I'd like to see a commitment from FanFare to publish accepted stories within 24 hours.

If writers take the time to respond to your or Paul's prompts, they shouldn't have to wait days to see them in print. If writers will have to wait, in my view they should be notified with the kind of note good editors like Smillew Rauchef and Linda Caroll put on the story: "This is scheduled for ..."