I had an article that was rejected by a publication. It is the fifth time I’ve been rejected by them; they have yet to publish anything of mine. I submitted it to another publication, it was chosen for further distribution by the Medium curators, and named by Illumination-curated as one of the top ten editor picks. The distribution and editor pick part happened last night. There’s no real assessment of quality in the arts. It’s just opinion one way or another. All the best!