Definitely an interest in starting this back up again. I loved the contests, they helped me so much when I first started off. It's not actually a hard thing to get started, it's just needing three lots of people [the first two kind of merge.. well, actually they all do except that people who've participated, can't really vote in those contests.. well, they can, but not for themselves.. anyways..].
1. People willing to think of/start contests.
2. People willing to participate in contests.
3. People willing to vote in contest.
As well as I guess help for those who haven't joined before and aren't sure about what they're doing, and a very fine balance between flexible deadlines, and strict deadlines. There's a fair few contests that have kind of disappeared because people who said they'd join didn't get their entries in and the person who made the contest didn't want to close it and then it gets forgotten.. there's also a fair few that get to the voting stage, and then disappear.
I think what we need is a list of contests people want to see, for example more LotR contests, more actor contests, more challenge based contests etc. I remember having a thread for that before, and it'll just be helpful for people who don't know what contests people will join/want etc. Some people can think up really good/different/challenging contests that people join without having people request them, others may want a little guidance so that people will want to join.
Also, with the new members about, it may be an idea to revive some previous contests. It's a chance for new graphic makers to join some contests that have been popular before, and also for old graphic makers to maybe participate again and improve their original entries, or do a whole new take on it.
Gone on for longer than I meant to so I'll leave it at that, hoping that it makes some sense. And also, as I haven't used a smiley yet which is very odd for me,   
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