Submit A Story

Thanks for the consideration of submitting your story!

Enter your dining hell story or commentary in the window below. If you prefer, you can also write the story in an external editor (e.g. Word, Notepad) and then paste it into the window, or email it to story@dinnersfromhell.com.

Please don’t include the restaurant’s name or address. However, you may creatively change the name of a restaurant if you’d like (e.g. “McDuds”). (Click here to see why.)

You’re welcome to include an email address – it won’t be published – in case we need to contact you, and to notify you when your story is posted (it’s not a requirement). Because the submission form below provides anonymity, there is no way to reach those using it unless an email address is included.

You may also include a name that you’d like to be signed as, as well as a story title (titles are assigned if not provided; submitted titles are subject to change).

If you have a website or blog, you’re welcome to include a link to it that will be posted underneath your name (subject to approval of the moderator).

Stories are generally reviewed and published in the order in which they were received. Click here if you’d like to inquire about your submission: contact@dinnersfromhell.com.

Read the information below prior to writing and submitting your story:

Story Submission Ground Rules and Terms:

Your story has to be based on a true dining hell experience. It should be written in an interesting or entertaining manner so that others will enjoy reading it, or sympathize with the misery that you or others went through.

Do the best you can with grammar, punctuation and clarity. Don’t write the entire story in lower or upper case. Use paragraphs as needed for readability.

You story has to have never been previously published.

Material that is explicitly racist or demeaning to an ethnic group won’t be accepted. Likewise that which is off-topic, vile, abusive, hateful or disruptive.

It’s advised that you not disclose your personal information; it’s your call whether you do or not. Nothing that would violate the privacy of other parties may be posted.

You must agree that you’re the original author of the story, and that posting and use of your content does not violate the copyrights, contract rights, or intellectual property rights of others.

We reserve the right to select which stories to publish, and to edit (e.g. spelling, grammar, punctuation, clarity) as needed (this is done as minimally as possible).

Your submittal signifies that you grant DinnersFromHell.com the royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive and unrestricted right and license to use, modify, display, reproduce, publish, and distribute submitted content as it chooses.

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