Hey guys, I've just been reading through the submissions for the Back to School Contest, and let me tell you, there's been some really awesome stuff posted thus far. I'm excited to see some good participation in this activity, especially so close to the start of the academic year (for those of us in the U.S.).

I just wanted to throw up a quick reminder to any of you still interested in submitting an entry, or those of you with incompleted stories, that the deadline for submissions is 12:00 AM EST on Saturday, 9/5/2009. After that, any submissions to the Challenge: Back to School category will be ineligible for the contest judging.

Again, thanks for all of your participation in this contest and around SFF and SF3. Without you, we'd have a much less interesting site!