Is there a catch?
2007-03-20 04:46:10 · 9 answers · asked by Jen 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I've heard it's a big scam.
2007-03-20 05:33:06 · answer #1 · answered by §Sally§ 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You can win less than you can spend. Poetry.com is set up to make money off amateur poets. Occasionally they give out a small prize (never the biggie) to keep people coming back. The way they make their money is to sell anthologies, plaques, and other products to the individual poets so they can show them off at home.
By the way, being published by Poetry.com does not count as being published in professional circles.
2007-03-20 12:22:20 · answer #2 · answered by loryntoo 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It's a huge scam. A bunch of poets several years ago sent in a bunch of jumbled words to see if it would be accepted and it was. Ignore it.
2007-03-20 14:12:39 · answer #3 · answered by T 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry.com#Criticism
2007-03-20 12:03:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
yep the price of the book that they sell to you
it's a ripoff site
2007-03-20 18:04:14 · answer #5 · answered by flowerpet56 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A friend of mine won $75 on that site once.. So I guess you could. :)
2007-03-20 11:49:15 · answer #6 · answered by fruitcoupon 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
On their daily contests you can. Anything big you pay for.
2007-03-20 11:53:20 · answer #7 · answered by Sophist 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
yeah..my friend just won something yesterday...but i suppose you have to have good poetry to win anything..
2007-03-20 12:27:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
NO, that site is a fraud.
2007-03-20 11:53:58 · answer #9 · answered by Lisa 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋