Comments on: Poetry Scam – Fake Poetry Contests

By: Kyle

Kyle — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:50:04 +0000

I see that many people full of dreams and hope to be recognized fall for this. However I would stick to the Real Competions where you can actually have a warm body on the other end to speak to. I must say that even those contest are somewhat rigged. However if I see a competition say with an entry fee of 20-40 bucks with say 1,000 bucks grand prize… I may send something in or play 30 bucks of lottery tickets. I have one a couple of actual poetry contest so I know some are legitimate. Usually the ones that are not compilations but just one poem entry competitions.

By: Punkin

Punkin — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:50:10 +0000

Yea its poetry.com that is the fakest of all. I posted a poem got a letter and then when I saw that I had to buy everything I was like what have I won, I thought it was a contest. I didnt buy anything because I knew better. For all of those who did next time read the signs.

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:49:00 +0000

Absolutely, even I have faced it. First I was so exited to get their reply but later I saw so much criticism about the site and then I decided to check the site and wrote whatever I thought of that time. I don’t even remember what was it about. I couldn’t believe I got the same letter as I got previous and then knew what is poetry.com