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Originally Posted by Jayne Osborn
As far as I'm aware, John, there isn't a limit to the number of entries but I'm not 100% certain about that. I'd say 'within reason' comes into it, though. I'm sure I've sent in a couple of entries in my own name before now, hoping one of them might win so I've never seen the need to give Lucy a pseudonym in case both of them do. That'd be the day! 
Jayne |
Jayne,
I wrote to Lucy about pseudonyms, and she replied to say that pseudonyms are welcomed, and that all entries are judged on their merits. I have
very occasionally found pseudonyms useful, but if I send in more than two entries, I prefer to use "borrowed" names that are not immediately recognisable as being me for the third (and subsequent !) entries.
My thinking is this: two entries from the same competitor might make it, but with the best will in the world, if there's a third entry that is just slightly better than someone else's, would not a sense of "fair do's for all" induce the judge to choose the latter?
You may think it's a hypothetical question, but there was one occasion (the sin of pride raises its ugly head) when I won with three entries ... but that was back in the 1960's, and it never happened again!