Form what i've read on the forum, it takes a few weeks before you're notified if you design was accepted. If you're not accepted do they give any reasons or feedback at all? It would just be nice if they said something like it's not what we're looking for or denied because of copyright issues so you can know what was wrong about it and what you can change to possibly get it accepted later. Also, i have almost finished my first design and was about to get started on the next one but it has a lot of faces in it and i was wondering if i should make the faces detailed or keep them less detailed to avoid any issues?
The one time I've had anything accepted, they let me know after a couple of weeks, I tend to give up if it takes any longer though, but I'm impatient.
No one knows the exact method to their madness other than the mad ones themselves. When you consider the volume they deal with, I can't seem them having a large maybe pile they are just holding off to the side just incase they can't find something better.