I think this is a great contest and, so far, it's been really well organised. I see this contest as a way to give an incentive to new users, who might be on their way out of the platform as soon as they arrived, if they can't get a decent exposure to their posts.
That's why I usually pick such great entries. These are the people that we need in this platform. Creative, talented and original.
The more quality there is... the better the future of SteemIt is.
I don't have any suggestion to improve it. I think the reduction from 3 to 2 featured bloggers has helped, as it easier for people to focus only on 2 posts to vote and comment on, instead of 3.
Personally, I think this contest has enough incentives and benefits and I don't think adding more will be good. With too many incentives, we might attract some gold diggers who'll be posting just to get the rewards, and that's not good for the contest.
The only thing I don't like is that, usually, your posts appear while I'm sleeping... but it's not your fault that we're living in different continents. So, keep up with the good work. 😃
I've wondered what would happen if we added more rewards and had the exact same concern. Actually lowered the bounty a while back from 3 down to 2 and it cut out the "bounty hunters" from spamming the contest.
Thanks for your efforts!