Some of us have such a strong tradition of getting it wrong that it just plain sounds weird when it's right.

Quote by HornyBill

The length is not nearly as important as the content. I once worked in commercial broadcasting, and a program director once told me, "If you have nothing to say, say it in as few words as possible."

I'm assuming you didn't work in the 24 hour news loop where people can talk for hours and effectively say nothing? That is wonderful advice.

Quote by wxt55uk

Thank you for posting this link WW, I was looking for this a couple of days ago but failed.

In the past, I have noticed that the stories with the most likes and comments have not always made the top ten. Then I read this on the link above...

"Doing it this way eliminates people winning through popularity, or spamming etc."

This raises a question: Do readers' likes and comments have any "significant" influence on competition story judging?

I believe the answer is no. But maybe, it might be handy to clarify in the guidelines or here.

That is interesting, specifically how different programs have different counts. You'd think we'd have that figured out by now. I'll write a letter to silicon valley.

In any case, I immediately thought "You are all fools, it is very obviously contractions!"

It was not contractions.

Thanks for the info by the way!

Is the 2k word limit strictly enforced? Suppose someone wrote a moderately decent story that wound up at 2.2k, would this person, whoever they are, be able to squeak by?