alt Hacker News> Does it have to be 1,000 words?
> Yes. That’s what a picture is worth, after all.
Not to be pedantic but does this mean "1,000 words or fewer," "at least 1,000 words," or "exactly 1,000 words?"
I'm asking because with school assignments the number is usually a lower bound, but with writing contests it's often an upper bound (sometimes even a fuzzy limit).
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bjourne • today at 4:47 PM
"Does it have to be 1,000 words?
Yes. That’s what a picture is worth, after all. Your entry must be exactly 1,000 words, not including the title (if you choose to write one)."
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ko_lqc • today at 3:58 PM
if it's not exactly 1000 words, then no skill is involved and the writers may as well be published by Penguin or HarperColins or something.
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Took the bait and sent them my email to apply because, in the page linked, they would "send you the instructions" to it.
But no, no exact definition of what they mean for "1000 words" - wether if it's minimum 1000 words or what, or how are they counting those 1000 words - throwing everything to a Word doc? a parsing script? Will they count things like an "I" or an "a" as a whole word?
I'm thinking about giving this a try, though, but not being pretty clear about that rule seems quite odd.