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So I was given a temporary free membership just a bit under 3 months now, and the 3 new static items I created are I'm sure about to be deleted, and if I entered this contest it would be deleted too. But I look at others' portfolios and a lot of them have more than 10 items and some of them are classified as "contest entry". Is that different from a static item, is there some workaround so that it doesn't get deleted, like I get more than 10 if some of them are for contests, and if so, is there anything I can do to make it not delete the 3 excess I have already? I would enter your contest except that it would just be deleted before your deadline, unless it doesn't work the way I think it does and there really is a workaround. Are all these people with over 10 items really paying 20 bucks every 3 months to this website in order to get a few scant text files not deleted? I'll certainly enter your contest if you have a solution for me.