Seeing as the gil and commerce systems is (or has) gone through an overhaul, I'd like to suggest a small tweak regarding gil rewards for SoTW and the like.
There is the ability to allow those who vote to earn gil on a per vote basis, this way it'll cut out the "middle man" and be automatic instead of manual, saving those who run the competitions some time; voters will earn the gil as soon as they vote. (I realize it's probably not that much of an issue for them, but hey, if they don't have to worry about it? )
EDIT: And I realize this was all for naught now, as I just read Mits' update. Anyway, maybe set the voting reward higher for those competitions. That's my new suggestion.
There is the ability to allow those who vote to earn gil on a per vote basis, this way it'll cut out the "middle man" and be automatic instead of manual, saving those who run the competitions some time; voters will earn the gil as soon as they vote. (I realize it's probably not that much of an issue for them, but hey, if they don't have to worry about it? )
EDIT: And I realize this was all for naught now, as I just read Mits' update. Anyway, maybe set the voting reward higher for those competitions. That's my new suggestion.