but I'm happy that I at least submitted something which is half the battle
That's a good point. And by participating, you helped promote Steemit, which we all should be doing if we want our community to grow and thrive.
Frankly, I'm surprised there weren't more entrees.
Me too. I don't get why more people don't join; it takes about 30 seconds if you do the easy thing and share it on Facebook/Twitter, it's free, and it is not a big hassle with upvoting, following, resteeming and that stuff. But I guess people are pretty lazy! Hehe