I would like to suggest that perhaps the Sprite Contest forum should be taken apart from Custom Sprites and made into it's own forum rather than a side-forum for custom sprites.
I myself often forget that there even is a Sprite Contest forum, because it's barely noticeable and also, sprite contests don't necessarily have to be of custom sprites but also DBZ sprites like "make the best vegeta contest".
Sprite contests are rarely finished because not many people participate in it, I think this is partially because plenty of people never get to see the topic of a contest because the topics in Custom Sprites 'overlap' the ones in the Sprite Contest forum.
This is why I think the Sprite Contest forum should be turned into it's own forum rather than a sub-forum that is easily overlooked.