Suggestion

[Kaden]

And then staff (or whomever) picks the top ____ descriptions and reads the works themselves, deciding on a final list from there.

That's exactly what the staff would have been instructed to do. Though they'd certainly be free to read everything if they had the time. Part of the point of the summaries would be to compel other people to read their RPs. The summaries would also have a max length of something along the lines of 300 words.

Aqua: Right, I thought you meant a "top to bottom" ki list. I would say that members would be limited to one summary per month for themselves. If they didn't like the one they submitted, or they thought something they just did was more interesting, they could post a new summary and only the most recent one would count.

I think part of the fun would be for people to try and come up with a "most awesome" aspect of what they've done. If they did multiple threads, then they have a lot to choose from.