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I have been notified that I am a semi-finalist in a poetry contest sponsored by Poetry.com (The International Library of Poetry). Do you have information about them? |
Q: I have been notified that I am a semi-finalist in a poetry contest, though I am under no obligation to buy the anthology in which my poem appears. I have myapprehensions about this company, Poetry.com (The International Library of Poetry). Do you have information about them?
Apparently, this company advertises in a lot of writers’ magazines, publishes what’s sent, and then encourages the authors to buy the anthology. Lee Bennett Hopkins says he once “sent them a very bad poem as a test and then received a glowing response from them followed by many solicitations to purchase the book.” It sounds like the process does more for the publisher than for the poet, so I’d be inclined to look to publish elsewhere. 3-4:02
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