As a writer for this fest, this just kinda zapped my motivation because what do you mean I could submit early and end up at the end. Of course everyone works hard on their stories and they're all worthy of being read, but what's the motivation to submit early if their fic could just end up revealing on the last day? I think this should have either been told prior to claiming to start or asked to writers on how they'd like their fics to be handled. Readers of course are going to want all their favorite tropes grouped together and then only read those.