I already have more than 3000 words in my essay and its growing. Dunno where will I end up? Btw, can I ask what r all the other guys writing abt? I m doing "aLife and Life".

You see? Your contest entry was fine in the end... there's no such thing as `too long' when it comes to web content!

You'll find out about the other entries very soon, I'm formatting them up now.