Bah, who cares about winning! It's the *fun* that counts!
Although an ego boost is always a good thing.
Speaking of winning, I haven't ironed out judges yet, and I really need to do that. I originally wasn't planning on judging, and I dunno if it would be a conflict of interest seeing that I kicked off the contest and am helping organize it. I assume not but wouldn't want there to appear to be any sort of conflict of interest.
EDIT: I did state in the rules that any judges participating in a category would not judge that category. I was hoping for five judges. Are there any reliable regulars who could judge some categories, assuming you aren't planning on entering much, if at all? I wasn't going to judge but it does make sense, since I probably won't be participating (and if I do at all, it will be a short story).
Thinking out loud -- would registered popular vote be a better method, so the masses could judge (and we just hope that there's not voter manipulation? Could we ban more than 1 vote per IP address?