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Before entering any writing or poetry contests please check out these links.  There are many unethical parties out there just waiting to boost your ego and take your money. This saddens me beyond belief.  To live off of and profit handsomely by such despicable practices is thoroughly outside my realm of understanding.  As I became aware of the scope of this type of thievery, I rhetorically exclaimed, "How do these people (the scam artists) eat their dinner?".  A friend, tongue-in-cheek, replied, "On silver platters".  Sometimes a jest might be closer to the truth than we know.  | Poetry ebooks

Many of the links go to the literary scams section of the Wind Publications website. They provide a great service to writers.

International Library of Poetry Contest
SPECIAL REPORT -- International Society of Poets Update
ABC's 20/20 Exposé of National Library of Poetry
NBC News Story on Poetry Contest Scams
Millions of Dollars Netted in "Free" Poetry Contests
Get Your Money Refunded from the International Library of Poetry
Sparrowgrass Poetry Forum
Open Letter to the MD Better Business Bureau Re: ILP
Poetry Contests from Hell
National Library of Poetry Contest
ILP's $58,000 in Prizes is a Drop in the Bucket
Hollywood's Famous Poets Society Contests
International Poetry Hall of Fame
International Society of Poets
 
Literary Agent/Publisher Indicted for Fraud
Waxing Poetic--Another Look at Poetry Contests
National Library of Poetry Computer Responds to Contest Entry
Warnings & Cautions for Writers
National Archives of Short Stories and Poetry 
The International Society of Famous Poets
The Definitive Free Poetry Contest 
National Library of Poetry Contest -- $48,000 in Prizes
How I Became one of the Famous Poets
Iliad Press -- Cader Publishing Poetry Contest 
Worst of the on-line Poetry Contests
Poetry Scams, Ripoffs, and Horror Stories
Consumer Reports Investigates The National Library of Poetry 
Poetry Contest Scams and Ripoffs
freecontest.com
How to Sniff Out Literary Scams 
National Library of Poetry 
The National Library of Poetry
Writer's Center Test Kit for Scams 
Academy of American Poets

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