Q: If I have published pieces that don't have my byline on them, can I use them as clips?

A: Sure, why not. I myself don't often actually send these as ambassadors as my work, often because there's no byline for a reason (it's something very sales-y, or it was a really short piece), but I still include the publication on my resume and list of published pieces.

If it still gives you a weird feeling, do what freelancer Claire Walter does: "Some years ago, I wrote the entire Colorado Front Range and Wyoming sections for the Michelin Green Guide to the West, she discusses on Freelance Success. "Michelin gives photo/illustration credits but no writers' bylines, so I put it on my resume followed by the parenthetical 'No Byline.' No problem."

By the way, if you have an article printed that was supposed to have a byline on it but somehow got cut off, you can ask your editor nicely if they can draft up a copy just for you with your byline on it, for your clip files. This happened a few times when I wrote for a local weekly here in Chicago and the editor was happy to send me a revised clip: even better, the revised version was on nice, long-lasting heavy paper, instead of newsprint.