Comments on: 7 Great Ways to Become the Victim of a Poetry Contest Scam http://www.poewar.com/7-great-ways-to-become-the-victim-of-a-poetry-contest-scam/ Solutions for Writers Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:59:53 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Morgan http://www.poewar.com/7-great-ways-to-become-the-victim-of-a-poetry-contest-scam/comment-page-1/#comment-194008 Morgan Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:19:48 +0000 http://www.poewar.com/7-great-ways-to-become-the-victim-of-a-poetry-contest-scam/#comment-194008 Great post and quite humorous! It is sad how many of these "so-called" publishers play on people's desires to be published. I think what really gets me is that they are also targeting children now. My daughter posted one of her poems on a children's website. The next thing we know she got a letter telling her that her poem had been selected to be in anthology and she would need to pay $50 in order to purchase a copy of the book if she agreed to let it be published. She was so excited. It broke my heart to have to tell her that it was a scam. Morgans last blog post..<a href="http://redravencircle.wordpress.com/2008/06/17/sustaining-your-soul/" rel="nofollow">Sustaining Your Soul</a> Great post and quite humorous! It is sad how many of these “so-called” publishers play on people’s desires to be published.

I think what really gets me is that they are also targeting children now. My daughter posted one of her poems on a children’s website. The next thing we know she got a letter telling her that her poem had been selected to be in anthology and she would need to pay $50 in order to purchase a copy of the book if she agreed to let it be published. She was so excited. It broke my heart to have to tell her that it was a scam.

Morgans last blog post..Sustaining Your Soul

]]> By: david http://www.poewar.com/7-great-ways-to-become-the-victim-of-a-poetry-contest-scam/comment-page-1/#comment-192251 david Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:20:09 +0000 http://www.poewar.com/7-great-ways-to-become-the-victim-of-a-poetry-contest-scam/#comment-192251 In reply to john d's comments I belong to a site called Tailcast.com where writers artists of all types and genres mix and comment on each others work, there are no cliques, although some split off to start little groups of more in depth analysis of each others work and challenge each other to write a piece on this or that. No winners or losers just good fun, with honest critisism. Why dont you have a look mate. davids last blog post..<a href="http://www.tailcast.com/xn/detail/1621992:Topic:63011" rel="nofollow">Daniel Grosvenor started a post called Confessions of a Proofreader</a> In reply to john d’s comments I belong to a site called Tailcast.com where writers artists of all types and genres mix and comment on each others work, there are no cliques, although some split off to start little groups of more in depth analysis of each others work and challenge each other to write a piece on this or that. No winners or losers just good fun, with honest critisism. Why dont you have a look mate.

davids last blog post..Daniel Grosvenor started a post called Confessions of a Proofreader

]]> By: KG Lew http://www.poewar.com/7-great-ways-to-become-the-victim-of-a-poetry-contest-scam/comment-page-1/#comment-191527 KG Lew Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:41:58 +0000 http://www.poewar.com/7-great-ways-to-become-the-victim-of-a-poetry-contest-scam/#comment-191527 I constantly get those annoying emails and letters sent to my home.... :( KG Lews last blog post..<a href="http://oneyearmillionaire.net/2008/06/06/issue-69-writing-flawless-sales-pages-part-2/" rel="nofollow">Issue 69 : Writing Flawless Sales Pages (Part 2)</a> I constantly get those annoying emails and letters sent to my home…. :(

KG Lews last blog post..Issue 69 : Writing Flawless Sales Pages (Part 2)

]]> By: John D http://www.poewar.com/7-great-ways-to-become-the-victim-of-a-poetry-contest-scam/comment-page-1/#comment-168483 John D Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:43:01 +0000 http://www.poewar.com/7-great-ways-to-become-the-victim-of-a-poetry-contest-scam/#comment-168483 I would very much like to get my writing out there, and I agree with everything you have written here. However, I have found the online poetry and literature communities to be worthless. They are filled with haughty bores who are only interested in their own work, many of which have so deeply rooted themselves in the community they feel as though they own it. I have joined a few only to find out that the only thing most care about is what I think about their poetry. I didn't join expecting to be discovered. I have been published already, but hardly "discovered." But I did expect the participation to a two-way street. I would very much like to get my writing out there, and I agree with everything you have written here. However, I have found the online poetry and literature communities to be worthless. They are filled with haughty bores who are only interested in their own work, many of which have so deeply rooted themselves in the community they feel as though they own it. I have joined a few only to find out that the only thing most care about is what I think about their poetry. I didn’t join expecting to be discovered. I have been published already, but hardly “discovered.” But I did expect the participation to a two-way street.

]]> By: so true, I had to laugh « Musings http://www.poewar.com/7-great-ways-to-become-the-victim-of-a-poetry-contest-scam/comment-page-1/#comment-165487 so true, I had to laugh « Musings Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:00:12 +0000 http://www.poewar.com/7-great-ways-to-become-the-victim-of-a-poetry-contest-scam/#comment-165487 [...] 7 Great Ways to Become the Victim of a Poetry Contest Scam [...] [...] 7 Great Ways to Become the Victim of a Poetry Contest Scam [...]

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