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 ## Submit to the IOCCC
 
-0. Verify that the <A HREF="https://www.ioccc.org/index.html#enter">IOCCC is open</A> for submissions.
-1. If the IOCCC is open, you need to register as a contestant.
-See: <A HREF="https://www.ioccc.org/index.html#enter">how to enter</A> for how to register.
+0. Verify that the [IOCCC is open](https://www.ioccc.org/index.html#enter) for
+submissions.
+
+1. If the IOCCC is open, you need to register as a contestant.  See [how to
+enter](https://www.ioccc.org/index.html#enter) for how to register.
+
 2. Once you have been registered, you will receive an email message for how to
-prepare your entries for submission,
-and how to upload the compressed tarballs to our submission portal.
-3. Once the <A HREF="https://www.ioccc.org/index.html#enter">IOCCC</A> closes,
-the judges will select the <A HREF="https://www.ioccc.org/years.html">winning entries</A>,
-announce them on the <A HREF="https://fosstodon.org/@ioccc">@IOCCC mastodon feed</A>,
-notify the winners via email using their previously registered email address,
-and upload the winning code to the <A HREF="https://github.com/ioccc-src/winner">ioccc-src/winner</A> repo
-which in turn will cause them to be displayed on the  <A HREF="https://www.ioccc.org/years.html">IOCCC winners page</A>.
+prepare your entries for submission, and how to upload the compressed tarballs
+to our submission portal.
+
+3. Once the [IOCCC](https://www.ioccc.org/index.html#enter) closes, the judges
+will select the [winning entries](https://www.ioccc.org/years.html) announce them
+on the [@IOCCC mastodon feed](https://fosstodon.org/@ioccc), notify the winners
+via email using their previously registered email address, and upload the
+winning code to the [winner repo](https://github.com/ioccc-src/winner) repo
+which in turn will cause them to be displayed on the [IOCCC winning entries
+page](https://www.ioccc.org/years.html).
 
 ## Updating your winning entries
 
-If you are an IOCCC winner, you may update your entries (meta-data as well as source code)
-by using a <A HREF="https://github.com/ioccc-src/winner/pulls">GitHub pull request</A>
-against the master branch of the  <A HREF="https://github.com/ioccc-src/winner">ioccc-src/winner</A> repo.
+If you are an IOCCC winner, you may update your entries (metadata as well as
+source code and any extra files) by opening a [GitHub pull
+request](https://github.com/ioccc-src/winner/pulls) against the master
+[branch](https://github.com/ioccc-src/winner/branches) of the [ioccc-src/winner
+repo](https://github.com/ioccc-src/winner) repo.