Scams

2006-03-23 [dmeredith]: Amen to poetry. com. They tell you you've won then sell you a book full of truly awful poetry, not to mention trying to dupe you into a big expensive "award ceremony".

2006-04-01 [Kiddalee]: YaY! I'm glad to see people watching this page.

2006-04-02 [Paz]: I am ;P I thank you for these notices as well!

2006-04-03 [RiddleRose]: most definitely! most helpful. ^_^

2006-04-04 [Spike]: i hope it works, because i am writing a story

2006-04-04 [Lady of Lore]: amen as well to the poetry.com, my honey actually changed his entry so he's sort of mocking them and they haven't even noticed. I have the link of you'd like to see it, its kinda funny/angry. ^_^

2006-04-04 [Spike]: ok, i just want to write the stories i want to write with out getting in trouble for them

2006-04-05 [Kiddalee]: There is now a contest to see who can write the most horrible poem for poetry.com and get away with it. If I could just find the place...

2006-04-05 [dayahnaira]: what would happen if you went of the line limit of poetry.com? would they not let you put it in or not even notice...yeah I have had people tell me there poem won at poetry .com and I just try to tell them that its all a scam...but usaly they don't listen..sigh

2006-04-06 [Emily]: My sister constantly does that poetry.com stuff. I've no idea why...

2006-04-06 [Kiddalee]: Maybe because it's easy. You don't need to sign up. I guess she doesn't realize the negative consequences of using that place.

2006-08-22 [Mental Patient #31759]: I added another one just like Poetry.com, PoetryAmerica.com, which was probably derived from it. >.< I got sucked in, I admit, but then they said my works were going to be published in the exact same book Poetry.com sells. A little coincidental, no? e.e Anyway.. yeah. Last time I'm doing one of those things again.

By they way, I fixed the spelling of "organization." :P

2006-08-22 [iippo]: How very American of you. Organisation is the correct spelling in British English.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/organisation
Why fix if it isn't broken? :P

2006-08-22 [Dangerous Salome]: English came before American English, so would "organisation" be... More correct?

2006-08-22 [iippo]: Well, American spelling rules are often easier to remember (z instead of c or s) and are usually the way the words are taught when learning English (was in my school). It doesn't really matter online since it's a global community.
But there are also some who might take offense if their way is "fixed", so it's best to check somewhere whether there are two possibilities.

2006-08-23 [Mental Patient #31759]: Erp. >< Sorry. I didn't know.

2006-08-23 [iippo]: Don't worry, it happens. :)

2006-08-23 [Kiddalee]: ***refixes the spelling* Thanks so much for the help! ^_^

2006-08-29 [Emily]: Does anyone want to take a look at allpoetry.com?

2006-08-30 [Kiddalee]: It looks down for now...

2006-11-07 [blak_Roses]: hmm...i think i entered a contest like this once...you know it was a contest for kids ages 4 to 10...well i was the only one in the 10 age group.....and I lost lol !! I think it was rigged!

2006-11-10 [Kiddalee]: Oy. Well, maybe they didn't want anybody to win on a mere technicality (is it a real win if you're the only contestant?). Anyways, did you have to pay to get in?

2006-12-31 [Kiddalee]: Whoever asked about that Common Ties place, sorry I haven't been looking at that lately. I got caught up in school, and completely forgot about it.