You may enter a show at whichever level you feel comfortable. You should fairly evaluate your own skill level. However, after a member wins at one level, they are required to enter the next higher level in the next show.
Our Novice level is for people who are newer to sculpting. Any member can enter at any level they wish, however. If, after entering at Novice someone newer to sculpting feels their work would be better suited for one of the other levels, they are free to enter the next show at another level. We leave this up to the discretion of each member. Unless as Admin I can see that someone should clearly be in a different level than the one they entered, we don’t determine levels for the artist, they do that for themselves.
The Intermediate level was added this year for those who won at Novice but might not be ready to compete at Advanced. Any member may enter at Intermediate if they wish- unless they have won that level in the past. Then they have to enter the Advanced level of the Show.