Perhaps competitions aren't a great idea. A critique forum yes... but competitions in an area as subjective as this only ever seem to please the winners. And there will always be more losers than winners.
At the stage we are at, [ let's face it,none of us are Ricky Gervais yet ]we probably need encouragement more than anything.
I have seen other comedy sites go down hill when competitions got involved.
Would I say this if I was winning every week...Ofcourse not.
But I still think Godot Taxi has a point.