Okay, so I saw this thread on rmxp.org, and I really liked the idea so I'm going to try it here. Basically, it is meant to give new RM games more recognition in the forums. I don't know if this will work here, but it's a good thing to try. Okay, well I'll explain:

The Explanation:

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What's going to happen is the winner of Project of the Month will pick the next project of the month. They can do this in two ways. Either direct selection (i.e. they choose a single project and that project wins) or poll selection (i.e. they choose multiple projects, and a poll is set up. The project with the most votes wins. In the case of a tie, the previous winner will be the tie breaker. If this option is selected, the nominees must be submitted seven days before the end of the month).

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The Rules:

• A game cannot win twice
• You cannot nominate a game which you made
• It has to have enough material to have been moved out of New Projects section.
• It cannot be an abandoned project

Games with playable demos are preferred, but as long as there are enough screenshots and detail, you can be nominated. If the nominated user is not active, then I will first inform them on whatever other forums they are on, and if, by the end of the month they have not come back, I will set up a poll. Also, finished games are allowed to be nominated. Games that win will be placed with a sticky and marked with the tag [POTM].

More rules will be clarified if I see a need further on. The Winner of the Project of the Month is stickied for the remainder of the month.

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Winners:

2007

April - Chaos Project , by Blizzard.
May  - Quintessence: The Blighted Venom, by Reives
June - Memento Vivere, by ShoSho
July - The Search for Thomas, by alexia
August - Forlorn Manor, by Anaryu
September - Cell Chamber - Chicane, by Calibre
October - Rose Memories, by Zhuge Liang
November - Dark Eternal II, by Zenogias
December - Steel Hearts, by sabao

2008

January - The Healer, by alexia
February - Ethereal Dreams, by Team Dragonfly
March - Vacant Sky: Contention, by Project BC
April - Soul Raves 1: Nocturne Gospel, by Caro Ru Lushe
May - Celestias Ferrum, by Chance Productions
June - Dark Horizon, by sithlord999
July - The Mirror Lied, by Reives
August - The Insanity: A cold and bitter diagnosis, by NAMKCOR
September - Shadows, by Zylos
October - Project Leviathan, by Leventhan
November - Prelude of Identity, by MrMoo
December - Wings of Eternia, by HowlingWinds

2009
January - Seraphim Project, by Nessiah

I like the idea! 

*changed to RM games

The winner each moth will be stickyed for the remainder of the moth.

Different people do get to choose. The winner each month chooses the next. There's a different winner every month, thus different people choose. Voting would be too messy, because

a) we'd need nominees. There are lots of good games out there and we can't have a poll of 30 or more games each month.
b) how would the nominees get selected?
c) what's to stop a conspiracy? i.e. 10 people get together and decide to vote on a game because one of their friends is making it, even though it is a bad game.
d)it's be an overall messy situation.

The way it's set up is better because it encompasses a range of different games, plus since the people who choose know how to make good games, they will be fairly accurate judges of what is a good game and thus, our projects of the month will always end up being good and worth checking out.

anytime before the next month.

as he said demos can also be picked to win...there are a lot of demos so this can last. + its only montly not weakly.

It doesn't have to be finished. Promising projects can also be nominated. And there are enough games to last us.

It appears that Blizzard is unavailable to choose next month's winner, so I will make a poll in RPG Maker Discussion and I will put up a few games that I consider worthy candidates. This is partly because I think it's a little unfair for me to choose again, but mostly because there are too many I want to award it to. Anyway,

Check out the poll:  http://rmrk.net/index.php/topic,16083.0.html

EDIT:

I am thinking of modifying the rules a little bit. What do you guys think? Should I limit selection to unfinished games, or obscure games (with, say, less than 1000 views)? I kind of like it the way it is, but I am still unsure. And please vote everybody. I do not want a tiebreak decision!