I'm new to this site and don't have many friends, but that wouldn't stop me entering because I have confidence that people will, on the whole, usually vote fairly.

It being the Bryce Forum Challenge, everyone is a 'Bryce Friend' anyway!

Anonymity would be pointless... I've only been around for a couple of months and could spot a wawadave, a photostar or a Tanglimara a mlle off - they all have great and distinctive styles, as do many others. I'm sure you all know everyone's work by now.

The best way is for everyone to just accept that each person will vote for art... or at least the best interpretation of the concept - that way, we could all make new friends.

I would tend to favour a ban on posting entries in the normal gallery format while the competition is on... too many advance impressions may be hard to ignore. It may also lead to the horrible spectre of supportive voting in that too! You know... 'friends' is not a bad thing, keeping it friendly might just be keeping it fair!

I've entered a few competitions in the last year and all that really counts is that you get a good picture out of it...  plus answering the competition criteria sets us all a personal challenge, which is great....