Competition question

[Kimberly Dow]

I have a painting that just got accepted into a competition. It's held not far from here, but it is national (it's not widely known though). Anyway - the painting accepted was in that NYC show and they put a little name plate on it that has the organization's abbreviations and the award won. It is somehow glued on there - and they put it on noticably uneven. I wish they had asked first. I understand it's an honor, but unless someone was really familiar with the organization - they wouldn't know what it means anyway.

My questions: any suggestions how to get this off without ruining the frame?

Do I need to remove it? Im thinking it would be bad form to leave that there advertising that I already won an award with this painting. There is no rule (like some competitions) saying you can not enter a painting that has been shown before. I just feel like it would be....just in bad taste maybe? Not only that - but like I said - it's badly slanted.