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Kathrin Posted 19 years ago

The poetry competitions

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00I have written some poems and would like to take part in a competition. Unfortunately the Internet is full with competitions and I can decide which one is serious and which not. Is there anybody with any experience with regard to this kind of competitions?02br
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02br 02br 00If a fee is required to enter, for instance, and prizes are awarded, it's a kind of virtual pyramid-selling: 100 people pay £5 to enter, the winner wins £50, and the organisers make a healthy profit of £450. 02br 02br 00I would be more inclined to recommend competitions organised by trusts and charities, where there's an option of sending a hard copy to a genuine postal address, where the judges are well known poets themselves, and where winners' poems are published in a magazine or anthology. , to make sure it's genuine (and prestigious) and not a simple scam.

— MrPedantic

  • 02br 02br 00If a fee is required to enter, for instance, and prizes are awarded, it's a kind of virtual pyramid-selling: 100 people pay £5 to enter, the winner wins £50, and the organisers make a healthy profit of £450.
  • 02br 02br 00I would be more inclined to recommend competitions organised by trusts and charities, where there's an option of sending a hard copy to a genuine postal address, where the judges are well known poets themselves, and where winners' poems are published in a magazine or anthology.
  • , to make sure it's genuine (and prestigious) and not a simple scam.
  • If there are entry fees, it's worth finding out how much of the proceeds are awarded in prizes.
  • 02br 02br 00The Poetry Society website in the UK may be a good place to start.
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0Hello Kathrin,02br
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00I would be disinclined to recommend any poetry competition that is 01i00solely02i00 Internet-based.02br
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00If a fee is required to enter, for instance, and prizes are awarded, it's a kind of virtual pyramid-selling: 100 people pay £5 to enter, the winner wins £50, and the organisers make a healthy profi
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