Are you an animal lover? Got a great story about your pet, the outdoors, or wildlife? As part of our celebration of Jack London’s The Call of the Wild, we’re sending out a call for “animal tales.”

Email your original short story, poem, or essay of 1-4 pages (along with a 1-2 sentence blurb about yourself) to hfischer@ci.dearborn.mi.us by February 1, 2014 March 1, 2014. Check out the submission guidelines for more details! Selected entries will be published in the short story collection Call of the Wild Dearborn: Animal Tales.