Hi Valesa,
I love logo designing process, feel great and nothing wrong with your doing in contest,
you are very polite, and have great feedback, many designers will be entering your contest in last day or even some designers have a specialization while the last minute, things are usually to finding good luck, and rest of designers only ensure that the contest into a healthy ranks and feedback, promising, and running well in accordance with existing regulations about concept copycats, stock/clip-arts or no originality.
maybe this thread will be helpful to understand.
https://logotournament.com/forum/general_discussion/914Thanks!