Ambassador of the Month

tamm0449 · 08:43 AM

Dear Friends gather round for I have a
story that needs to be told.

I need your help to win this race and
also to give you a chance to be chosen
for your poetry's sake.

Please send a poem to ~~Poetry.com~~
and add my name at the end saying that
you are helping me to win.

[SNIP...]

MsJacquiiC · 04-29-2008, 09:21 AM

Please read on...

Poetry.com has been reported numerous times throughout the Greater Poetry Community (both online and offline) as being party to fraudulent activities.

Poetry.com is a web site run by The International Library of Poetry, also known as the International Society of Poets and the International Poetry Hall of Fame --- many names for the beast...

Serious poets consider the International Library of Poetry contests and their affiliated organizations to be unethical, and their free poetry contests a scheme designed to prey on amateur poets by relieving them of their money.

The scheme is simple:

You send or enter online your poem to the not-so-legitimate "Poetry Contest"
You are sent a nice letter: "We have chosen your notable work for publication."
You may possibly be sent an "Editor's Choice Award" like the one below
You are presented with the "purchase an anthology for $45 - $50" SCHEME...
You are presented with offers of "have your poem put on a mug" etcetera... etcetera...
Poetry.com aka The International Library of Poetry aka International Society of Poets aka International Poetry Hall of Fame GETS FILTHY RICH!

My official stance as JPiC Administrator is that I will not perpetuate the "vanity press" fraud by endorsing and/or facilitating any Members' of the JPiC Community participation with the Poetry.com SCAM!

Below is my nice Editor's Choice Award from back in the days I believed I could become rich and famous from selling my poems

--- The good thing is - I fell in love with poetry - The wonderful thing is - I didn't get suckered into buying any $45 anthologies (which were presented to me at a discount rate mind you...) --- The AWESOMEST thing is... I'm still in love with poetry!

Jacquii.

FYI - Community Discussion about this post HERE...

DON'T FALL FOR THE POETRY.COM SCHEME!

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