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Foetry to shut down
from the NYTimes:
This week the poetry world is atwitter over the closing down of an Internet site that for the last year dedicated itself to exposing what it calls fraud among the small circle of poetry contests that frequently offer publishing contracts as prizes.Alan Cordle, a research librarian who lives in Portland, Ore., has managed the Web site, www.foetry.com, anonymously since its inception a little more a year ago.
“atwitter”? Patronize much?
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5 Comments
1. Jeff Hess replies at 22nd April 2005, 8:56 am :
Shalom Sherry,
Just to let you know, Foetry lives! From the still
It’s the biased and poorly researched article in the New York Times declaring a surrender. Reminds me of the Wicked Witch of the West flying through the sky, “Surrender Foetry.” You can thank Foets, Janet Holmes who has threatened me with legal action, and Jorie Graham, who said that I lied. Well, Foets, the site’s back up and I stand behind the information here. — Alan Cordle
Personally, I’ve never entered any contest where you have to pay an entrance fee. It always smacked of those Who’s Who book advertisements we all get from time to time.
B’shalom,
Jeff
2. Jeff Hess replies at 22nd April 2005, 9:00 am :
Shalom Sherry,
Just to let you know, Foetry lives! From the still up-and-running website come this:
It’s the biased and poorly researched article in the New York Times declaring a surrender. Reminds me of the Wicked Witch of the West flying through the sky, “Surrender Foetry.” You can thank Foets, Janet Holmes who has threatened me with legal action, and Jorie Graham, who said that I lied. Well, Foets, the site’s back up and I stand behind the information here. – Alan Cordle
Personally, I’ve never entered any contest where you have to pay an entrance fee. It always smacked of those Who’s Who book advertisements we all get from time to time.
B’shalom,
Jeff
3. Have Coffee Will Write&hellip replies at 22nd April 2005, 9:58 am :
Foets And Foetry…
When I was a magazine editor, I was alway reluctant to submit articles or issues to the annual American Society of Business Publication Editors competition because I felt that any contest I had to pay to enter just felt wrong. But the company culture…
4. Side&hellip replies at 22nd April 2005, 10:43 am :
Foetry versus Poetry
Jeff Hess and Sherry Chandler have shown me some interesting information regarding Foetry versus Poetry. Check it….
5. Sherry replies at 22nd April 2005, 1:28 pm :
Once upon a time, Jeff, in the medical research unit where I work, a real BIG NURSE of a woman had her office just plastered with Who’s Who placards. So the next mailing I got, I filled it out just to show her up. So there I am in Who’s Who for some year or other — they of course dropped me as soon as they discovered I wasn’t going to buy anything. But it was fun for a while…
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