I baked the pie before fully reading the rules about merit (only 29 merit points away from hitting the 30 minimum to qualify!), so I understand that I'm not eligible, but still had to post since I spent hours on this
Thank you all for the merit! Perhaps I'm eligible now? I had only a single merit point when I submitted, but my pie submission back on page 5 has had a few merit awards. If this makes me eligible now, I'd love to be included in the submission list on the first page.