Comments on: Alert for Poets: Oprah Wants You (But You May Not Want Oprah)

By: frankie

frankie — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 20:13:39 +0000

I sent a poem to Oprah. I read the small print. I’d love to have more money in my pocket. But, sometimes the message one wants to share is a greater wealth than the materials one may receive for that effort in writing. You can tell I’m a poor poet. lol And a thought: one well-written poem can deliver the breadth and depth of a full manuscript in it’s message. I say: go for it.

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By: Lauren

Lauren — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 15:29:09 +0000

I would have more reservations if this was an entire manuscript that they were grabbing for. But since it’s a poem, I don’t see a major controversy happening. Once someone wins it’s unlikely that the entire experience will be regrettable.

But having said all of that reading the fine print is curcial. Anything can be in there.