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6 Ιουν 2019 · If you’ve been writing poetry for any length of time, there’s a good chance that you’ve seen an ad for a “National Library of Poetry” contest with “$48,000 in prizes.”
6 Μαΐ 2024 · Unfortunately there are a LOT of poetry contest scams. Fortunately, it is relatively easy to figure out which ones are the scams. Here’s an example of a common poetry scam: Some of the FREE to enter contests are the biggest scams going..
Read more about these scams and how to avoid them in this 2022 article by Kevin Larimer for Poets & Writers. High-Priced Book Promotion Services Poets and other small press authors should be on the lookout for marketing schemes that charge high fees for book publicity services of dubious value.
Last year I entered a poetry contest, not thinking I would win or anything, but in the spirit of putting myself out there. The entry fee was $15 or $20, I can't remember but nothing too crazy. This morning the winners were announced and I received an email stating I had not won.
Poetry scam artists rake up to $10 million a year from poetry contestants with promises of cash and prizes and publications affecting millions of hopeful poets and writers. More than often theses awards are never delivered and the contestants’ poems are never published without a fee.
Web resources that flag and fight scams against poets and writers, plus hilarious parodies sent to expose the scamsters.
10 Νοε 2024 · How Poetry Scam Contests Work. Often these deceptive poetry contests place no restriction on the types of poetry contestants can enter. However, they may ask contestants’ poems to be a maximum of 20 lines. If you follow the requirement you’ll likely receive a letter in the mail in a couple weeks congratulating you as the semi-finalist.
