Just a little flat for me. No real point of interest. The headline ties you into the challenge, but it's certainly not a pretty photograph. I think, had you turned this into a B&W shot.. the gritty nature would have worked.. but in color, it's just too mundane.
I like it, particularly the blues. A border would have made this stand out more - there is too much gray in your photo to pop against the gray dpc background.
i really like how you made the headline on the paper your title, if you hadnt have done that i most likely would not have payed as much attention to it. the more i looked at it the more i liked it. its not a pretty porch, its real life. good angle, good compostion. i like this