8/30/10– I can't say that all my contacts with editors and contest chairmen have been worth remarking, but I recently submitted a short story (flash fiction) to a contest staged by The Missouri Writers Guild. After I had sent it, I reviewed it on my computer screen again (for the umpteenth time!) with the thought of possibly entering it in another contest.  To my horror I discovered that a key sentence was not in the version of the story I'd sent to the Missouri contest.  I quickly emailed the chairman asking if I could re-submit "Poetic Justice," explaining that  either I (or my new-to-me computer) had lost that sentence.The gracious contest chair responded that she will be glad to have the replacement Ms, adding that one time she  had left her entry fee check out of her submission.  The respondent kindly said she would hold the Ms until the check arrived.  My Missouri contest chair said that her own experience had made her vow that if she were ever a contest chair, she would also be "kind to the submitter."Nice to know there are empathetic contest chairs.  Of course, I will report on this later.  Meanwhile, because several contests for flash fiction do not require that they be the exclusive recipients of an entry, I have submitted that same story to a total of three contests.  Of course, if my entry makes it in any one of the three, the others will be notified immediately.   And I will report here.  Willma