Pretty cool concept, and I will look to use again. I think next time I will limit the scope of my competition, and provide more time. Although, I think the Designers will tend to procrastinate regardless of the deadline. I also think there needs to be some basic level of award for participation so as to incentivize as many designers as possible to spend time. If a lot of designers enter the competition I think it discourages all of them spending real time on the project, as the probability of them winning an award becomes less. So maybe the award structure could 50% to #1, 25% to #2, 15% to #3, and then the last 10% can be spread out amongst all honorable mentions. There should be some way to award real participation. No award should be given to just submitting a photo, but if the designer puts some level of effort, there should be an incentive to continue to enter into competitions to get better.

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