Marius

I am personally of the opinion that 5 months is an outrageous amount of time to leave a competition open.

I am well aware that not everyone is capable of composing a work to their satisfaction within a more limited time-frame, but having it open for half a year is basically pointless. With all the new members that will show up and all the older ones that will leave, it will be nigh impossible to keep track of all participants and have any meaningful date for "No More Entries" and such...

5 months just seems excessively long. On the other hand, I like the idea of a bassoon septet so much that I may just have to go write one now. I'm serious; what an awesome ensemble.