On the second page of your rejection letter, there are dates where you can apply for "leftover dates", dates that were not chosen previously. If I remember correctly, you send in another form with the dates you would like and if there is space available, you get the date. If someone chose before you, you don't. That's how I got my Labor Day date a couple of years back. I am guessing it's first come first served, not lottery style, but you still have to get some luck. There should be some nice dates available, but we won't know until we see the calendars (after April 1st) with available dates.
"Turtles, Frogs & other Environmental Sculpture"
