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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 404336" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>My young friend - she has already been published, when she was 6. She had an article she wrote for a Sydney newspaper competition published because it made the finals. She was the youngest finalist, up against 12 year olds. </p><p></p><p>My problem with this one - the competition doesn't mention the book at all. Plus the book, when they do mention it, is high-pressure sold to the kids. Then it is badly overpriced. </p><p></p><p>Once ANY publication says "you can be in it, if you pay money," then immediately it loses integrity. It becomes worthless, because being in the book is no longer about merit.</p><p></p><p>About Poetry.com - I found a website a few years ago which was a compilation of really bad poems that had been sent to Poetry.com in an attempt to find out how bad it had to be for them to eventually reject an entry. They had gone beyond making up poems by mixing random words together, and moved on to mixing random letters together. They were STILL getting letters from Poetry.com saying, "We love your poem, we want to publish it in our book..."</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 404336, member: 1991"] My young friend - she has already been published, when she was 6. She had an article she wrote for a Sydney newspaper competition published because it made the finals. She was the youngest finalist, up against 12 year olds. My problem with this one - the competition doesn't mention the book at all. Plus the book, when they do mention it, is high-pressure sold to the kids. Then it is badly overpriced. Once ANY publication says "you can be in it, if you pay money," then immediately it loses integrity. It becomes worthless, because being in the book is no longer about merit. About Poetry.com - I found a website a few years ago which was a compilation of really bad poems that had been sent to Poetry.com in an attempt to find out how bad it had to be for them to eventually reject an entry. They had gone beyond making up poems by mixing random words together, and moved on to mixing random letters together. They were STILL getting letters from Poetry.com saying, "We love your poem, we want to publish it in our book..." Marg [/QUOTE]
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