This site has most likely broken the heart and souls of thousands of aspiring poets (I know because I was one). We all have the dream of one day becoming famous for something we love, and this pitiful excuse for a site played on this. The operators of this site must have no morality, . they must not care that they make so many people feel as though they have accomplished something, yet in reality they have justed been jerked around with to ween a few dollars out of them.
Never should a site where YOU win force u to pay money for a book u appear in! that was my first warning sign, and the next was going to this site and reading all these reviews about the incredible scam this site is.
DO NOT TRUST THIS SITE, obviously many others have learned the hard way! any website that does not have an email address where u can contact them is a bad sign. I searched for a customer service email address so I could ask about the details of my ’’semi-finalist’’ status. Lo and behold all I say was a mail address and a phone #. why would a web site have no absolutely no way for its customers to contact them? odd heh? I thought so too.
My departing words are steer clear of the COMPLETE SCAM and get famous the old fashioned way, working at it and putting your work out there, not in some obsurd contest. Don’t let yourself be dooped like I was, and many, many others as well.