Anybody can win - unless there happens to be a second entry.
Do unto yourself as your Neighbours do unto Themselves and look Pleasant.
Only the more Rugged Mortals should attempt to Keep Up on Current Literature.
Mark Twain said (particularly about Pink Marsh): "I have been reading him again, and my admiration overflows all limits. ... How effortless the limning! It is as if the work did itself, without help of the master's hand."
One man's Poison Ivy is another Fellow's Spinach.
After being Turned Down by numerous Publishers, he had decided to write for Posterity.