Also, to tease you a bit: what is this, the video game industry? We announcing announcements now?
If it ain't broken, don't fix it

More seriously, though, I just want this thread to be the thread for the project itself, and that thread to be specifically for the contest (which is only one part of the project). That way people's questions and non-contest interest in M-day don't need to clutter up the thread where the contest submissions are being posted, and I can continue updating this thread even after the contest completes.