Originally Posted by morelcabin
The truth is that it isn't about rejection at all...it is about what "they" are looking for. If you don't win, it isn't at all because your quilt is inferior in any way...it just isn't what they are looking for at that time.
It might win the next one.
Go for it...and don't you dare feel rejected for doing so!
This is so true.
I once entered a photograph (one on which I had already won awards) in a local gallery show. Now, in my youth, I was quite competitive in this medium and won awards in every show I entered (and this was in Los Angeles). So when I entered this photo, which is one of my favorites and quite possibly one of the best prints I ever made (film & darkroom), I quite expected to win Best of Show.
The print won nothing that time.
Oh well. It happens.
Then again, you might win!
If the gallery checks out and you are satisfied with the terms, go for it!