I'm preparing to send out a manuscript through Submittable to a short fiction contest. The guidelines don't say to leave my identifying information off the document. Should I anyway? I've always thought that's how contests are done, but every other contest I've entered explicitly required no name on the manuscript itself. Is there such a thing as a contest not reading blind? If I leave my name off will my story somehow get lost in Submittable limbo? Is this a stupid question? The contest is run by a well-known, mainstream literary magazine.
Sorry if I'm posting this in the wrong place; I'm brand new here!
Sorry if I'm posting this in the wrong place; I'm brand new here!
