Ermmm... hate to be the bearer of bad news, Robert, but you may want to google for "international society of poets". One excerpt:
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A Maryland firm that has garnered a national reputation for preying upon unsuspecting victims goes by the names the National Library of Poetry, the International Library of Poetry, the International Society of Poets, and the International Poetry Hall of Fame.
In addition to providing press releases to the media, they also advertise poetry contests in many magazines as well as at their web site, www.poetry.com. The advertisements, press releases and web banners claim up to $58,000 in prizes will be awarded in the contests.
After answering an ad in a magazine and submitting your poem, you are notified that your poem will be included in a special edition of their anthology. The carefully worded letter takes great pains to assure you that you do not have to make any purchases, yet goes on to list a host of available 'options'. Some of the options are: $20 to add your biography, $29 to have your poem read onto audio tape or $38 to have it mounted on a plaque.
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Sorry, dude. I think either Stormy or RevRuby ran into this a couple of years ago as well.
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