Paula
Corapeake,#2Consumer Suggestion
Thu, February 20, 2003
First of all, Poetry.com is, in fact, a rip-off. If you have fallen victim to their "poetry contest", do not further victimize yourself when they send you mailings via US Postal service. 1. If you want to become a book/novel author, you must have a literary agent-publishers will not even give your work a glance unless it is received by your agent. Exemptions to this rule are magazine articles and such-as freelance writers. 2. If you win an award, receiving it should not depend on whether or not you paid for your award. 3. Being a published author means that YOU get paid-not you paying them.