Speaking as a judge in the past (I’m just not judging this year).

I go through and grab all the links from the contest rounds, then open and start looking them over. We’re not required to keep reading if it doesn’t keep our interest so I might read one paragraph, I might read the whole thing.

If it’s locked or the link doesn’t work, I just move on. If you edit it after I’ve looked at it, I won’t go back and reread.

There are a LOT of entries, especially in round one. So my suggestion is for the contest rounds put forth your best effort and don’t edit too much after the first day or so for the judges.





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