How about one with open comments where the writers of the winner entry can post their own winning entry, if that can be arranged.

I could open the comments for that, but then there's some problems.

1. No edit feature. If they post it wrong (typo, format, etc) either it stays or they repost it.

2. Lack of participation. People might be busy, without power, or dead and not be able to post, even if they really want to. I'd rather have a full list than one where just a few enter.

3. Spam. If this thing takes off, I don't want it cluttered with false-entries and 'hi'.

Keeping it in the About covers all of these.

Is it possible several users would be allowed access the account to delete irrelevant comments?

acmed, dudeguy45, and I had equal access to the HCW account as a contingency plan, so that's possible.

No edit feature

You could delete the comment.

Lack of participation.

In the contests themselves or people posting on the profiles?
If the latter; I think if someone won a contest/round they would be able to post their winning entry on the page the first few days after the contest.

Spam.

It's almost a given that it would happen at some point or another, hence why many users having the ability to delete comments off it might solve that.

Keeping it in the About covers all of these.

If I was to click on the HCW account and there was 20 haiku's in the about, I probably wouldn't read them whereas if they were posted as comments individually I would read them.
Maybe that's just me.

Or the X most recent haikus could be posted. Then the about isn't freakishly long, and a link can be given to a page detailing the winners in full.

That could work too, but if merits ever were to be awarded again using the comments to merit them would be pretty handy.

But a user has always had to notify a mod about needing to recieve a merit, and so ussualy that comment gets the merit. Thats how it worked in the past, at least.

@Gantic
It's not my account... ;P It beloings to EmperorPalpitine...

Yeah, but, if the mods knew that every winner was going to post on that account, they could merit them on that account.

I'd say it would be better to create a new _Poetry_ account.
New thread, new account, yknow.

2.) You can't get a merit if it's not a comment.

Except they comment to notify a mod anyway.