[quote=@shylarah]
[@RomanAria] We'll have to see what I come up with.  ^.^;;

It's unfortunate there's not standard criteria voters should take into account for this, because that makes it very hard to aim to win in terms of votes.  [/quote]

We've played around with that before a few times, mixed results.... A pretty common comment during those contests was "Gosh, I like your story and wish I could vote for it, but the rules say I have to pick the best ______ instead, sorry." 

The readers do a pretty good job of picking great entries, and my feeling is that voters don't need any help from the staff when it comes to picking a winner -- BUT this is a community contest, and we're adaptable. If we all want to try something like voting criteria in the future, that can always happen.