Dave, Short synopsis is already mandatory. If you try to submit something without filling that field in, your submission gets bounced back. Of course, the system has no way of knowing if what you fill in really says anything. Speaking of the short synopsis field, I'd sure like to see a method for an alert of some kind when the max length has been reached. I've been frustrated on numerous occasions by the system telling me my short synopsis wasn't short enough. And then I don't even know how much I have to cut out. Have that happen a few times, and you can sympathize with the folks who get disgusted and don't say much in their short synopses. mary