Yep, I agree. I hit my head hard trying to write the best possible articles on the 4 prompts. But then I find the grand winner not following the medium's distribution guidelines and not even citing the image she posted in her piece, I literally feel disappointed.

No offence to the winners, but I have read some incredible pieces based on the prompts that I secretly wished to win. And they deserved to win. Hence, Medium should have been more transparent on how they selected the winners.