I have sent in more than three of my poems to www.poetry.com. After sending in my first poem I received a letter of congratulations telling that I was a good poet. Etc. Later on I sent off two more poems and never received a letter of acceptance but did appear on the site as being sold in the ...
My son is a 12-year old poet who has been recognized by his classmates and teachers. He thought to submit his poetry online. What a surprise to find that the first poem he ever posted won a prize! My son writes wonderful poetry, and we encourage him. The letters came in saying he was a ...
Ravens are black and grass is green, I'm writing this poem to let off steam. There are Internet scams galore, Poetry.com is just one. I'm sure there are more. And if you do not reject this poem entirely, I will be extremely surprised. Obviously, they do not read their submissions. This poem was ...
I never bought any book from them, but this is how I figured out they were running a scam: I used to enter my poetry on various internet sites. One time I changed the titles and resubmitted the same poems. Poetry.com then contacted me and said my poems were again publishable. Well, if someone had ...
January - I spent many hours working on a poem and came across poetry.com. Not knowing what I now know about this unethical company, I submitted my poem to enter their sweepstakes. After several weeks, I was notified by mail that I was a semi-finalist and much closer to receiving the myriad of ...
Shalom! I entered contests on Poetry.com in December last year, and now I' m very glad I found your site! After reading your report, I nearly had a heart attack! Just last week I was elated to find that I was chosen as EDITOR'S CHOICE for MAY! They sent a beautiful piece of paper, top half a ...