Share Your Stories

Do you have a story to tell? Embarrassing, hilarious, insightful, inspirational, or unexpected – We’re looking for tales of ordinary people in extraordinary situations for inclusion in two new books on the subject of:

1.- Minding Your Manners– funny, awkward & scary situations when manners were misunderstood or ignored
2.- Business Bloopers– tales of office faux pas, at meetings, business/social functions
3.- Cross-Cultural Bloopers– tales of international faux pas and travel experiences

Story Guidelines

Every good story has a beginning, a middle, an end, and features an appealing collection of characters. We’re not looking for recycled essays, letters or journal entries. We want you to tell us a true tale about something that has happened to you, or to someone you know, and don’t forget to:

Introduce the characters.
Explain how they felt in the situation, so the reader can empathize.
Set the scene, describe the action, and end with a result.

Stories should have universal appeal and should not include political or controversial content.

Story Submission

1. E-mail us your story by completing the following form:
This is the fastest route to get your story to us.

* Your First Name:
* Your Last Name:
* Mailing Address
* City:
* State/Province:
* Zip Code
* Country:
* Phone:
* E-mail:
* Fax:
Author's Contact Information (if different from above)
* Author's Name:
* Mailing Address
* City:
* State/Province:
* Zip Code
* Country:
* Phone:
* E-mail:
* Fax:
* Story Title
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2. We also accept story submisions by mail:

a. Type your story on plain letter paper using 12pt Times New Roman and mail to:

Story Submission
Première Image International Inc
Suite 704, 115 George Street
Oakville, Ontario
Canada L6J 0A2

b. Indicate whether your submission is for: Minding Your Manners, Business Bloopers or Cross-Cultural Bloopers,

c. Include your name and contact information, as well as that of the author (if different), and indicate whether we are authorized to use these details in the event of publication.

Copyright © 2005 Première Image International Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this electronic publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, recording or otherwise, without the written permission of the authors.

By sending us your story, it becomes the property of Première Image International Inc.and,
subject to acceptance by us, you/the author are/is giving us permission to print it. We will
contact you to let you know if your story is chosen for publication. Please notethat Première
Image International Inc. does not make payments for story submissions.

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