if you pay to get in you invalidate the incentive that the organiser slash curator has to sell.
they've already been paid.
Only made that mistake once, but it was expensive and hard won lesson
I have later made several variations on the same mistake, as befits my creative nature
:)
Hahaha you are hilarious, I'm looking at my comment feed and you've been nailing it.
Yeah, I really don't think it is a quality way to encourage further development of the artist, not only does it encourage sameness because everyone emulates that which sells, but it discourages you because you pay to create, pay to have it seen, and pay in emotions when it doesn't work out.
Thanks for visiting, much loves and respects. <3