Ok I will join the millions of you who have reported. Yes I have submitted 2 poems to them on Poetry.com and they are in their database, so no problem there. I have received the numereous letters saying I have been slected, and you are invited to the convention ect. Fortunely I have never had the ...
My name is Candice and I am 18 years old I wrote two poems and sent them in to these poetry contests just out of fun I never thought I was that good Anyway about a week later I received a letter telling me I was a nominee for poet of the year They said that they wanted to publish my poem in ...
Al capones bootlegging was nothing compared to the international society of poets scam. How can anyone win an award without ever submitting one... It clearly boggles my mind. They also enclosed a $100.00 coupon for registration... Upon presentation they would not honor it. I think the wrong people ...
I woke up one morning, 11 years old and decided that i wanted to write poetry. My work was considered good and so wherelse to start but the internet. I found pop-ups including phrases such as "over 58 grand awarded in poetry contest". As any 11 year old girl would be i was so excited. I ...
My advice to poets, submit your poems via mail to REAL publishers. Poetry.com is a scam. I suspected this from the start, but tested my theory by submitting a poem that wasn't even made from real words, just lumps of words like slkjgkdf aklfjdsl. I fulfilled their word count requirement and ...
I had submitted a poem and had to pay for the publishing as some others had to as well. I was told that I was a finalist in a contest and never heard from them again. I have never seen the book my poem is supposed to be published in either. ...