Creative competition from the BBC

In April the BBC anounced the start of a writing competition. The task was simple (or so you think), to complete one of eight stories by eight famous writer. The entrants should not have published any works ever to be eligible. As soon as the BBC released the incomplete stories on its website there were an amazing 250,000 download. The deadline has now passed but there has been 17000 entries. Great idea. Link: www.bbc.co.uk/endofstory