We haven't had any contests in a while. That will change soon.
As for how much it costs to run a site like this...that depends. You can be hosted on a shared server for not too much money a month but it will be slow with the kind of traffic I get and will likely turn away viewers with the sluggish performance. Or you can do what I did and get a dedicated server with fairly recent hardware. Or you can host it yourself if you have an internet provider that will let you get away with that (most or all won't, in which case you'd have to upgrade to one of their business packages etc).
You can spend anywhere from probably $30-$40 per month up to hundreds of dollars per month to host a site like this...depends on the level of performance and level of service you want from your hosting provider.
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