What do people do if they e.g. don't have a Google account, or don't have the skills/knowledge/patience to set up pandoc?
To be clear, I'm happy to follow the sprit of the submission rules, and I agree with them. But the technical requirements that people must use Google Docs or pandoc don't feel like they suit the spirit of the jam, from the way I've read it. If the intention is that people's barriers to entry are removed, why not allow whatever tools people already use? Assuming they stick to the visual style requirements, I mean.