Hehe, Kath, you're doing fine at plurals!
But, really, is there any reason for the gender imbalance? Is Quenya more appealing to women? Are Elves too nancy for men?
Is it just a coincidence?
Concerning poetry competitions: I've had a look, and you need to get up to lesson 5 to write anything decent (when lesson 5 is complete, students should understand present tense verbs, nouns and adjectives, which is enough for a basic poem). If not enough people get that far by September, the first poetry competition could be rescheduled for October.