I am actually being published.

Cirga · 10-07-2003, 05:31 PM

I was very shocked.. but its true.. there was a contest at www.poetry.com that I entered just for fun.. I never really thought of myself as a good poet.. and now they are going to publish my poem along with 199 others in the book "Best of Poetry and Poets of 2003" this year.

You can read my poem Here. Its "A simple Rose" .. by Ben R Harlow.

Just thought I would share.. it is kind of neat.

Pasty901 · 10-07-2003, 05:57 PM

Thats really cool Cirga, nice 1

Can i have ur autograph, famous now...u will hav to get used to it!

congrats!

RipperRoo · 10-07-2003, 06:09 PM

o wow, looks like its a pctt traditon, i got published with 199 others in last years anthology! and it was only gonna cost me $75 for a copy of the book! (at a special discount as i was a contibuter) and i even got invited to thier award ccerimony, with a chance of winning thousnds, but it would of cost me $150 for the ticket and i had 2 pay my own hotel and travel.

its good to see you too were selected for this exclusive award, its amazing that both of us got in on our 1st submission

Cirga · 10-07-2003, 06:12 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by RipperRoo
o wow, looks like its a pctt traditon, i got published with 199 others in last years anthology! and it was only gonna cost me $75 for a copy of the book! (at a special discount as i was a contibuter) and i even got invited to thier award ccerimony, with a chance of winning thousnds, but it would of cost me $150 for the ticket and i had 2 pay my own hotel and travel.

its good to see you too were selected for this exclusive award, its amazing that both of us got in on our 1st submission

I think you may have a point here.

But all in all.. even if I dont pay a dime my poem will be in a book. And so was yours. woot!

See.. we have some killer poets here.

~*LdY*LaFFs*~ · 10-08-2003, 11:09 AM

Hm.. Why am I not finding the poem. Returns title in search, but no poem

psst Cirg, don't I have this on mp3?!! (((

)))
*considers admission to broadcast on PCTT radio

**DreamCaster** · 10-08-2003, 11:40 AM

psst, try looking it up under his name

berks · 10-08-2003, 05:40 PM

Congrats Cirga my wife has also been published in that check it out here

Colin-uk · 10-09-2003, 04:39 AM

congrats Cirga

NitnayLion · 10-09-2003, 05:01 AM

Cirga be carefull my wife and I were both published about 8 yrs ago. Im not sure if this is the same comp. but after we paid our fee we never heard from them again nor did we get a book.

RipperRoo · 10-09-2003, 06:39 AM

did everyone get an invite to the awards as well?

rastagard · 10-09-2003, 08:43 AM

Cirga, I didn't wanna rain on yer parade here, but NitnayLion and Ripp are absolutely right! This is a scam. I had a buddy fall for this about 20 years ago and evidently it is still going on. He paid the money and of course was promised the chance to win the "big" prize, but he was also encouraged to keep spending more money for "extras". It seems like this book will be published and distributed to bookstores nationwide, but it never really is. The only people who get the book, (he never would tell me if he ever got any of the copies he ordered) are those who are "published" in it. I am pretty sure he spent about $200 with this outfit, and I think the only way they stay in operation is that people want to believe so badly that they are being published they are crushed when their dream turns out to be a scam. He never wanted to talk about it. I tried to warn him after reading the fine print, but his excitement was too overwhelming and I backed off, to keep from hurting his feelings.

In the end he got his feelings hurt anyway, and he lost a big chunk of cash. ($200 was a helluva lot of money 20 years ago!)

~*LdY*LaFFs*~ · 10-09-2003, 10:59 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by DreamCaster
psst, try looking it up under his name

I did.. Showed poem title but didn't load the poem when i clicked on it.

Cirga · 10-09-2003, 01:03 PM

I am skeptical either way on this. The only thing they asked me to pay for (if I wanted) was to pre-order a copy of the book.. which of course I didnt do. But I actually called them on the phone (Poetry.com) about it and spoke to someone before returning the proof'd version of my poem.. and it sounds really legit to me.

If they are indeed pulling a scam.. and what they wrote in the letter about it being put in the international libraries of poetry I will be taking action against them for forgery with my work.

Either way.. I havnet paid a cent nor would I. Its neat that it might actually be getting published.. but I dont really care for a copy of the book. What is interseting is that my co-worker here .. one of hte programmers has been published by them twice now and he actually got copies of both books. And even got them on CD as well for free.

Maybe there is something amiss here of a company that is not part of poetry.com scamming people?

Fister · 10-09-2003, 02:41 PM

No its a scam
Its run by Hova and I
Send me $200 and I will send you your book
Love
Fister

rastagard · 10-09-2003, 06:24 PM

I wasn't sure if it was the same deal, since it happened to my buddy so long ago. It would seem for them to operate this long they would have to make some changes, it's a nice touch publishing it online for instance. All I can say is I think he submitted his entry from the magazine section of the Sunday paper and was notified very quickly thereafter. It is my suspicion that every entry is a "winner" and will be published. If I am not mistaken what you get for your money is akin to a yearbook. A selfpublished book of poems underwritten entirely by the poets with of course a tidy little profit going to the publishing company. If it was clearly stated that, that is all this is, I feel it would be legitimate. But they try to lead you to believe that this is a book for general release and I don't believe it ever gets to anyone who doesn't have their poetry in it. (I further suspect that those who don't purchase a copy might not make the final "cut")

In any event, forewarned is , um, ah crap, I can never remember the second part to that saying, but you get the drift..................

10-07-2003, 05:31 PM	#1 (permalink)
Cirga Lurking AdMiN Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: In my own little world. Buts its ok. They know me here. Posts: 3,245	I am actually being published. I was very shocked.. but its true.. there was a contest at www.poetry.com that I entered just for fun.. I never really thought of myself as a good poet.. and now they are going to publish my poem along with 199 others in the book "Best of Poetry and Poets of 2003" this year. You can read my poem Here. Its "A simple Rose" .. by Ben R Harlow. Just thought I would share.. it is kind of neat. __________________ Vote For Us! -- It will get you hot chicks. No really It will! ---- www.myTego.com - Give your devices a face! Dont be a conformist!

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RipperRoo AdMiN oF RoCk! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: uk Posts: 2,080	o wow, looks like its a pctt traditon, i got published with 199 others in last years anthology! and it was only gonna cost me $75 for a copy of the book! (at a special discount as i was a contibuter) and i even got invited to thier award ccerimony, with a chance of winning thousnds, but it would of cost me $150 for the ticket and i had 2 pay my own hotel and travel. its good to see you too were selected for this exclusive award, its amazing that both of us got in on our 1st submission __________________ PcTechtalk.com Admin A7V8X xp2600 Barton SLK 97U, GeForce FX 5700, 1GB 2700DDR Ram Sony DVD -R/+R/RW, SB Live 5.1 Digital, 1 x 30gb 3 x 200GB 2x120GB 1 x 250GB HDD'S, 19" TFT Epson R265 HP NX6125 Laptop 1gb memory http://www.minotaur-computers.co.uk/

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~LdYLaFFs*~ MIA Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: HeRe N TheRe Posts: 2,002	Hm.. Why am I not finding the poem. Returns title in search, but no poem psst Cirg, don't I have this on mp3?!! ((())) *considers admission to broadcast on PCTT radio __________________ When I've been asked why I like computers.. My answer has been, "Because it's potential is infinite." I must be wearing down 'cause now I seem to be counting the infinite headaches!

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berks PCTT Administrator Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 3,735	Congrats Cirga my wife has also been published in that check it out here __________________ Vote For Us!!!

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10-09-2003, 05:01 AM	#9 (permalink)
NitnayLion Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Penn. USA Posts: 142	Cirga be carefull my wife and I were both published about 8 yrs ago. Im not sure if this is the same comp. but after we paid our fee we never heard from them again nor did we get a book. __________________

10-09-2003, 06:39 AM	#10 (permalink)
RipperRoo AdMiN oF RoCk! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: uk Posts: 2,080	did everyone get an invite to the awards as well? __________________ PcTechtalk.com Admin A7V8X xp2600 Barton SLK 97U, GeForce FX 5700, 1GB 2700DDR Ram Sony DVD -R/+R/RW, SB Live 5.1 Digital, 1 x 30gb 3 x 200GB 2x120GB 1 x 250GB HDD'S, 19" TFT Epson R265 HP NX6125 Laptop 1gb memory http://www.minotaur-computers.co.uk/

10-09-2003, 08:43 AM	#11 (permalink)
rastagard Humble Idiot Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Florida Posts: 2,271	Cirga, I didn't wanna rain on yer parade here, but NitnayLion and Ripp are absolutely right! This is a scam. I had a buddy fall for this about 20 years ago and evidently it is still going on. He paid the money and of course was promised the chance to win the "big" prize, but he was also encouraged to keep spending more money for "extras". It seems like this book will be published and distributed to bookstores nationwide, but it never really is. The only people who get the book, (he never would tell me if he ever got any of the copies he ordered) are those who are "published" in it. I am pretty sure he spent about $200 with this outfit, and I think the only way they stay in operation is that people want to believe so badly that they are being published they are crushed when their dream turns out to be a scam. He never wanted to talk about it. I tried to warn him after reading the fine print, but his excitement was too overwhelming and I backed off, to keep from hurting his feelings. In the end he got his feelings hurt anyway, and he lost a big chunk of cash. ($200 was a helluva lot of money 20 years ago!)

10-09-2003, 01:03 PM	#13 (permalink)
Cirga Lurking AdMiN Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: In my own little world. Buts its ok. They know me here. Posts: 3,245	I am skeptical either way on this. The only thing they asked me to pay for (if I wanted) was to pre-order a copy of the book.. which of course I didnt do. But I actually called them on the phone (Poetry.com) about it and spoke to someone before returning the proof'd version of my poem.. and it sounds really legit to me. If they are indeed pulling a scam.. and what they wrote in the letter about it being put in the international libraries of poetry I will be taking action against them for forgery with my work. Either way.. I havnet paid a cent nor would I. Its neat that it might actually be getting published.. but I dont really care for a copy of the book. What is interseting is that my co-worker here .. one of hte programmers has been published by them twice now and he actually got copies of both books. And even got them on CD as well for free. Maybe there is something amiss here of a company that is not part of poetry.com scamming people? __________________ Vote For Us! -- It will get you hot chicks. No really It will! ---- www.myTego.com - Give your devices a face! Dont be a conformist!

10-09-2003, 02:41 PM	#14 (permalink)
Fister h3\|P \| 4m 5tUcK Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: UVic Posts: 1,898	No its a scam Its run by Hova and I Send me $200 and I will send you your book Love Fister __________________

10-09-2003, 06:24 PM	#15 (permalink)
rastagard Humble Idiot Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Florida Posts: 2,271	I wasn't sure if it was the same deal, since it happened to my buddy so long ago. It would seem for them to operate this long they would have to make some changes, it's a nice touch publishing it online for instance. All I can say is I think he submitted his entry from the magazine section of the Sunday paper and was notified very quickly thereafter. It is my suspicion that every entry is a "winner" and will be published. If I am not mistaken what you get for your money is akin to a yearbook. A selfpublished book of poems underwritten entirely by the poets with of course a tidy little profit going to the publishing company. If it was clearly stated that, that is all this is, I feel it would be legitimate. But they try to lead you to believe that this is a book for general release and I don't believe it ever gets to anyone who doesn't have their poetry in it. (I further suspect that those who don't purchase a copy might not make the final "cut") In any event, forewarned is , um, ah crap, I can never remember the second part to that saying, but you get the drift..................

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