I entered my latest poem into a contest too. HAHA I could win 10,000 dollers.

XD


So here was excited girl...

I was really happy and proud of myself and then I tried to go back to sleep but something was bugging me about it and I called my mom and she said that it was probably a scam tryna steal authors works and I found this..

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And now im crying,I've been writing since 5th grade and its one of my big dreams and that poem was special. It wasnt just one of the ones I came up with on a whim.It had my emotions and sadness in it. I dont want them to own it.

But I guess if it sounds too good to be true, It is too good to be true. -____-

Supposdly they give credit but they then ask for all this fucking money and publish it and own the copyright to it and bullcrap. You don't win shit. It's not like I'm gonna be paid 10,000 dollers for my poem so they can use it.

I'm so fucking stupid, I was just thinking about my dreams and all the good stuff I could do with the money and somebody told me it was repitable...

There's a site I used to put my poems on, poetry.com. I dunno if it still exists, but they had contests for the best poet with big cash prizes and none of the winners compared to this. You could kick all their asses. Food for thought. : ) Thats what the person said.

I fucked up...


Look on the brightside though, Least it's only one poem and I have at least a thousand more.
That are supposdly better.
And if they give credit.. at least I get credit... If they even put it in a book or do anything with it, I somewhat hope that they don't because then it's still my goddamned poem.

OMG I FOUND MORE!
Poetry.com allows you to submit your own poetic material for consideration in their international poetry competition. In order to enter the contest, you have to also include your name and address. Within days of submitting your poem, you will receive a letter in the mail praising you and your poetic ability.

Now to an unpublished author or someone looking to get started in this line of work, receiving a response is quite an accomplishment in itself, but to receive a response not only praising you for your work but naming you one of the best authors to ever submit a poem is extremely flattering. The letter will also inform you that you have been chosen by a select panel of judges to be published in the next volume of poems put out by Poetry.com.

This is where the upsell begins as it all goes downhill. In order for your work to be published, you have to purchase the book. This isn’t stated, but it is indeed true. Naturally, if you’re an aspiring writer, you’ll want to purchase a copy of your first published work. Hell, you might end up buying a copy for your parents, significant other, friends, etc. The only thing is, the book costs anywhere between $50 and $75 or more if you want your poem on a single page. After some time you will be given the option to buy a CD that includes your poem in a reading and you’ll even be invited to a convention where you’ll be awarded with some cheesy trophy or plaque. Again, this is all at your expense.

This probably doesn’t sound all that bad right? Wrong. It’s terrible. Poetry.com only sells these books to the people who submit the poems for their inclusion. The books aren’t sold anywhere else in the world. Anyone could write anything at all and Poetry.com will hail them as the next Shakespeare. Previously, 20/20 did a news report where they had a class full of second graders write poems for the site. Every single poem was accepted by their judges.

Poetry.com is making between 50-60 of these books per year with about 6,000 poems in each. Given that the book costs about $75, they are making over $22,000,000 per year on book sales alone! They give away one annual prize of $10,000 per year or about 0.0004% of their annual book sales. These guys are disgustingly cruel.

Fun with Poetry.com
Just to prove my point, I submitted this lovely piece entitled ‘Bird.’ It is a Steve original and I fully expect to win the $10,000 contest prize.

A bird sits on a windowsill.
Howl goes the wolf.
The bird flies away.
A pie replaces the bird.
The wolf steals the pie.
Pie wolf and bird meet in the woods.
Pie is had. All is good. The world is happy.

Immediately upon submitting my poem I was hit with an upsell. I could have my lovely poem engraved on a beautiful plaque for just $39 plus shipping! What a steal. I didn’t want to jump the gun and get this bad boy engraved right off the bat. I want to wait until it wins the $10,000 prize.

Since I chose not to purchase the plaque, the only other available option was to view “Special Offers” that were personally chosen for me. Of course, this was all garbage as they were trying to collect my personal information to sell to companies. Continuing past the special offers leads you back to the main page. There is no substance behind Poetry.com. The site exists to gather as much of your personal information as possible in order to try and sell you garbage.

I’m anxiously awaiting my acceptance letter. I’ll be sure to post it as soon as I receive it.



Well at least I knew beforehand so I didn't purhase a book,plaque and cd. HA.

So in my revenge I have submitted a poem under a false random name of random letters and a fake address with my real e-mail address.

Saying

FUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCK
MY DUCK RUNS AMOUK
THE END

Dear Hhsfh,

Thank you for submitting "Lala Leloolace". Your poetry is now being reviewed by our editorial staff for acceptance into the International Library of Poetry and Poetry.com's Open Amateur Poetry Contest, as well as the Poets Choice: Rate My Poem Contest.

We will send you a follow-up email upon acceptance to our various contests. This process should only take about two weeks.


I bet you I'll be a bestseller.