Writing competitions?

[Creamy Goodness]

There's been pretty lengthy discussions of writing and sharing stories we've written in the chatbox in the last day or two, so it got me thinking. On the previous forum I was on (in addition to most of the new members that just signed up here), we tried having writing contests. You pick a word count, subject, maybe an object, a theme, and a deadline. When I ran it, the plan was to have broad guidelines at first and make them more complicated as the contests progressed. But it never got that far. We didn't have enough people participating and there were never any prizes. I also had plans to change genres, but that never materialized either.

So would there be any interest for that here? There are more active members here and several people seem to write frequently. Any takers? Any interest? Who would you want to run it? Ask questions and comment away. If we did this, I think we'd have to have at least ten people want to participate to make the contest any good. We might also need a panel of judges so the responsibility doesn't fall on one person to pick a winner. Thoughts?