I myself suck at drawing, painting and craft art. My only hope is that the jury will find my works funny somehow, and that's why I keep participating.

You have the desire to take part in their art contest and you are confident in that, I really appreciate that because it is not easy for other people to increase their confidence in taking part in this art contest, because maybe only people who are talented and good at painting can participate in this event, but if you feel bad at making pictures and painting and then want to become a contest participant, that's already great
and the way he tells us about His chance is enough to understand that He is enjoying his participation , Love showing people about His skills and some confidence .
Keep it up Mate we know for sure that eventually you'll become more skilled and capable to win the main level of the competition .
That's definitely true, anyone who has passion for art will definitely be good enough at it eventually, there is no way around it. People who do it not just as a job but also for fun and have fun entertainment and joy out of art would be people who end up getting better because they are putting in the work without worrying about anything else. Surely that's not an easy task, but it's also not an impossible one neither and we could definitely end up getting a greater result from it as well.
I know that we are not going to end up with all that many people like that, most of the people are just professionals, and they are aiming at trying to make money and you could be a professional that doesn't like it but do it for the money as well. You will see the difference in both talent and growth between people who are doing it just for the sake of doing it and money versus people who are doing it because they want to have fun, the growth levels will be huge and much bigger.