I received the following today: So I'm adding this to the my blog to see if it has any impact:

"You cant submit anything yet because you are not on level 2. Blog, Post in forums, PM some people, etc. to raise your level... then when you get to level 2, you can submit."

"The reason you are stuck on level 1 is because of a glitch. We have been stuck on the same levels for over 2 weeks. Be patient. I will send you this message in a PM, and track your contributions to help boost your."

PS I am blogging, forum posting, and PM'ng but don't see anything happening (points wise). Guess I sign off for a few days. I'll check back on Saturday to see if anything has changed.