Help Fight Poetry Scams
The History:It is believed by thousands of amateur poets that they have been exploited by the company known as the International Library of Poetry and its subsidiaries. The ILP and its subsidiaries wh... continue reading »
"POETRY.COM HAS PLACED TWO OF MY POEMS IN MANY ANTHOTHOLOGIES TWO YEARS LATER I HAVE YET TO SEE A PENNY FROM THEM. THEY PROMISED SPECIAL MONEY FROM SPECIAL PRIZES? NOTHING! THEY DON'T ANSWER E-MAILS. THEY ARE SO SHREWD THAT THIS SITE WAS PROBABLY SET UP BY"
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"I write poetry, and I hate those scams. http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/moma/40/ City, State, or Country Indiana"
"This explotations is a rape of the heart. City, State, or Country Minnesota"
"I support this petition"
"I entered and, with the first letter received, noticed the appeal for money. City, State, or Country South Africa"
"I'm Hurt City, State, or Country Beaverton, OR"
"These complaints have gone on long enough from countless victims. Lawyers investigating these literary scams must be dragging their feet because this has been known about for years. I'm on ther verge of sending all my documentation to President Bush relat"
"Shut'em down!!!!!"
"I too was supposedly a wonderful poet, so wonderful that I had the pleasure of being asked to pay for my own work...yhea right. City, State, or Country Birmingham, Alabama"
"im sick of being screwed around i love my poetry City, State, or Country medina new york"
"i got caught by the poet demons :( thankfuly iam too broke to buy my own poems lol"
"this is wrong City, State, or Country maine"
"Ban the poetry scam! It's a let down to all poets who have talent! City, State, or Country United Kingdom"
"What a dreadful scam. To think, I nearly fell for it. SHAME ON THEM!!!!"
"I almost payed fifty dollars for something that wasn't even worth my time. I hope this business burns in hell."
"I want to educate the masses about the scam that is poetry.com City, State, or Country Tulsa, OK 74127"
"I just entered poetry.com and have been concerned about their promotions, also Penpushers and poetrypublisher.org. Are they ligit. City, State, or Country Los Angeles"
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"I was pulled into this scam. It's so wrong and false. Lets make a stance! City, State, or Country Bensalem, PA, USA"
"I received an email today from Poetry.com which read as follows, " Ladies and gentlemen, and fellow poets...It's time to declare the winner of the largest prize ever awarded to an amateur poet... Our Poet of the Year for 2002...and Grand Prize winner of $"
"I too, was taken in by this scam. I was told I was nominated for the poet of the year of 2002. Luckly (if that makes sense) I did not have the money to attend, either the Florida, or the Washington, conventions.I was soooo devistated to learn that it was "
"I have had a poem considered for publication in an ILP anthology, but I did not sign the forms giving permission for them to use it. I continued to get mail offering my poem on mugs, certificates, etc. but did not order the products, and would not buy the"
"Contact the Maryland Attorney General and it's forwarded to consumer affairs...they forward it to poetry.com..no luck here either City, State, or Country Ms."
