More than that, their authors worked hard to polish each paragraph, each line, to a point we believe their stories are ready to submit for mainstream publishing opportunities.

Now, there's an idea whose time has come!

Have you thought of expanding on it by publishing a Steemit Anthology? That trick's been used in science-fiction for decades - since about the time that SF got out of the proverbial ghetto.

There are writers who have self-published, like @richq11 . I'm in the middle of reading his "The Night Gods," and it's a real page-turner. I'm sure there are lots of others published on Steemit.