Author: Rose DesRochers
Date:   12-17-04 18:06

Poetry scams to stay away from

poetry.com
Famous Poets' Socitey
Iliad Press (Cader Publishing)
Hollywood's Famous Poets Society--
aka Famous Poets Society
aka www.freecontest.com
aka www.friendlypoets.com
aka New York Poetry Alliance
aka Berkely Bards
aka Florida Literary Guild
aka Celestial Arts
aka Reno Fine Arts Institue
aka Bards of Burbank
aka New Jersey Rainbow Poets
aka Texas Poetry Alliance
aka Living Poets Hall of Fame
aka International Library of Famous Poets
American Literary Council
American Poets Society (poetryamerica.com)
Poetry Guild
National Poetry Forum (do not confuse with legit. Ann Arbor Poetry Forum)
Free Poetry Contest
Sparrow Press
National Poetry Society (do not confuse with Poetry Society of America)
Poets International Society
Oak Bend Poetry Contest
Institute of Contemporary American Poetry
Amherst Society
aka Dickinson Poetry Competition
Remley Literary Agency

Author: Richard Johnson
Date:   12-17-04 20:50

I confess my ignorance: what is wrong with Sparrow Press?

Author: Vicky Scott
Date:   12-17-04 21:15

Rose

How about Voices Net? How would you classify them?

Author: Rose DesRochers
Date:   12-17-04 22:40

Sparrowgrass poetry forum that was hosted through http://www.tinplace.com has gone out of buisness.

Tinplace states Sparrowgrass Poetry is no longer our client. We have no knowledge of their practices as we were only hosting their site. To contact them, please contact Prospect Press (the company that paid Sparrowgrasses webhosting fees).

SPARROWGRASS POETRY FORUM, INC. Department 40, 609 Main St., Sisterville, WV 26175 (as slick and glossy as NLP, and they send you a small parchment acceptance award with your form letter)

Information provided by Windpub.com
http://www.windpub.com/literary.scams/scams.htm

You can read Rip off reports angry customers report of them
http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/ripoff21689.htm

Deborah Russell of authorsden.com also wrote an article where she mentions them

https://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewarticle.asp?AuthorID=8567&id=12481

You may also read an article at Pulse of the Twin Cities

How Amateur Poets are Fueling a Multi-Million Dollar Industry

by Andrew Ewell

http://www.pulsetc.com/article.php?sid=111&mode=&order=0

Author: Rose DesRochers
Date:   12-17-04 23:00

Richard I hope that helps and it would of been ignorant of you not to ask.Please remember the only ignorance is the person who believes without asking.


Vicky ,From what I have searched there are allot of questions if they are or are not

You can read here

http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewnews.asp?AuthorID=8294&id=8586

http://p197.ezboard.com/fabsolutewritefrm14.showMessageRange?start=1&stop=20&topicID=7.topic

http://p197.ezboard.com/fabsolutewritefrm14.showMessageRange?start=21&stop=40&topicID=7.topic

Read here about the warning signs

http://www.sfcanada.ca/fall99/poetry.htm

One of Todays-Woman members state

To add to my disappointment was the fact that I have to buy the anthologies where my poems will be featured for me to see it published.

I'm not sure if the group is a scam or not but it can only leave a person disappointed.


I feel if you have to purchase the anthology and they are making money and you are not getting a dime, then I would be leary.

They should provide you for free a copy of their book your poem will be in or provide cold hard cash.

I hope that helps.

Author: Rose DesRochers
Date:   12-17-04 23:01

I wish I could edit my post here lol.

The portion

I feel if you have to purchase the anthology and they are making money and you are not getting a dime, then I would be leary.

They should provide you for free a copy of their book your poem will be in or provide cold hard cash.

I hope that helps.

They were my thoughts :)

Author: Vicky Scott
Date:   12-18-04 00:55

Thanks Rose, I agree. If you have to buy the book your poem is in, and you haven't been paid for it, then it's vanity publishing. And the books, as I understand it, are not available in book stores.

Author: Robert Raven
Date:   12-18-04 01:34

The moral of the story is:

Don't write poetry.

RR

Author: Denise Kiincy
Date:   12-18-04 05:46

Ah, but Raven, can't you see?
There must forever be poetry
And even though it might be mush
Some of us just have to gush.

We're filled with rhyming words you see
Like Dr. Suess, we can't break free
So please bear with us in our lust
we write them down so we won't bust.

Author: Richard Johnson
Date:   12-18-04 10:53

Thanks, Rose. I appreciate your timely reply.

Author: Rose DesRochers
Date:   12-18-04 15:11

Richard you are welcome.