The Contest Challenge

Uhh...This contest isn't even open and I don't think it has been for a long time. But "Stormy's poetry newsletter & contest"  is open. Why did you write something for a closed contest and not an open one? Or maybe this contest wasn't open when you needed it to be, but then nothing was open, so you need to ask for a replacement contest, not enter a contest that's not open. Entering a closed contest doesn't do much good for anyone. They don't get more entries to judge. You can't win. There were several indicators that the contest was closed. The countdown until it closes was expired. The deadline in the rules was 2019. And the list of entries was from 2019. Yes, the bottom date in the lower right corner of the info box at the top of an item tells you when it was last "active," but that can be as simple as when someone last posted in the forum asking if the forum was open. With contests, especially, you need to make sure it's open if you plan to enter, even if it's not for my challenge.

So, when all the contests are closed, you need to ask what to enter. If it's a contest that is sometimes open, such as "Stormy's poetry newsletter & contest" , if you don't know when it will be open next, you can ask the owner. If they're going to open it in a few months and you're not fully finished with everything else, just wait. If you're all done and need this month to finish everything, then I'll give you a replacement contest for the month that are unavailable to you.

Anyway, luckily for you, I wasn't around to see this sooner, so any closed contests you've entered, I'll give you credit for. Also, when you are catching up, not only do you need to ensure the contest is open, but also that you use the CURRENT prompt, not the one from way long time ago from the month/year you are catching up on. I don't know if you did this, but other folks have, so I want to be sure you don't make that mistake.

Anyway, keep it up. You can do this!