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In response to the comment Bob Arnold posted on Big Closet today:
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"Stardust Story Contest - An apology to authors
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Submitted by barnold on Fri, 2007/03/02 - 1:19am.

* Bob Arnold
* General Audiences

To all authors that have submitted stories in the Stardust SF Story Contest:

When I decided to extend the contest by 4 days I didn't take into account that it wouldn't be fair to the authors that did submit stories on time. Unfortunately, now that it has been pointed out to me, I can't take back the extension.

I can assure everyone that it will not happen again since this is the first and LAST story contest I'll ever run on Stardust. It's not that I'm unhappy with the stories submitted but that no matter what I do I can't make all of the authors happy. Rather than go through that all over again it's much simpler to stop doing the contest in the future.

Once again, I'm sorry that some of the authors are upset at the extension. It won't happen again.

Bob Arnold"

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I would like to state that no apology is necessary Bob! Its your contest! Run it how you see fit. Its fair if all the authors can re edit their stories and resubmit! Erin did this same thing on Big Closet's contest, so its no different here!

Of course not everyone will agree and that is a fact. But, in fairness to the readers and the authors who like the contest, depriving all of us of this esprit de corps and fun in the future is certainly not a positive message to send us if you do in fact want this site to prosper, which we all do. Contests are fun, do not let a couple of authors drag you down.

Please reconsider your statement Bob. Please?

Sephrena Lynn Miller