From the Poets & Writers Grants and Awards newsletter. I’d say they’re assholes and scammers, but folks who love to pay $27 to submit will start yelling at me. Anyway, y’all know how I feel about fees. Fuck everything about this. Never pay to play. Period. (via Becky Tuch) - ThreadSky

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gabino.bsky.social • 19 days ago

From the Poets & Writers Grants and Awards newsletter. I’d say they’re assholes and scammers, but folks who love to pay $27 to submit will start yelling at me. Anyway, y’all know how I feel about fees. Fuck everything about this. Never pay to play. Period.
(via Becky Tuch)

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aobate.bsky.social•19 days ago

lol being on that list of ten is somehow worse than not being mentioned at all, except for the refund, I guess. Shameful work by the editors

milliemkb.bsky.social•19 days ago

Oh, wow. Fuck that entirely.

jackphantom.bsky.social•19 days ago

Musicians get this shit all the time. "Pay me $2 to tell you if your song belongs on my playlist". That's even more insulting than "do this for free for exposure".

gabino.bsky.social•19 days ago

Yuuuuup.

jackphantom.bsky.social•19 days ago

I completely feel your pain, good sir. In passing I'm really glad to have run into you. I dig your work a lot.

seidoel.bsky.social•19 days ago

Disclaimer: I'm an absolute newbie in the literary world. My concern is that dubious zines/publishers/journals do contests or invite submissions to gather material for, let's say, an unauthorized anthology. Does that happen? If yes, how do I spot trustworthy opportunities?

waterbearerpress.bsky.social•19 days ago

Victoria Strauss' Writer Beware is an excellent resource to find who the scammers are 🧐
https://writerbeware.blog/

seidoel.bsky.social•19 days ago

Thank you very much! I'll look into it.

justghosts.bsky.social•19 days ago

This is really good to know.

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