Getting Paid
I have yet to make a dime on poetry. I'd get a real kick out of getting paid cash money for a poem, even if it was only $5.Okay, I know, I need to pay more attention to those Duotrope emails. But...
View ArticleRe: Getting Paid
'Contemporary Rhyme,' Rosa. Richard Geyer is the editor and a pretty cool guy too. Real open minded about what you submit, as long as it rhymes. He pays 5 bucks a poem.James
View ArticleRe: Getting Paid
Hi Rose,I've not made a penny from any magazine submissions, however my total earnings in the last three years from poetry amounts to......(J K Rowlings storms out in a jealous huff) about 400 quid -...
View ArticleRe: Getting Paid
I've never submitted to Contemporary Rhyme because their guidelines make it very clear that they don't want anything that has been publicly workshopped. I think you'd have to be very sure that the...
View ArticleRe: Getting Paid
Thanks, all. Yeah, I did inquire at Contemporary Rhyme once but I found his restrictions a little too restrictive. Alan, don't contests usually charge an entry fee?
View ArticleRe: Getting Paid
Hi Rose,True, I've probably spent about $150 on entry fees (about $4 per poem). So, a 'fallow' year like this one certainly eats into the total earnings.Really through, it's not just the money, it's...
View ArticleRe: Getting Paid
Don't say it's like playing the slots, Alan. Your poems are too good for that.
View ArticleRe: Getting Paid
Hi,Well, there is a fair old level of pure chance in poetry competitions. Most of the ones I've entered have had about 1500 - 2000 entries. The chances of any one entrant making it into the top ten...
View ArticleRe: Getting Paid
Ivana, I'd know you anywhere from your picture! (Have you seen my "Dante's Resurrection" somewhere in the archives on this board?)Gee, you're pretty.Margaret
View ArticleRe: Getting Paid
Rosa, Maryann --See your points about workshopping stuff, but most of my work published on that site was fairly new material at the time. Of course, if you want to publish something that's already...
View ArticleRe: Getting Paid
Rose: I have a friend who feels the same way and does get paid: Not much, but regularly. He works very hard to keep track of and enter contests, especially the small specialty markets. There is a book...
View ArticleRe: Getting Paid
Burma Shave, etc.: I've certainly taken money from people who wanted doggerel (not their word) composed for birthday parties and the like. I always tell them they are free to add their name to it; say...
View Article
