Are you sure this is the reason for having your stories returned by a mod? I have never seen this 'rule' applied to any of my pieces, long or short. The vast majority of the 195 would have failed it.
An example from Kimberly Has A Ball, which is a typical bit of dialog with one "she says"
After quite a nice mid-day school girl roleplay with sweet Margie, I was back at my desk in plenty of time, listening to some John Lee Hooker. A few minutes shy of the half, she taps once and opens the door. She is young, as I expected, very well dressed, and expensively coiffed with all the matching bits. Really quite tasty.
"Come in. Have a seat."
"Thank you, Ms...?"
"Just Anne. And you are Ms Kimberly, yes?
"Yes. Nice to meet you, Anne, and thank you for your time. I assume you will want to see this," she says, handing me her driver's licence.
I give it a good look. Kimberly Lynn Peters, age 21, upmarket address, blah, blah, blah. I look her in the eye, then give it a right hand flick. Astoundingly, it hits the wall square and drops into the trash can with a perfect kerplunck.
"What the hell?"
"Spent some bills on that, didn't you? Anjelo Tapa. Oh, so good, but oh, so vain. He always sneaks in a tiny little @ as a signature. Have to know what to look for or you'll never see it. Now let's see the real one or we're done here."
"I'm sorry. I didn't think you'd talk to me otherwise." She digs in her purse and passes me another. Kimberly Lynn Peters, age 17, but all else the same.
"Okay, that's a good girl. Nothing says we can't talk. Might draw the line past that, but we aren't there yet. And just so you know, this is all being taped. Nothing personal, but a working girl can't be too careful."
"I understand and respect that. So here's the deal..."