Do you remember the dust up many months ago over the survey that many writers were thrilled to fill out, only to discover that they were too old to matter and accused Medium of being ageist? It also disqualified anyone not from the US from participating. It was neither ageist nor discrimination against non US citizens. It was clearly designed to target the largest demographic that advertisers care about. As soon as I read that Randi was a first timer, I knew that marketing was behind her grand prize, but it was a beautifully written story, and while I believe my message of suicide prevention in my story was at least deserving of an honorable mention award, https://medium.com/the-pom/dizain-of-suicide-72bcde4dc8d8, I do not want to take away from the quality of her story. People need to accept Medium for what it is, and not expect more from it than it is designed and wired to deliver. https://medium.com/illumination/is-medium-a-malignant-narcissist-1f3d55793bf6