Contests and Waiting

So last night, I entered a pitch contest. We are allowed to pitch two manuscripts at a time. An agent will read them and determine which ones stand out to her. I'm all for that! These are my two pitches:

Asylum
Science-fiction
92,115 words

Newly-wedded Chase Leighton is a captain in the ranks of the
Ghosts, a small band of people working toward freedom from the iron-handed Progressive Legacy, the ruling faction of the Circeae System. When his wife Trista goes missing, Chase and his men follow a trail that leads to imprisonment onboard a space facility for the criminally insane. Several months of intensive,
brutal therapy trigger Chase to revolt against the doctors and take control of the ship, leading him to encounter a very different Trista – who now calls herself Krissa.

Outlaw
Science-fiction
88,901 words

Britt Lockhart is an ill-reputed scoundrel; Cole and Laney Rose are wards of the Progressive Legacy. Frightening events cause their worlds to collide and lifelong friendships are formed. Together, they infiltrate the highest echelons of the Legacy, hurting the organization from deep within, but when a mission goes wrong and leaves Laney with a life-altering complication,
Britt is forced to rethink their options.

As with everything I put out there, I brace myself for rejection by not expecting anything to come of it. If something does, then hey! That's awesome!

I'm also playing the waiting game with a couple of agents. The thing that worries me most is that I've only received rejections from my queries. So even if someone is willing to go that next step with me and ask for a partial of full manuscript, there's a very good possibility that I will be rejected at that point, too. Man, this rejection business is no fun! I understand it, of course, but it's still hard. And I know other writers are in the same boat. So...fellow aspiring authors - hang in there! You're not alone!