everyone's too busy outlining

Interesting...the competition seems to be undersubscribed this year:

Subject: Deadline extended for Inter-Journal Writing Competition registration

Just in case those darn old finals distracted you . . .

The deadline for registering for the Inter-Journal Writing Competition has been extended to Monday, May 5, 3:30 p.m.

Stop by the Scholarly Publications Office to pick up a registration packet. Then bring the Registration Slip on the packet's last page (with your name and student identification number written on it) to the Records Office by 3:30 p.m. on Monday, May 5.

The Inter-Journal Writing Competition starts on May 16, and ends on May 27, 2003.

I signed up last week, but have to wonder why they would be extending the deadline from today until Monday. Could they really be suffering from a dearth of applications?