Idea for making challenges more fair.

I’ve written for a few challenges and it seems to me, the moment the post’s dropped out of the top few, it’s lost and forgotten.

People don’t seem to check the challenge section to vote, only the stream or “most recent” under the posts tab.

My most recent one for example. Posted over a day ago and only three reads? And two of them are mine, I think.

How about this for an idea...

Instead of votes beginning the moment the entry’s posted, you end the challenge and then open all entries up to voting at the same time for a fixed period?

At that point, all entries would be reposted to the top of the recent posts section and perhaps even pinned to the top so they remain visible. All likes clicked before this would be zeroed, wiping the slate clean for the actual vote.

This would also make it fairer for everyone no matter when it was posted, be it 3am in the morning of the final day or the first day of the challenge.

What do you think?