Marion, I think Rip Van Winkle's right.
There doesn't quite seem to be a definitive answer to the pseudonym question, but it's impossible to cash a cheque with a pseudonym on it, for security reasons. You can't take it to the bank and protest loudly "But... Iona Ferrari is really ME; I won a competition and this is my prize!!!"
Therefore... you can either submit one, two, or however many entries, in your own name; 'give' some of your entries to friends or family who, should 'they' win, will duly receive payment and hand it back to you - one hopes! ; or you can submit multiple entries but tell Lucy that, in the event of her awarding you more than one prize, your other name(s) is(are)...
My own take on it is this: knowing that the postbag is large, it seems greedy to send Lucy loads of poems. Send one or two, as yourself, and opt for quality over quantity.
(You might want to prove you're a brilliant poet by sending her a dozen or more entries to one comp, but so what? She's not going to be swayed by that.)
Jayne
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