Poetry ripoff Please help stop this. Writers need to be paid for their work! Owings Mills Maryland

They are building a huge exploitation network off of the hops and dreams of aspiring writers. Writers submit original work in order to be considered for monthly or annual prize award. During that time, they contact you with a letter describing how great it will be to see your poem published in a book, and then charge you for it. They also send out letters about conventions for poets, where they require additional fees usualluy over $160.00 but do not provide a reply email address.

This is exploitation of writers to the fullest, and all I can do is warn them. They have millions of submissions, and likely make a substantial amount of money off of the writers while not sharing any royalties for the work they use. In fact, people are probably ignorant enough to pay for copies of their own work.

Please help stop this. Writers need to be paid for their work!

Daniel
Pacifica, California
U.S.A.