MichaelJF wrote:

> Paolo was the first who proposed a longer time intervall. I really think this
> would help but I will propose a quarter.

it will probably give some people confidence they can spare enough
time in a quarter to finish a scene. On the other hand it doesn't help
those who are reluctant to begin a long term project, in a way it makes
that problem worse ;) Also it may raise expectations, you probably
wouldn't submit a work in progress to a 3 month contest.

I'm not sure if the current implementation easily allows this but
if the contests do not all have to be of the same length some shorter
"doodle" contests could be interspersed. Even if they run in parallel
they could be treated as consequtive contests by the website, e.g.

Jan 1st:   Quarter topic announced
Jan 1st:   Two week voting period for last quarter begins
Jan 15th:  Last quarters winners announced
Jan 15th:  One week doodle topic announced
Jan 15th:  One week upload period for doodle topic begins
Jan 22nd:  One week voting period for doodle contest begins
Feb 1st:   Doodle topic winner announced
Feb 1st:   Quarter topic upload period begins
Apr 1st:   Goto Jan 1st (Renum + 3 months)

The main problem with a short doodle contest is probably that it
can simply fall in an inconvenient week (travelling or whatever),
but otherwise the hurdle for entry may be lower. Also, while the
topics and rules do not need to be as technical as I suggested I
still think for such a challenge they should be restraining, so
you spend your allotted evening rendering something and not
deciding what you could render ;)

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