I am pleased to announce the first official Literature and Libation writing contest!
The rules are simple: write a piece of flash fiction or a short essay – no shorter than 300 words, no longer than 1000 words – post it on your own blog or site, and link to it in the comments below.
To round out this week’s theme – Writing and Drinking – choose one of the following and base your piece on it either directly, metaphorically, or thematically. Include the number in the title of your piece:
- Pale ale
- James Joyce
- Bar stools
- A brutal hangover
- Sangria
Submit your story by 11:59 PM, next Friday, May 3rd. I’ll create a public poll on Saturday May 4th so that everyone can vote for their favorite story. In addition to the voting, I will also choose my favorite from the bunch. Voting will end on Saturday, May 11.
Once all the votes have been counted, all the words read, all the stories digested and reviewed, I’ll post the winners on this here blog. The two winning writers will receive my feedback on the submitted story and an editorial review of another shortish piece (either fiction or nonfiction) like a book chapter or a longer story/essay.
I look forward to reading the entries!
“In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is Freedom, in water there is bacteria.”
― Benjamin Franklin
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Literature and Libation 
Woohoo! It’s on! Thanks for putting this together Oliver.
Cheers Oliver!
Would a recently written and already published post qualify?
I’d prefer something original, but if it’s the difference between submitting or not, I’m all for already published stuff.
Dammit. I already used up my James Joyce eproctophilia angle.
You could always work the Astraphobia angle.
OK – here is my entry. Thanks for the fun!
http://melanielynngriffin.wordpress.com/2013/04/29/hitting-the-big-time/
Oops – forgot to put #4 in my title. Do I get disqualified??
So disqualified. But then requalified!
I sobered up… here it is, and thanks for kicking me to do it!
http://onewriterandhisblog.com/2013/05/02/a-confession-from-a-bar-stool-3/
JC: Submission received! Thanks for entering and I look forward to reading it!
I’m in! I’m in!
http://phillipmccollum.com/2013/05/02/liquid-literature-1-4-the-pale-ale-induced-brutal-hangover/
I just came across your site a week or so ago. I found a lot of inspiration here, and while this exercise definitely took me out of my comfort zone, I had a hell of a time putting it together. Thanks for hosting. Here is my offering.
http://bmorebistroandbeers.blogspot.com/2013/05/pale-ale-1.html
Great! Thanks for entering 🙂
Here is my entry! http://wp.me/p2EC2c-1o
Oops, guess I should post it here to be official: http://melodyandwords.com/2013/05/03/dubliners-by-james-joyce/
Haha, can’t wait to see some of the best responses to this! Great idea!