People find out about contests from the main page, but there are a lot of people who never bother reading it after they’ve logged in. Is it possible, or ethical for that matter, to send everyone a message letting them know that we have come up with a new challenge for everyone to participate in, if they want to? I think a lot more people would enter contests if they felt more encouraged to do so.

Also, as for incentives, badges are really nice as souvenirs, but they aren’t very good currency. I think the winner of the competition should have his/her work featured on the main page so that there is a bit of *stardom* involved, as with the featured writings and the poetry duel winners.

What do you think?