Drabbles are really short stories, like 500 words or less. I used drabble because in a way, every chapter is like an uber-short story. Besides, I don't want to get the story deleted.
Haha, yeah everyone's got excellent writing in the contest (so I definitely don't envy you your position as judge. Talk about tough!), I took the opportunity to check out a couple of the others' and I was like ".....................Now I feel like pulling out my entries". So thanks for the poem comment :)