Hey, I know that i'm really new here, and i really like what you've done with the place, BUT, I have a simple suggestion that would make the whole contest thing way more... well i guess "fair" would be the term...

here's what i was thinking...

since you can only vote if you are a contributer to the contests at least 10 times, why not make it so upon entering a new contest page, the user (once logged in) must then make a choice, either to select "I wish to submit" or "i'm not entering this contest"... upon selecting the first "i wish to submit" choice the user will then upload his/her picture and have the option to upload another for the same contest, if they want they can, if not, they click "i'm done" .. and then, and only then can they see and vote for the pictures that are already submitted by others, AND they cannot sumit another picture after seeing the already submitted creations... IF the user decides to choose "i'm not entering the contest", then that user has, for the duration of this particular contest, forfited their chance to upload a picture, BUT is still free to look at the pics and vote as he/she sees fit...

this would only allow those people who have taken their time to make pictures not to have their ideas "borrowed" by later entries... and would allow for more creative entries.

this is just something that i've noticed since i've been here, and i think it would help if there was some sort of system in place to do that..