My take on knowing where our lyric stood: Because this is more of an emotional response, how we feel about the lyric,personal taste, and a response to our own experience as well as what might be universal and well written, indicates that knowing our final place in the end is not as important as seeing the final choices of our peers and judges - we can do our own comparisons and learning from that. The entries that survive the judging panel and their reasons for selection will be indicative of how audiences may react
to the various themes and a learning experience by example for all. After the contest, we could post our lyric for critique if we want constructive feedback.
I am down to 11 top choices and 11 contenders from a very lengthy list. But, suprisingly enough, my top 7 are still at the top of the list. Whether these will equate to anyone elses' top 7 remains to be seen.
But, there is a saying that the surest way to loss of self esteem is through comparison; and, I would not like to think that a great opportunity to participate and learn resulted in stopping someone from continuing to take a risk and post their work because we posted everyone's standing and the scores were destructive. Jeannette

"Live as though you were going to die tomorrow; learn as though you will live forever." Ghandi

Jeannette