feels like it could be a whole comm - secondchancestills or something

That is a damn cool idea, actually! There are SO many icons being made (have you seen one voting post of character20in20 alone?) that some great ones inevitably get by-passed. I'm all for more chances to show off one's work.

After all, stories can get nominated at SunnyD memorial or the Wicked awards etc repeatedly so long as they haven't previously won.