I think this is a big fuss over nothing. I've published in about fifty different venues - print and internet combines - almost everything I've published has been workshopped on the Sphere - and nobody has ever come back to me and complained about the Sphere. And I generally use the same title (unless I decide to change it as part of the usual rewrite process) for workshop and publication. The only people who seem to bend themselves in pretzels over this are some of our Spherians. And I haven't heard anybody - except for the New Statesman Competition, and I'm not even sure if that's in effect or just talked about by somebody who doesn't understand the Sphere - cite any actual instances of having work turned down because it was workshopped here. Relax!
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