I tried to vote, but I have to admit that I gave up after watching the first animation, having to download 21 stories and 11 animations individually in order to cast a vote is not a very user friendly way of getting people to vote, I think.

Have you considered maybe for the next contest, that people have to send in their animation in a certain format and when everyone have done that, you either combine them all into a single video with transitions between each animation showing the name of the artist and animation entry name or something and then upload it to youtube and make an inline video on your site, that way people could just play that. Otherwise you could make them as individual files but again as video you can play directly on the site and not something you have to download.

And pretty much the same for the stories, make it so they can be read online, I really think that would get more people to vote and also I guess people have spend a lot of time making these things, so its a bit of a shame to see them being presented in such a bad way I think. Just my opinion, but anyway I wish everyone good luck in winning :D