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Originally Posted by Marion Shore
I'm still not clear on the pseudonym thing: if, say, you submit two pieces, one under a a different name, should you be up front with Lucy that it is a pseudonym? Or, do you submit it under a false identity, with a different e-mail (my son's, for instance). Then, suppose multiple entries win, the payments would have to be made to different identities, yes? This could become financially complicated, involving things like money laundering and Swiss Bank accounts, couldn't it?
The question is purely hypothetical. I'm lucky to get a mensch!
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Marion, I think you can do it either way (or both). I've won under false identities (Jayne will tell you how close a friend of mine has come to being kneecapped because of those weeks that he won when he wasn't supposed to). Financially, there's no problem - he hands over the winnings. Getting the glory back from him is more difficult.
I've also won - but this was back in the 1970's - using recognizable pseudonyms.
I'm inclined to think that you shouldn't submit more than two entries that are recognizably you. After that (for three or more), it may be more judicious to indulge in a bit of identity-theft.
Since my "comeback" (after a 35-year absence, I tend to think of myself as the Rip van Winkle * of the competition world), I haven't actually won anything using a "me" pseudonym, but I did get an honourable mention as "Alan Birglar".
Brian Allgar
* I asked my wife whether "The Sleeping Beauty of the competition world" wouldn't be a better phrase. She looked at me for a long moment, and then said "If I were you, I'd stick to Rip van Winkle".