You got to realise though that not every theme will be of interest to everyone.
I haven't had my camera out properly for around 18 month for reasons I won't go into so I am relying on using photos that I already have on the PC.
Themes are also getting harder to choose, remember me last time
got refused a few because they had already been used, why cant they be run again?? take the 1st ever comp - red was the theme, why shouldn't we be able to do it again but state that any photos used in the previous one can't be used again. Sure many people are struggling to find/think of new themes
Edit - doesn't bother me if there is a prize or not, just do it for the fun of it