I entered this poem for a competition, I didn't win but I was a runner up and as such they want to publish this poem in an anthology called 'Poems by Moonlight'. They are United Press Ltd. Not sure if this is a scam and is just vanity press. They offer me a reduced rate to buy the anthology that my poem is in. I want to feel pleased but think it is not what it seems.
Today I walked in Ypres
Today I walked in Ypres
The sky was as blue as the best autumn day
Leaves shook and shivered
Many thousands had fallen
each
golden and precious
and yet
had rotted where they fell
detritus upon the muddy earth
and we walked upon them
ankle deep
in Ypres
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It may be a scam. Read this post:
http://howpublishingreallyworks.blogspot.com/2009/01/competitions-and-anthologies.html
I am trying to find out more about United Press. x
Thanks, I had a feeling it might be. That was a useful post from howpublishingreally works. Hope the editing is going to plan.
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They aren't a scam or vanity publishers, as the isbn in each book is genuine, I have been in several anthologies with the company. You reserve the copyright of your work so you can publish elsewhere as well.
Andys right. Also they do not ask for a penny for publishing your poem (thats vanity publishing) in one of their anthologies and they don't insist that you buy it either. People winning the competition actually get the cash prize.
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