Thanks, Katrina, for answering our questions.
I agree with Lynn -- 1500 words is a lot shorter than I thought it was! I've gone through all of my stories (nearly 30 of them) and even the ones I consider very short are over 1500 words, and some quite a bit over. I only have two that fell under that size; the one that was almost exactly 1500 is the one I would consider submitting. (The other was 850-ish words, but was more a humorous challenge response than a "real story".)
Oh, and just in case anyone was wondering, at least using my stories as a guide, 1500 words is in the 8-9K range, or what the Kerths call "Super Short".
Kathy
