I just realized something. I haven't been scouted yet. How is anyone supposed to find my art piece? That makes it worthless to enter in the contest. I'm still gonna continue and finish it, but it won't count for a Madness Contest Submission. That really stinks, but I'm not gonna let that ruin Madness Day for me. I'm gonna hang my poster in my room and keep on submitting above average art pieces until I get scouted. Then, next year, I'll be ready.
TurkeyOnAStick
In order to be scouted you need 4+ decent pics in the portal, and somebody to scout you. I think it's a wee bit daft when it comes to contests, and I tend to favour submission threads rather than using art portal search tags.
You can try uploading your pic to the Discussion thread, as well as dropping a link to your (unscouted) art portal entry. That way at least one judge will know of your entry, and will bring it to the attention of the others.