Sounds cool...I'd just recommend that for anything that's any degree of subjective grading, it'd be nice if you could put up a "vote one time" thread to get an actual "people's choice" sort of result. Ideally it should limit voting to people who are registered at the time of the announced contest (i.e. 'now').
Does your website software have such a feature?
I've seen this used on other design discussion forums, and it seems to work pretty well. The general population is given a week or two to evaluate the entries and then vote.
Also, if it will involve writing a paper or doing a design, please give a couple of weeks time to allow folks who don't normally have this type of thing in their desk drawer to come up with something of some value.
-Chris |