While I am sure that Cathy and Gail have not been reading names first and judging second, I would like to suggest that entries would be better judged blind as is, I believe - perhaps naively - the normal practice in poetry competitions. As is often apparent on this site, it is true that some 'signatures' may appear to be pretty well known and so not much may be concealed by a 'blind' process - but there is always the odd chance of surprise. After all even J K Rowling recently went undetected - sorry, pun unintended - in a novel.
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