Great question! No entries will be able to be judged until the voting period begins on Dec 1st, so the first concern is eliminated. Historically, the entries that get the most votes tend to be the ones that are available on the web, windows and multiple other platforms + the ones that include screenshots, instructions, etc.
I'm not sure if it's possible to hide the 'sort by ...' functionality for the submissions, but I agree that might help. I'll investigate - thanks!