I sent a poem to these people for a chance to win a $1000.00 prize only not to hear from them, or who won the prize, I also sent for a book costing $46.95, where my poem would be published, after approximately 3 months I was invited to a convention, which I knew then it was a scam, I received a ...
I entered my poem into a free contest and I got a reply in the mail saying that I was a semi-finalist and that I was going to be published, I just need to send back a release form back to them. I'm glad I happened upon this site, but I still feel uneasy about them having my poem. The Poetry Editor ...
I've been writting poetry since I was a teenager and am indeed talented. I was given a clipping out of the paper for a poetry contest from my mother and entered this year. I was took back, but very happy by the "computer generated letter" I recieved that stated my poem was going to be ...
About a week ago, my 12-year-old daughter entered a contest with this company. She sent a poem which she is very proud of and which has gotten very high praise from her friends and teachers. Today, she received a letter in the mail from Lavender Aurora (even the name makes me suspicious, although ...
I got an email from Famous Poets Society to enter a poem in their "contest". For the heqq of it, I wrote one really fast just to see what would happen. I got a congratulatory response saying that my poem would be published in their Anthology and that for around $39.95 I could purchase it. ...
I sent an original poem called "Friends." About 2 or 3 weeks later I received a letter saying that they wanted my poem to be edited in one of their Famous poets books. I thought, how cool is that, I'm only 13 and people want my poem in their book! I had recently finished a semester in ...