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on 11/22/2005 Many contests have a prestigious judge and submissions are read "blind," meaning the judge looks at the manuscript without the author's name attached. However, do some research. In many cases the judge selects a former student as the "winner," and each entrant is out $15-$20 for a supposedly fair contest.
on 11/22/2005 BEWARE OF POETRY.COM!!! They are what you call a vanity hoax. I entered, actually, a really good poem, and it (among 300 others) got accepted into this book, that cost me 60 dollars. I didnt know untill i saw how many other people's "poetry" had made it, that it was a hoax...
on 11/22/2005 If there is no entry fee, but the prize money is for a whole lot of money, beware! It is probably a hoax and not worth your time and effort.
on 11/22/2005 If you suspect the contest is a vanity but you still want to enter it, enter another piece - a really terrible one, one that no real contest would look at - under a different name. Submit it, too. If the second entry is accepted, you know it's all a hoax.
on 11/22/2005 Beware: many "vanity" publications get rich on entry fees and anthology prices, but are not especially selective in the caliber of poetry they publish. Publication by these presses carries little real prestige. Make sure you enter reputable contests.
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