It's true y'know...the story I entered last time was far too long and complicated and only got one vote.
Or possibly it was just rubbish and hence only got one vote (my mother is still wondering why I wanted her to choose a username and password and click a box on this brightly coloured screen thingy...).
2,000-2,500 words is, like, undergraduate degree essay length. Few people have the time to read a dozen essays and appreciate them.
Keep it short and sweet. Or, given the subject matter, short, sharp and heated till it's glowing.

This time will be different. I will, as Prince Ludwig the Indestructible would say, have my rewengey.