Mine makes eight, glad you extended the deadline, I woke up inspired this morning so spewed a few words for you. Do we get to read them all at the end?Seven entries with approximately four days to go! We're looking good.
Yep! Authors are hidden until voting is complete.Do we get to read them all at the end?
In my personal experience, it can be useful to provide open contests with some kind of keyword, theme or subject, certainly if pre-written works are not eligible for entry.
It might feel counter-intuitive on a surface level, because you're 'limiting' the scope of the entries, but in reality such guidelines often prompt inspiration.
Just my two cents.
Unlabeled
Each neuron that fires
Sparks in my conscious mind
A rebellion of freedom
Dancing on the promise
Of eternal euphoria
Where the absence of bliss
Is just a fading memory
As I run a thousand miles
In every direction