User blog comment:DoctorBleed/A Million Little Things of Bleach: On Rejection, Disappointment and Contests/@comment-24101790-20151122071028/@comment-24101790-20151122073326

I'm sorry but how else are we supposed to view you when your first reaction to the news you weren't in the running is this:

"Huge disapointment, I really loved that story and I had a lot of fun writing it. I knew there was stiff competition but I didn't think a few grammatrical (sic) errors (which is an editoral problem, not a writing problem - you can feel free to disagree and I'm sure many here do but that's my view on the situation.) would spoil it. You mention plot holes but don't say what they are. I would like to know so maybe I could avoid those pitfalls next time I write a story or even try to explain how they're supposed to be interpreted. If I come off belidgerent (sic) or rude just know it's because I just now find out about this after waiting two months for the contest results on top of what was already a really bad week for me. I'm quite livid, but I'm still trying to be polite."

These six users (judges) spent fifteen days looking over the 100+ pages of JtK stories (take note that the fifteen entries have been narrowed down from a lot more.) and for you to respond in such an insulting manner just seems childish. Note note once did you consider the other contestants or thank the judges for the time they spent. If you had asked what was wrong with your story in a manner that seemed more mature, I wouldn't have responded. You didn't. You chose to be salty, and unfortunately for you, my family has a genetic predisposition to salt (and heart attacks). So please, keep responding.

It totally makes your original entry appear more valid.