Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-24534644-20160802001817/@comment-26397825-20160826005041

But...if we all come up with the theme and choose it between us, that makes the prize if first place worthnless. The prize is choosing the theme for the next month and running it. It's not exactly your prize if everyone gets to weigh in on what theme your contest is going to be, and you end up doing something completely different.

But this is also why every other contest was only one week for submissions; because life does happen, and it gives the judge two weeks to get everything done and still leaves the winner a full week to pick a theme.

I mean, I have no problem with everyone sharing themes and the winner picking the one they like best, if they think it's better than the theme they had in mind. But the theme should ultimately be the choice of the winner, not the other participants, as that's the prize for coming in first place.