Hey there, It's hard for me to get excited about this challenge. Most of my thoughts have already been mentioned here. It's great for the incredibly tiny number of people who are going to be selected. I really hope they'll take the time to study the submissions and choose lesser known quality writers of various genres. The vast amount of my time on Medium is gratis. Running my publication reaps no monetary rewards. Hoping one day Medium will recognize the value of its popular and rapidly growing publications and decide to do something to compensate the editors.