Hi Daniel, I'm sorry to hear about this although the MWC winners were beautiful essays and I'm sure Medium wants these types of stories.

I love to write about writing besides my life as a mom, job as marketer and life lessons.

My idea for you: Becoma a Top Writer in #Fiction and try to write as much as possible to become one fo the Top 5 on the list. I'm sure you'll see results.

This article might help: https://medium.com/illumination/how-to-become-a-successful-medium-top-writer-a0209defc1ac

I have an online course where I help new writers. One of them is also a fiction authior from Spain. She also struggles with finding her path here on Medium.