I'd been writing poetry for a while. It was something that I truly loved, and wanted to pursue. Last year, while looking in an issue of Seventeen I found an ad about a poetry contest. The winner would recieve a publishing contract, and be rewarded 1,000 to 10,000 dollars. I saw it as a way of ...
Submitted a poem justfor the fun of it. Today I got the letter. I was really excited. One of the items sent was a "Proof sheet" that I was to return showing that the poem I submitted was really mine. As I looked further I noticed there was no place for a signature or other way to validate ...
Although I am only out of pocket, $10.00 so far - a deposit on the yet to be published book - I am leary of this. I only submitted my poem because I thought I might win something. In hindsight, why should I have to purchase their book, containing my (copyrighted) poem? It seems they should be ...
I sent The International Library of Poetry a check for $96.00 for two books of poetry back in April.in October I asked for my money back and have never heard a word from them or my refund. ...
I entered a poetry competition on the internet and was pleased to receive a letter telling me I was a semi-finalist. This was the first time I had submitted my work to anyone. I decided to check this company out on the website as I couldn't believe just a letter, even though it sounded very ...
Dear Elizabeth, After carefully reading and discusing your poem, true blue'our selection committee has certified your poem as a semi-finalist, you now have an excellent chance of winning one of 104 cash or gift prizes—including the $1,000, 00 grand prize. You may even win the $10,000.00 annual ...