I didn't get chosen.
It was a tough one. Over 1,200 entries and only 25 semi-finalist spots. Do the math, right? haha.
Anyway I'm a bit disappointed but I will pick myself up again, and keep moving forward. It's always difficult to feel rejected and, usually after a day or so, I regain my perspective on competitions as a whole. The rejection isn't personal. The judging process is so incredibly subjective and it's different every time.
People who know me are well aware that I enter into many photo competitions. I've not been chosen in most but, at the same time, I've also won a couple.
My point is keep trying and keep entering into competitions, because you don't know what can happen. I also feel that they are good (albeit humbling) experiences, which can add to your photography.
Have fun with it and don't take not winning or not being chosen too hard (or too personally). If anything use it as motivation to keep working and evolving.
As I'm writing this entry, the disappointment of not being chosen has already begun to fade. I know that I'll be entering photos for the next competition that comes across my desk.