Wish I could help, but I've had the same thing in my contest.
I think too many think their writing is too good for rules. And they are usually not good entries anyway
I just continue to disqualify them and know that if they submit to a trad publisher (anthology or magazine) and ignore word count guidelines they are going to quickly get a pile of rejections and a reputation in the small press community...
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