At first I feared that this was a policy of long standing, and that I had been derelict in not knowing about it and not warning you all. But Vicky tells me that it's something she instituted only recently. I thought this site had been on her radar screen all along, but it seems that she became aware of it just a short time ago.
Furthermore, it seems that someone has been misinforming her about us. She has formed the impression that we're running a parallel competition -- that when people post their drafts and finished versions here, those are "winning entries" chosen by Eratosphere judges, and that our "winners" then indulge in double-dipping by trying to win again at the NS.
I've explained to her that we're not doing any judging or awarding of prizes here, and that NS entries posted at the 'Sphere aren't even "published" in the sense that they don't have to go through any sort of editorial selection process. I don't know whether she'll rescind the new policy in light of this clarification. In fact, I don't yet know for sure how successfully I've managed to clarify things.
She's also concerned about "copyright problems" regarding my posting of each new competition announcement and the subsequent results. I've assured her that I'm prepared to stop doing that if she says so, and I'm waiting to hear back.
So I may have to discontinue posting comp material as it appears in the magazine. But I'll still be able to post the basic information that will enable you to enter each comp, and I'll be able to announce each week's winners, whether or not I can reproduce their winning entries.
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