Poetry.com and the International Society of Poets are disgusting individuals preying on new writers unfamiliar with the industry. I submitted several poems, one of which had previously been awarded Second Place in the High-School Short Poem division of a major legitimate statewide contest here in ...
Today another dream has been shattered... By an Aspiring Writer/Poet. Entering poetry contests on the Internet was something I took very personally. Receiving my first response letter, after submitting a poem was thrilling. The crushing Blow... Came after opening the envelope and reviewing the ...
Yes i do believe that poetry.com is a bloody scam. I remember a few months back i entered a poem, which i thought was pretty good because i do write and love poetry. This happened around March. About a month later, when i had almost forgtten about it, i get an email from Howard Ely, telling me that ...
I submitted a copyrighted poem that was published in an anthology and printed in book form. I paid approximately $45.00 for the book. My copyrighted poem was then published on the internet without my permission and knowledge. ...
We bought an Avalon model and gave them our partial 5% downpayment last Feb. 2003. Our delivery date was supposed to have been Feb. 2004. Sold our house in August and moved to a month to month lease in an apartment since then. They broke ground on our house March! Our house is still not done at ...
Thanks for the let down poetry.com. After entering at least three poems and receiving three offers to publish them, I was really ticked to find out that I had to attend their convention in order to be named a winner. I'm no Shakespeare, (See "The Breath of God") but they did get my hopes ...