User blog comment:CrashingCymbal/Halloween Writing Competition 2013/@comment-14341590-20131021135023/@comment-5269370-20131021182534

The 1,000 word limit probably really wouldn't be much of a problem if your story is excellent, but this pasta is 2,500 words long which is MUCH too long. So yes, if you want to enter, you will need to reduce this by half at the very least