Sorry it took so long, I was gone for the weekend! But I'm back now yay!
As to a contest that can be really hard for roleplaying because how do you say who has the most original character or who wrote the best post in this situation? If you want a writing contest then maybe like a poetry contest, that might be a little easier to judge then rping.
I would be more then happy to help you figure things out for an rp area. We could always put in poll and see what kind of rp's people would like to see. Or just generalize. Or just start it off in a lounge and see what kinds of characters show up. It really just depends on what's going to be easier for you.
From what I've seen on the boards I would say that the kinds of rps people are into vary widely. Vampires, werewolves, elves (tolkien and other wise), naruto, pokemon, romantic, high school. There is definately a lot out there to consider!
Grant_Austing
We could have a competitions and the best Role Playing thread wins a prize (alltho don't know if this will work because their will be multiple ppl in each thread doing stuff, and it will have to be a big prize to inspire ppl to do it so maybe later if we have more funds)