3rd place in 1st round

I made 3rd place in the 1st Round of the 100-word Microfiction Challenge 2023. Yay!
I was in group 29 with genre: Romantic Comedy, action: Pointing at something, word: essential. 
What comes next: If your story is listed among the top 15 of your group, congratulations on advancing to the 2nd Round kicking off at 11:59 PM EDT (New York time) on Friday, June 23rd. The 1,500 advancing writers will be placed in new groups and will be challenged to create stories no longer than 100 words in just 24 hours based on a new genre, action, and word assignment.