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Best Cat Ever...

The deadline for submissions is MARCH 1, 2026.

Cats! We love this topic, and our readers do too! So, we are doing it again! This book is scheduled to go on sale in late summer 2026, so here is another chance for you to share a story or two about the member of your family who just happens to walk on four feet!

We are looking for first-person true stories of up to 1200 words. We want your funny stories, your heartwarming stories, and your mindboggling stories about your cat.

Here are a few ideas but we know you will come up with more on your own:

- When your cat is naughty
- When your cat is remarkably well behaved
- How does your cat warm your heart and make you smile?
- How did your cat show kindness to a human or another animal?
- The crazy things your cat does
- The crazy things you do for your cat
- Eating habits
- Is your cat a one-person cat, ignoring the other people in your family?
- Did you ever "smuggle" your cat into a place you shouldn't have?
- Grooming your cat
- Does your cat steal food or things from you?
- Does your cat have a strong dislike of one of your friends or family members?
- Has your cat ever done something extremely embarrassing?
- Has your cat ever done something that made you laugh out loud?
- Did you train him, or did he train you?
- My cat seems almost human and can understand my emotions
- Does your cat talk back to you?
- Your work at a shelter or rescue organization
- Funny stories about your cat
- Holidays with your cat

Best Dog Ever...

The deadline for submissions is MARCH 1, 2026.

Dogs! We love this topic, and our readers do too! So, we are doing it again! Because of the popularity of our dog books, we do a new one approximately every eighteen months. This book is scheduled to go on sale in late summer 2026, so here is another chance for you to share a story or two about the member of your family who just happens to walk on four feet!

We are looking for first-person true stories of up to 1200 words. We want your funny stories, your heartwarming stories, and your mindboggling stories about your dog.

Here are a few ideas but we know you will come up with more on your own:

- When your dog is naughty
- When your dog is remarkably well behaved
- The crazy things your dog does
- The crazy things you do for your dog
- Eating habits
- Has your dog demonstrated a surprising degree of empathy or comprehension of a situation?
- Is your dog a one-person dog, ignoring the other people in your family?
- Did you ever "smuggle" your dog into a place you shouldn't have?
- Grooming your dog
- Does your dog steal food or things from you?
- Does your dog have a strong dislike of one of your friends or family members?
- Has your dog ever done something extremely embarrassing?
- Has your dog ever done something that made you laugh out loud?
- My dog seems almost human and can understand my emotions
- Does your dog talk back to you?
- How my therapy dog has made a difference
- Your work at a shelter or rescue organization
- Funny stories about your dog
- Holidays with your dog
- Lessons you learned from your dog
- How your dog reduced your stress
- Has your dog ever acted as your wingman?

Count your blessings

The deadline for submissions is MARCH 31, 2026.

One of the most important keys to contentment and happiness is the ability to count your blessings. Even during the toughest times, if we can find gratitude and count our blessings we feel better. Each day holds something to be thankful for and it could be just as simple as having the sun shine or having food on the table.

There is always a silver lining if you look for it.

We are looking for stories about how you count your blessings. Stories can be serious or funny but definitely should be inspirational and heartwarming. Attitude adjustments, finding contentment and gratitude, a new way of handling your daily life, and other great ideas to inspire readers to find their own paths to happiness and to remember to count their blessings every day are what we are looking for.

Here are a few suggested topics:

- How do you count your blessings?
- How do you express your gratitude for your blessings?
- How does doing good for others become a blessing in your own life?
- What made you realize that your life is good and that you are grateful for it?
- Silver linings in the midst of challenging events
- The joy of simple pleasures
- Triumph over tragedy
- Turning negative into positive and the lessons learned from the change
- Adjusting your attitude and seeing aspects of your life in a new way
- Learning to be grateful
- Experiencing contentment with things just the way they are
- Handling the challenge of grieving
- Family challenges including divorce, death, substance abuse, mental illness, eldercare, disabilities
- Gratitude journals and other methods for training your brain to be grateful
- Volunteering and charity work
- Approaching each day with a positive attitude

Married/couples stories

The deadline for submissions is MARCH 31, 2026.

Married? In a long-term relationship? We know you have stories! Share the ups and downs, the funniest moments, the most romantic moments, and all your tips and advice for other couples. We want to know how you got together and how you stay together!

Whether you're just starting out as a couple, or you're celebrating your golden anniversary, our readers will be interested in what you have to say.

Here are some story ideas but we know you can think of many more:

-For richer or poorer
-Compromise, compromise, compromise
-Blending traditions
-Secrets to a long-lasting relationship
-Overcoming obstacles
-Communication: verbal and non-verbal
-Patience and trust and support
-Humor... you have to laugh
-Starting out as friends and th...
-Second marriages - your house or mine?
-Blending families
-Keeping it fresh
-How it got started
-Best advice you ever got for marriage/coupledom
-Best advice you ever gave for marriage/coupledom
-Pushing the reset button on your relationship
-How your spouse/partner makes you a better person and vice versa
-Children and grandchildren as part of the relationship
-In-laws and out-laws!

Miracles, messages from heaven & angels

The deadline for submissions has been extended to JANUARY 15, 2026.

We are now accepting stories for another book about unexplained happenings and occurrences. Stories about miracles, angels, messages from heaven, premonitions, amazing coincidences and other unexplainable but good events! Here is another chance for you to share a story about a miraculous event or amazing coincidence that happened to you.

We are looking for powerful, astounding, stories that will make people say "wow" or give them chills. This book is for everyone, whether religious or non-religious.

Here are some suggested topics but we know you can think of many more:

- Signs and wonder
- Divine intervention
- Angel visitations
- Everyday miracles
- Messages or guidance from those who have passed on
- Dreams and premonitions
- Miraculous healings or recoveries
- Visions and revelations
- Unexplained happenings
- When something, against all odds, works out
- Mysterious helpers
- Unexplained happenings
- Amazing coincidences
- Near misses and astonishing luck
- Answered prayers
- Stories that make you say, you are not going to believe what just happened?
-Stories that have people exclaiming really?!!! when they finish reading them

***Please note that we are not looking for stories about people who are "angels" because they do nice things. Please do not submit eulogies about a loved one who has died and is now an "angel"

Random acts of kindness

The deadline for submissions is MARCH 31, 2026.

Small gestures can make a big difference in someone's day, even in someone's life. In our fast-paced world many people tend to only pay attention to what is important to them.

Many times a person who receives an act of kindness is a total stranger, someone who will not be able to repay your kindness. Has someone performed a random act of kindness for you? Did you pay it forward and do something kind for someone else? How did it feel to receive that kindness? And how did it feel to perform a kindness for someone else?

We are looking for true stories about random acts of kindness that have happened to you or stories about a kindness that you performed for someone else. Stories can be serious or funny but they should definitely inspire our readers to look for ways in which they can perform kind acts.

Here are some ideas but we know you can think of many more:

- How an act of kindness you received changed your life or changed you as a person
- Performing an act of kindness for a family member
- Performing an act of kindness for a total stranger
- Paying it forward
- The unexpected benefits of doing something kind for someone
- The unexpected benefits you got from something kind someone did for you
- Changing your life by doing one random act of kindness each day
- Turning negative into positive
- Having someone go above and beyond for you
- How a total stranger did something kind for you
- Having your eyes opened, your preconceptions changed, by an act of kindness from a stranger
- Holiday kindnesses, at Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, Easter, etc.

Stories about November & December holidays

The deadline for submissions is FEBRUARY 28, 2026.

This book will be released in time for the holidays next year.

How do you celebrate the holidays? Are your celebrations very traditional or are they very spontaneous and never the same? Do you stay home or do you travel? Do you gather with family and friends to share the special spirit of the season? How do you brighten those long winter days? If you live in a warm climate, no snow for you! How does that affect your celebration? What special things do you do?

Please submit your true stories about the entire December holiday season, including Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Boxing Day, and New Year's festivities too. Remember that these holiday titles do make wonderful gifts for everyone on your list!

**If your stories are about celebrating Christmas, please be sure that they are "Santa Safe" so that we don't spoil the magic for precocious readers!

Here are some suggested topics, but we know you can think of many more:

- What celebrating the holidays means to me
- Holiday traditions
- Memories of holiday seasons past
- The love of family
- Family reunions
- Holiday humor
- Gift giving
- Gift receiving
- Regifting - oh no!
- Decorating... oh how we love to do that!
- Un-decorating... oh how we hate to do that!
- Eat, Eat, Eat... and be merry
- Bah Humbug - the grump who stole the holidays
- Christmas through the eyes of a child
- Elf on the Shelf fun and games
- Here comes Santa Claus
- Secret Santa fun
- Things that went wrong!
- Holiday food and traditions
- Neighborhood competition for house decorations
- The spontaneous things your family has done

Stories about using positive thinking

The deadline for submissions is MARCH 31, 2026.

Your mind and thoughts are very powerful. So much more is possible if you use positive thinking. Staying upbeat and using positive thinking doesn't mean you ignore the seriousness of a situation. But expecting things to go well rather than expecting the worst does make a difference. Change is possible if you change your thinking from negative to positive.

We are looking for stories of optimism, faith and strength to encourage our readers to use positive thinking. These inspirational stories will remind readers to use positive thinking, focus on hope and show them that each day holds something to be grateful for.

Here are some suggestions to get you to start thinking:

- Attitude! It does make a difference
- The unexpected benefits of challenges
- Putting things in perspective
- Turning negative into positive
- How do you spread the message of positive thinking to others
- Lighten up and laugh!
- What made you realize that your life is good and that you are grateful for it
- Silver linings that you have discovered
- Appreciating the simple pleasures
- The mental benefits to a positive mindset
- Focusing on what you have rather than what is lacking
- How positive thinking helped you forgive and put the past in the past
- Pursuing your passion
- How you used the "fake it till you make it" strategy
- The best advice you received about how to use positive thinking
- The best advice you gave to help someone use positive thinking

Thank you!