To submit or not to submit, that is the question.

So I have always prided myself for my knack to write and write well. Of course my blog is not the best place to go if you want a good well written article mainly because it is personal and I like to NOT have to worry about grammar when I blog. Anyways, there is this thing called the Gila River Review and every year people submit stories, poetry, art, photography and some of them get published. I heard about this last year when I took my creative writing class and even though the idea of me getting published was enticing, I opted not too.

However, this year it is different I really want to write and submit my creativity to the Gila River Review but I don't know if I should. Is it fear of rejection that is stopping me from doing this or something else.  Most of the articles have to do with the southwest or things of that nature, which considering I have lived and breathed this culture my entire life it shouldn't be to hard...right?