Hi there, Britt...
It's nice to meet you too, thank you...
As far as I remember, never had the chance to comment on your work, so let me admit here that I like your photography, and follow through your works in the Forum (You do not post to the Photo Gallery, do you..?).
When I first post my message about the "portfolio" idea, I also thought about the "busy-ness" problem, as it surely is not just me who is busy with his/her own life.
Yet, I forgot to write this down at the first message.
Yet again, a portfolio of "less and equal to a defined number of photos" may solve the problem as any entrant may produce the number of photos that he/she is able to...
But, maybe this still may create a burden upon the contestants, the moderators, the viewers, and Render itself, I do not know...
Well, see you... :)

Dear PunkClown...
Nope, unfortunately not, and the thesis will probably take another 1-1.5 months to complete... :)