Cross-posting
Here’s the thing: it’s basic logic that you can’t enter the same design in two different design competitions at the same time. Submitting a design requires the artist to agree to making the design exclusive to the contest, usually for at least three months (but sometimes for longer, read the agreements!).
I can see the benefits to taking a design that performed decently in one contest and reworking it to be resubmitted.
But, that is not what tends to happen. In the last week I have randomly discovered three designs that are entered in multiple competitions at the same time. And I wasn’t even looking for it!
Here are the three, with no further ado…
Also appearing at Split the Atom.
Also appearing at La Fraise.
Also appearing at La Fraise.
It’s possible that this was done in ignorance of the rules (Seriously, read them! You could be signing a lot more away than you realize…). This whole business seems pretty dishonest to me. One race at a time, people.