Beware Poetry Scams

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Beware of Poetry Scams: Poets should be paid upon publication, not pay to see their work in print.

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One author received glowing praise for his work and became suspicious. He decided to test a questionable poetry contest, suspecting that most, if not all, of what was sent in was accepted for publication.

He discovered the contest was window dressing for a vanity publisher--with a perfect cash cow: capitalize on the hopes and dreams of would-be poets by charging them to see their poems in print . . .

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