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wstrmyr@cts.com (R.W.) wrote in message news:<3b3bbbe3.33268594@nntp.cts.com>...
> On Thu, 28 Jun 2001 21:22:47 GMT, "Anthony j Powell"
> <junglewild@earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> >Sounds like bullshuit to me but then again I've been wrong before.Dropping
> >names is easy.
> >Tell you what Richard why do you just forward half of the entry fee's to me.
> >because if this is a legitimate contest and I was to enter I would win
> >anyway. so send me the money and we won't waste anyones time.

I'd be interested in seeing your poetry before I could judge if the quality of
your work would result in your winning "anyway".
 
> Exactly. If you have all these "sponsors" why the fee? 
> --robert
 
If you read it closely you would see that they have only a $1 entry fee, and the
sponsors supplement the below cash prizes with *donated* in-kind prizes.  I
don't find that in the least bit strange or shady.

>>   ~ First Prize: 50% of the entry fees collected* plus winning poem
>>     featured on the PSH
>>
>>   ~ Second Prize: 30% of the entry fees collected* plus winning poem
>>     featured on the PSH.
>>
>>   ~ Third Prize: 20% of the entry fees collected* plus winning poem
>>     featured on the PSH.

They give out all their income - that's more than many contests can say, and
they declare exactly the amount of money they take in.  If we use the rule of
thumb from "Poet's Markets", then this would certainly come under the heading of
a "legitimate" contest.  Unlike, for instance, Poetry.com and their infamous
"anthologies".

So, Mr. Powell - what contests have you entered that you considered to be
legitimate, and how much did you win?


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