I made a brief summary of which posts received +10 Merit from theymos, in the art contest
If I'm not mistaken, Theymos merited arts from page 1 to 6 only. Maybe he'll be back on the day of the deadline to put more merits on which entries he likes the most. But then again as he said, merits doesn't define the user's chance of winning the contest.
If it's going to based on the number of Merit received, I might even qualify for an art badge 
That can't be right, let me quote myself:
That can't be right, let me quote myself:I'm not much of an artist
Lol, lucky are those who will going to receive the badge.
I dont know the exact number of entries, what I only know is the very slight chances for me to get the badge and the reward.