Okey-dokey I'll prolong the contest for 3 more days, then.
I'm sad that there are so few participants, but I don't think that it's a reason to cancel anything
I already developed a plan for an edge cases:
- If there would be 0 submissions to the moment of deadline, I would announce that the set of winners is empty and would not give any award;
- If there would be 1 submissions to the moment of deadline, I would create a "poll" with two options: the first one would be the nickname of that 1 participant, and the second one would be a placeholder, something like "---" (too bad, a poll with one option is not allowed technically). After it I would say that participant_name is a main winner, while the set of second-prize-winners is empty;
- If there would be 2 submissions to the moment of deadline, I would create a poll with two entries. A winner of the poll would receive main prize, and the loser - the second prize automatically (no matter what I really thought about their work, because there would be no alternatives).
- When there are 3 submissions and more, algorithm can be performed as usual
As a true villain, I always have plan B. Also plans C, D, E, F...
Now we have 5 participants, which is more than 3, so it's not even an edge case.