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Review #4748028
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 Bar Rat Short Story Contest  [18+]
A short story contest. All stories taking place in a bar.
by Mitch
Review by Annette
In affiliation with The WDC Angel Army  
Rated: 18+ | (5.0)
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Hello Mitch

First impression:

The title and intro line explain exactly what this was about.

What works:

It's very neat that the banner of the contest page is still visible after all these years for a contest that only lasted a couple of months. This is of huge historical value now. I'm not joking when I say this.

I like how generous and common sense all of the rules are. I always insist in seeing a wordcount when I run contests, so your way of loosely asking for a maximum of 2,500 words is not threatening to those who would run over one or two words.

What needs work:

1)All entries must be posted in bitem format. *Right* The only thing that I would have mentioned when this forum first opened is that I would leave a space after a number with a parentheses to separate it from what comes afterward.

Final thoughts:

The contest idea for short stories that happen in a bar, or several bars for those who like to travel while drinking is a unique idea. I once wrote a story with one drink in which I met Alexander the Great. It wouldn't fit your prompt on this page though. And I only joined the site in 2008, four years after this contest closed.

This is a five star worth forum for its historical value to Writing.Com.


Annette
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