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Staff Story Submission

Thank you for your interest in contributing to the Peace Corps Digital Library. Your contribution will help ensure that the Peace Corps' rich legacy of service is maintained for future generations.

Are you contributing a story that reflects your time as a Peace Corps Volunteer? Please submit it to our Volunteer collection.
» Volunteer Story Submission

Story Submission Guidelines

Please note that you may only submit one story. In order to be published in the digital library, your submission must:

  • Be 1,500 words or less;
  • Be sensitive to the privacy concerns of individuals, including host country nationals;
  • Not malign the Peace Corps, or any other group or individual;
  • Not include inflammatory, rude or offensive language or content;
  • Not include links to or URLs for Internet sites;
  • Not be used to promote products or services;
  • Not include any personal identifying information such as Social Security numbers, phone numbers, email addresses or street addresses

Peace Corps reserves the right to edit or reject submissions to the digital library. For additional information and tips on telling your story read our Story Ideas and Suggestions.

Note: Fields with an asterisk (*) are required.

Add Your Story

  • (80 character limit)

  • Please submit your story in Microsoft Word (.doc), rich text (.rtf) or plain text (.txt) format.
    DO NOT include spaces or special characters (&, #, !, ?) in the filename.

  • * My submission adheres to the story submission guidelines outlined above

Note: The information you enter below will automatically populate on any subsequent submissions you make today.

    Contact Information


  • (xxx-xxx-xxxx)

    Was your name different at the time of your Peace Corps employment? Yes No

About Your Employment

    Did you work for Peace Corps for an additional tour? Yes No

About the Digital Library Project

  • May a Peace Corps staff member or 50th anniversary project volunteer contact you if we have questions about your submission?
    * Yes No
  • We anticipate great interest in the 50th anniversary among the domestic and international press, partner universities, RPCV groups and other organizations such as libraries and museums. May we provide your contact information (email and telephone) to groups interested in contacting you for interviews, exhibits, etc? [Note: Peace Corps does not release contact information to groups for the purpose of fundraising.]
    * YesNo
  • We are working to establish a permanent home for original, primary source archival materials about the Peace Corps experience [Ex. letters, journals, Volunteer newsletters or cookbooks from your country of service, photos, slides, video or audio recordings taken while in service, artwork or artifacts, etc]. May we contact you at a future date about contributing your original materials?
    * YesNo
  • If yes, please describe the original materials you have:
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Authorization and Agreement

  • * I accept the terms of the Peace Corps Material Submission Authorization and Agreement.


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  • If you are experiencing difficulties submitting your materials, please email digital@peacecorps.gov to notify the system administrator.

OMB control number 0420-0542 (Expiration Date: 02/29/2012)

PRIVACY ACT NOTICE: This notice is provided under the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5 U.S.C. §552a). The information requested is collected under the authority of the Peace Corps Act, 22 U.S.C. §2501 et seq., for the purpose of gathering material in relation to the Peace Corps' 50th Anniversary. The information may also be used for routine uses listed in the System of Records Notice PC-31, Peace Corps 50th Anniversary Digital Library, which is available in our electronic reading room at http://www.peacecorps.gov. Providing the material herein is completely voluntary, however failure to disclose sufficient information may result in submissions not being retained.

Paperwork Reduction Act Burden paragraph per 5 CFR Part 1320(b)(3): This is a voluntary information collection.  The estimated burden for completing this form is 15 minutes.  You are not required to respond to any collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB approval number.  Comments on the burden should be sent to: the director of the Peace Corps Office of Communications, 1111 20th Street, NW, 2nd Floor, Washington, D.C. 20526 and to the Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building , Room 10202 , Washington , D.C. 20503.