My quilt guild has challenges every year and I always enter. The members pick the winner not knowing who has done each quilt. I've won a few times but not consistently. I also do the quilt show challenges at two places other than where I live. Have also been lucky enough to sometimes win at those places too. By win I mean any recognition including honorable mention, not necessarily first place.:) Winning also means how you best followed the challenge requirements. I like being pushed to "think outside the box" even though the quilts I like most to make are the old fashioned type patterns or scrappy ones. Go figure, must be a flaw in there somewhere.