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Unread 04-26-2014, 01:05 PM
Shaun J. Russell Shaun J. Russell is offline
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Originally Posted by Alex Pepple View Post
I don't understand what you don't understand about it, Marcia. 1) Yes, you can still submit googleable sonnets, but they will be disqualified (ahead of the finalists posting by the Host/DG) if they're chosen as one of the DG's finalists, although you'll be given a chance to send a replacement sonnet, which might not qualify as finalist--so, it would be advisable to submit only non-googleable sonnets to avoid the aforementioned iteration. And, 2) What's the sense or effectiveness of double-anonymity if anyone can google a posted finalist and instantly know who the author is?

...Alex
But wouldn't it just be easier to just say "unpublished work only" as it has been in many previous bakeoffs?

I'm fine with published or unpublished sonnets...but it seems odd to strike a middle ground between two fairly objective poles.

Always appreciate what you do, Alex -- just a touch confused by what Ann called the "shifting goalposts."
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