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Share a “Tail”

Let’s honor your wonderful adopted dogs, adopted cats, and service dogs by featuring their stories in a book! We now have three different books for your to participate in:

1) The Lost Souls: Found! series of books about adopted/rescued animals
2) 25 Great Pet Blogs (The requirements for this book are different from those listed below. Click here for more information.)

You can submit information for one of several sections in our books. Longer stories (600-1200 words, please!) will be considered for features. Shorter stories, preferably no more than a paragraph in length, will be considered for our anecdote sections. For these sections you can tell us funny or heartwarming anecdotes about your foster or forever pet or describe a challenge you conquered (medical or behavioral). We are also open to poems, recipes, and of course, great photos.

It is not necessary that your animal came from a rescue group. The only stories we will not consider are those about animals who were bought from a breeder or pet store because the point of our books is to encourage rescue and adoption. (A note on submissions for our Assistance Dog book: while we prefer to hear about rescues, we will consider submissions about dogs from breeders for this book only.)

Stories about purebred and mixed-breed dogs and cats, horses, birds, and other animals are welcome! We like to include some stories of mixed-breed animals in our books – just let us know your animal’s dominant breed if possible (most importantly if you are submitting a story about a dog).

Have more than one adopted/fostered animal? Tell us about them all!

The best stories are emotional. They make the reader laugh and/or cry. They generally begin with a problem (often the animal is in a bad situation), involve some kind of rescue situation, there are some ups and downs including one main crux, and then the story is resolved and everyone lives happily ever after. This is NOT always the pattern, but most stories that are accepted for the books resemble this pattern to some extent.

VISIT OUR FAQ’s page for more details about story submission.

Submit Your Story Here

Please type/paste your story into the box below and fill out the form completely.Every field is mandatory except for those marked “optional.” Incomplete submissions will be discarded.

The confirmation page that comes up after you click “submit” is your receipt. Once we start working on the book for which your story will be considered, you’ll start receiving emails from us. We do not need a photo of your pet at this time; we’ll contact you if your pet is selected for a feature and a photo is needed.

YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION WILL BE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL.

If you’re having trouble using this form, please contact us for assistance.

First Name:*

Last Name:*

Your Email:*

Your Pet's Name:*

Your Pet's Breed or Type:*

Where did you get your pet?

How did you hear about Happy Tails Books?

Check this box ONLY if you'd like your story to be printed anonymously:
 anonymous

Please paste your story below. (Do not exceed 1200 words.)

Please read the following release: "LICENSE AND RELEASE I understand that Happy Tails Books, LLC, is collecting information, photographs, materials and personal stories about pets ("Stories") (collectively, "Contributions") in order to make a compilation of such stories for publication and distribution (the "Book(s)"). For good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which I hereby acknowledge, I agree as follows.

I, the undersigned ("I" or "Individual"), am giving irrevocable permission to Happy Tails, LLC, its affiliates, licensees, subsidiaries, successors, assigns and agents (collectively, "Happy Tails"), to use, publish, broadcast and publicly display my name, picture and likeness (if applicable), or any material based upon or derived therefrom (“Likeness”), as well as that of my pet animal, anywhere in the world and on the Internet in any manner or media whatsoever for purposes of publishing, distributing, and promoting the Book(s) and any ancillary products or projects related thereto. I hereby grant to Happy Tails an irrevocable, non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license anywhere in the world and on the Internet to use, modify, adapt, broadcast, display, transmit, exhibit, project, reproduce, publish, distribute, create derivative works of and to otherwise exploit Contributions that I provide to Happy Tails, in connection with the Book(s) as well as any marketing efforts and ancillary products or projects related thereto.

I attest that I am 18 years old or older and am the sole owner of all rights, title and interest in my Contributions. I have not assigned, transferred, licensed, pledged or otherwise encumbered the copyright(s) in my Contributions. I understand and agree that I may not be given a chance to inspect or approve the Book(s) or the ancillary products or projects, or the promotional or marketing material, messages and/or content related thereto, which may use my Likeness or Contributions. Nothing contained herein will constitute any obligation on the part of Happy Tails to make any use of the rights granted herein.

This License and Release shall be binding on my personal representatives, heirs, successors and assigns. I hereby release Happy Tails from, and covenant not to sue Happy Tails for, any claim or cause of action, whether known or unknown, for libel, slander, defamation, invasion of right of privacy, publicity or personality, copyright infringement, or any other claim or cause of action, based upon or relating to the use of my Likeness or Contributions or the exercise of any of the rights referred to herein.

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