Have a Story to Tell About your Beloved Pooch?

1. Have a Story to Tell About your BelovedPooch? • Then don’t just stand there… SIT… STAY… WRITE! • Carmel, CA, August 16, 2017 - Make us laugh, cry, think, feel and hug our dogs! And you could win America’s 1st PAWlitzer Prize™ for Best Dogged LITTERature. Winners receive a pooch perfect weekend in dog-lovingCarmel-By-The-Sea! • Carmel Dog Taleswants to read the most memorable adventure, comedy, or tear-jerker tale you’ve had with your pooch. The PAWlitzer Prize will be presented to winners in two non-fiction categories: Drama andHumor. • WARNING: Best-selling and celebrated writers muzzle your keyboards; the PAWlitzer Prize is for ordinary people with extraordinary stories to tell about their Best Furry FriendForever. • Winners of the PAWlitzer Prize™ will be invited to read their stories at the Awards Ceremony, inCarmel, • California, Saturday, October 14,2017. • In addition to receiving America’s 1st PAWlitzer Prize, winners in Drama and Humor willreceive: • Two-night pooch-preferred luxury accommodations inCarmel • Wine tasting and gourmet dinners at the most pooch praiseworthy CarmelBistros • A photo shoot on CarmelBeach • Spa and grooming for your pooch, (humans can fix your own hair!) • Custom Golden Paw jewelry, created just for our PAWlitzer Prizewinners! • And for all Poets, Actors, and Performance Artists, the PAWlitzer Awards Ceremony will feature a PAWetry Slam™ contest. Send us a YouTube video – funny, tragic, or just plain outrageous! – and you may be invited to perform at the AwardsCeremony. • Deadline to enter the PAWlitzer Prize™ and/or the PAWetry Slam™ is August 27,2017. • To send in your story, or video, and for complete submission guidelines, plus all event details, go to: www.CarmelDogTales.com • 100% of net proceeds from the PAWlitzer Prize event will benefit the SPCA for Monterey County, and the BirchbarkFoundation.

2. The SPCA for Monterey County is your nonprofit, independent, donor-supported humane society that has been serving the animals and people of Monterey County since 1905. Online atwww.SPCAmc.org The Birchbark Foundation offers assistance grants to financially qualified animal owners in Santa Cruz and Monterey counties, who are unable to cover some or all of the cost of their pet’s medical care. For more information visit:www.birchbarkfoundation.org PAWlitzer Prize™ Partners & Sponsors include: Chatterbox PR, www.chatterboxpublicrelations.com, Carmel Dog Concierge, www.CarmelDogConcierge.com, Diggidy Dog Boutique, www.diggidydog.com, Porta Bella Restaurant, www.portabellacarmel.com, Grasing’s Restaurant, www.Grasings.com, Carmel Road Wines, www.carmelroad.com, Carmel Country Inn, www.carmelcountryinn.com, Tradewinds Carmel, www.Tradewindscarmel.com, Kerry Lee Jewelry, www.kerrylee.com, Suds ‘n Scissors Pet Spa, www.sudsandscissorscarmel.com, Say WOOF! Petography, www.saywoofpetography.com, A. Herman - Dog Therapist, www.ahermandogtherapist.com, Will Bullas, The Fine Art of Fun,www.WillBullas.com MediaContact: MarkOman (831) 624-4386 FAX: (831)626-9357 Mark@markoman.com ABOUT CARMEL DOGTALES: Carmel Dog Tales™ was founded by Mark Oman, a best-selling golf humorist, longtime Carmel resident, and volunteer with The SPCA for Monterey County, and Carmel Chamber of Commerce. He and his wife, Barbara, have two rescue mutts from the SPCA, Winifred andWinston. Carmel Dog Tales offers everything you and your pooch need to know to walk and wag your tails through Carmel-By-The-Sea.www.CarmelDogTales.com Contact: Marci BraccoCain Chatterbox PR Salinas, CA93901 (831)747-7455 http://www.CarmelDogTales.com