And about those drafts again...
You haven't sent them yet?
Don't panic!
Talk to us instead. We may still accept it. Or we may talk you out of it. We're not so many here that we can't deal with you on an individual basis. So, if you haven't seen the posts, forgot about the deadline, or didn't know where to send it: talk to us. And, if you hear from someone that they couldn't make it because they missed the deadline: tell them to talk to us.
We're not having an exchange, we want to celebrate. The deadlines are set to make life for your mods a bit easier. If you send something to us on January 8th, we won't take it. ;)