Guy, freelance writer and author of four business and self-help books
and a contributor to two anthologies.

Fine Print:

• If you are a minor (under 18 years old) please provide the name of the parent or guardian at the same address who is legally entitled to enter into a contract on your behalf.
• Please note that due to the volume of submissions we will be receiving, we will be notifying only those whose stories we accept for publication.
• Payment will be paid upon publication, after signing a legal release form to permit publication.
• Prior to publishing, contributors will be required to sign a contract giving Snapshots of Heaven first publication rights to your story, with a three-year exclusivity period from the date of publication.

The review team looks forward to reading your stories.

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