I was just about to fill in my form for getting my book published, as offered by Poetry.com. Before doing that I searched for more information on poetry.com and ended here! I submitted my first poem to them around 5 years back! I was 15 then. And got all excited after getting the letter of ...
If I wanted to see my poetry in print all I had to do was send money to poetry.com. Fortunately, I did not fall for this scam and am currently waiting for the final cut, where my poem did not win. But then I wonder if anyone ever does win thiese scams. ...
A personal note from the desk of: Howard Ely, Managing Editor Dear wxxxxx Not long ago, our Editors reviewed the thousands of submissions entered in our International Open Amateur Poetry Contest, and they awarded your poem the prestigious Editor's Choice Award. This is an honor awarded to only 12% ...
My husband has put some poetry on poetry.com. He recieved two Editor's Choice Awards for the same poem. My husband is bi-polar and he uses his poetry as an outlet. He feels what he writes is his life. He doesn't deserve to be used like Poetry.com has used him. Well nobody deserves this. I have ...
I submitted a poem July. It was to be recited at the next symposium that Fall. I was never contacted after the syposium. I called Poetry.com and ask about my poem. I was told there wasn't any record of my poem being submitted. It was submitted via internet. I was stupid. That was one of my best ...
So, as many people have, I entered some poetry at this site, and like many people received emails in which I was told they wanted to publish... And so on it goes, as we all have heard, they simply try to get money out of you. What bothers me, is I know this because it happened to Three Other People ...