Format: Contest entry last modified--March 6th, 2014 at 8:23am Word count--Exactly 55 words. Content rating--Appropriate.
Plot and content: I like the imagery and the alternation of a visceral struggle with an existential one.
Technical errors: None noted. Thanks for your careful attention to spelling, punctuation, and grammar!
Overall: Well done!
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Format: Contest entry last modified-- November 26th, 2013 at 12:27pm Word count--Exactly 55 words. Content rating--Appropriate.
Plot and content: The characters were a little unclear; this might be cleared up by stating that the first turkey is Marv (right?). The plot is clear and timely.
Technical errors: The comma after the quote in line two is not necessary as the dialog is already punctuated with a question mark.
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Format: Contest entry last modified--August 22nd, 2013 at 5:03p Word count--Exactly 55 words. Content rating--Appropriate.
Plot and content: Simple scene of a boy who doesn't live up to his father's expectations. Interesting thought thrown in, that he literally talks to animals.
Technical errors: None noted. Thanks for your careful attention to spelling, punctuation, and grammar!
Overall: Good job.
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Format: Contest entry last modified--2:40pm on 01-25-2013 Word count--Exactly 55 words. Content rating--Appropriate.
Plot and content: Good action and descriptive words. The situation is a little unclear to visualize. Monsters? Zombies? Angry landlords?
Technical errors: None noted. Thanks for your careful attention to spelling, punctuation, and grammar!
Overall: Nice job, good tension.
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Format: Contest entry last modified--10:34pm on 01-25-2013 Word count--Unfortunately, your entry has only 54 words and so cannot be considered for a prize. Content rating--Appropriate.
Plot and content: Simple and amusing plot. I hope his friend is wiser with his loan this time--or has the funds not to mind!
Technical errors: None noted. Thanks for your careful attention to spelling, punctuation, and grammar!
Overall: Good effort.
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Format: Contest entry last modified--10:55pm on 11-28-2012 Word count--Exactly 55 words. Content rating--Appropriate.
Plot and content: The main character yearns for excitement. I think life with triplets might be more excitement than I'd want!
Technical errors: Use "hmm" instead of "hum."
Overall: The card reader might just have been saying what the customer wanted to hear.
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Format: Contest entry last modified--11:25pm on 08-30-2012 Word count--Exactly 55 words. Content rating--Appropriate.
Plot and content: I liked your premise and your word choices, but found the vague description of the prey resulted in some disturbing imagery: was it another insect? a toddler? a DACHSHUND?
Technical errors: None noted. Thanks for your careful attention to spelling, punctuation, and grammar!
Overall: Good parts, but dissatisfying whole.
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Format: Contest entry last modified--3:04pm on 08-23-2012 Word count--Exactly 55 words. Content rating--Appropriate.
Plot and content: Simple plot, phrasing that conveys the character's embarassment. Who hasn't worried about this kind of thing when buying something personal?
Technical errors: None noted. Thanks for your careful attention to spelling, punctuation, and grammar!
Overall:Nice job.
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Format: Contest entry last modified--6:16pm on 08-25-2012 Word count--Exactly 55 words. Content rating--Appropriate.
Plot and content: The plot is simple, clear, and you imply the events to come. The characters are familiar, and using their names and this dialogue structure orients the reader to what is going on.
Technical errors: None noted. Thanks for your careful attention to spelling, punctuation, and grammar!
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Format: Contest entry last modified--1:06pm on 07-12-2012 Word count--Exactly 55 words. Content rating--Appropriate.
Plot and content: Concise plot, fun juxtapositions of words & images. Ambiguity of referent in subsequent sentences was amusing, if unintentional (did the scientists or the rats write poetry, etc?).
Technical errors: None noted. Thanks for your careful attention to spelling, punctuation, and grammar!
Overall: Interesting!
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Format: Contest entry last modified--8:42pm on 05-19-2012 Word count--Exactly 55 words. Content rating--Appropriate.
Plot and content: It sets the stage for an interesting encounter, but seems incomplete; we don't have any idea about who they are, or what comes before/after this scene.
Technical errors: Review punctuation (question mark should go after may I sit down, for example.)
Overall: Nice effort.
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Format: Contest entry last modified--10:56am on 05-15-2012 Word count--Exactly 55 words. Content rating--Appropriate.
Plot and content: Obviously one scene from a larger story, but your careful word choices and the images you include give a clear context so that this scene stands alone to tell the whole story. Good use of familiar elements to explain a futuristic situation.
Technical errors: None noted. Thanks for your careful attention to spelling, punctuation, and grammar!
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Format: Contest entry last modified--7:44pm on 04-22-2012 Word count--Exactly 55 words. Content rating--Appropriate.
Plot and content: Good plot, good word choices and descriptions for this genre. I did wonder if the first line was supposed to be a written instruction received by the narrator; it is presented as a verbal instruction, but no one seems to be speaking.
Technical errors: None noted. Thanks for your careful attention to spelling, punctuation, and grammar!
Overall: Very suspenseful!
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Format: Contest entry last modified--1:32pm on 05-01-2012 Word count--Exactly 55 words. Content rating--Appropriate.
Plot and content: Clear plot, characters of a type but easily discerned.
Technical errors: None noted. Thanks for your careful attention to spelling, punctuation, and grammar!
Overall: Nice job.
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Format: Contest entry last modified--1:34pm on 03-24-2012 Word count--Exactly 55 words. Content rating--Appropriate.
Plot and content: Great story, lots of action, and wonderfully unique perspective. Usually, the layout doesn't matter, but it complemented this particular story well.
Technical errors: None noted. Thanks for your careful attention to spelling, punctuation, and grammar!
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Format: Contest entry last modified--5:25pm on 12-25-2011 Word count--Exactly 55 words. Content rating--Appropriate.
Plot and content: Clear, concise, if a little predictable. Some good imagery. Would have preferred a different phrase structure instead of repeated "He looked" in sentences 3 & 4.
Technical errors: Comma needed in "half man, half human." Also--"man" or "human" seems to be a wrong word. Half man, half lion?
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Format: Contest entry last modified--1:55am on 12-12-2011 Word count--Exactly 55 words. Content rating--Appropriate.
Plot and content: Almost has a plot, but falls apart with the use of "alas" and the disconnect with his son's desire to sled. Some of the rhyming seems quite forced, especially in the last three lines.
Technical errors: None noted. Thanks for your careful attention to spelling, punctuation, and grammar!
Overall: Fun idea, but awkwardly executed in spots.
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Format: Contest entry last modified--3:22pm on 11-29-2011 Word count--Unfortunately, your entry contains only 54 words and so cannot be considered for a prize. Content rating--Appropriate.
Plot and content: Good sensory words. Sparse plot. Wording of the second sentence struck me as odd--the moon would only have a shadow during an eclipse...more likely its light would be a guide.
Technical errors: Last sentence should also be in past tense; preterit of "plead" is "pleaded."
Overall: Lovely imagery.
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Format: Contest entry last modified--3:22pm on 11-29-2011 Word count--Exactly 55 words. Content rating--Appropriate.
Plot and content: Good sensory words. Sparse plot. Wording of the second sentence struck me as odd--the moon would only have a shadow during an eclipse...more likely its light would be a guide.
Technical errors: Last sentence should also be in past tense; preterit of "plead" is "pleaded."
Overall: Lovely imagery.
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Format: Contest entry last modified-- 2:49pm on 11-13-2011 Word count--Exactly 55 words. Content rating--Appropriate.
Plot and content: Plot is focused on a sort of microevent, but is so vividly described that it seems as if a monumental event of nature is unfolding. I liked the imagery and the unusual perspective.
Technical errors: None noted. Thanks for your careful attention to spelling, punctuation, and grammar!
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Format: Contest entry last modified--12:00am on 08-24-2011 Word count--Exactly 55 words. Content rating--Appropriate.
Plot and content: I liked the implied collusion between the mom & the daughter to sway the dad. You did a good job conveying the plot only with dialogue. I did wonder about the grab bar--whether the mother just wouldn't admit she was scared, or if it mattered that she always did that.
Technical errors: None noted. Thanks for your careful attention to spelling, punctuation, and grammar!
Overall: Nice!
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Format: Contest entry last modified--9:32pm on 08-27-2011 Word count--Exactly 55 words. Content rating--Appropriate.
Plot and content:The plot couldn't be simpler, but your word choice and the structure of the story make this woman's accomplishment just as big an achievement as a K2 climb. I liked the touch of joy you conveyed in the last line, too. Describing each breath as "tainted with the smoke of days gone by" immediately lets us know her condition and situation in a vivid way.
Technical errors: None noted. Thanks for your careful attention to spelling, punctuation, and grammar!
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Format: Contest entry last modified--10:59pm on 07-09-2011 Word count--Exactly 55 words. Content rating--Appropriate.
Plot and content: The plot is direct. You make his decision clear without explicitly stating it. The juxtaposition of looming (which implies it is impending) and breaks (which is happening) seems awkward to me. The final phrase (he’ll awake by her side) is not technically wrong, but I keep wanting it to read he'll wake up beside her or he'll awaken at her side.
Technical errors: None noted. Thanks for your careful attention to spelling, punctuation, and grammar!
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