The Rabid Puppies slate went up on 2 February 2015, right in the window where the page identifying the story as ineligble disappeared. Draw your own conclusions from that.
There appear to be minor edits to the version that was published in 2014 which is approximately 200 words longer (and without any new scenes.) For example, the 2013 version reads:
That is how old Frank had been when they married, seven years ago, looking perfectly handsome with his crooked nose and long jaw and big ears in his splendid dress uniform. He and she had walked under the drawn swords of his fellow graduates on the wedding day. At eighteen, he was in charge of an APC, an armored vehicle that could level a town, wading rivers and crushing buildings, coating the rubble with napalm and trampling it flat beneath its treads. It was smaller than a tank, but Frank loved his squad and what they could do. He loved working with high explosives precisely because it required care and precision and knowing exactly what to do.
while the 2014 version reads:
Eighteen. That was how old Frank had been when they married seven years ago, looking perfectly handsome with his crooked nose and long jaw and big ears in his splendid dress uniform. They had walked under the drawn swords of his fellow graduates together on their wedding day. Now, at twenty-five, he was in charge of an IFV, an infantry fighting vehicle that could blow a hole in a building, wade rivers and crush fences, blasting through walls with high-explosive incendiary rounds before trampling them flat beneath its treads. The M2 was smaller than a main battle tank, but Frank loved his vehicle and what it could do. He loved working with high explosives too, because it required care and precision and knowing exactly what to do.
Hardly a sufficient sort of edit that would qualify as a new story.
I've tweeted to sasquan about this so we'll see how they respond, but I'm not going to waste my time reading something that shouldn't be eligible.
Update - Sasquan have confirmed they are looking into it.
UPdate 2 - Victory! The story has been tossed from the ballot. Gee, now he only has five nominations - whatever will he do.
