No, no, no, no, no!!!

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I screwed up big time...

At Poetry.com there is this contest in which the winner can be awarded a boat load of money and respect from poets around the world! Only problem is I really stink at writing poems, but around the same time that I found out about this contest my friend had shown me a ton of really great poems that I, personally, thought were the best i ever heard.

So I asked for his permission and decided I would submit one of his poems under my name to see if we could win some money. Easy right?

Wrong. Instead of winning the money the people over at poetry.com want me to represent my friends poem under my name, they want the poem to go into an upcoming poetry book under my name, and want it to go on a CD/Tape full of poems under my name! Out of millions of entries my friends got choosen! That's a good thing, right? WRONG! Because the people think it's under my name and want to publish it under my name!

I don't want my friends children to grow up listening to a CD with their fathers work on it under my name! I tried contacting the people at poetry.com but so far my e-mails arn't working I guess!

What should I do? Should I go ahead and publish the work of another under my name? Or should I try to mail the poetry people...and If I do mail them what should I say?!

HELP! :(
 
well as long as you were doing it with your friend's permission, i don't think you did anything wrong. but i think it is very big of you to want to see things set straight now that it has gone this far.

i would also have your friend try to contact them and explain the situation as well. the two of you should keep trying until you get some sort of response.

but what's the worse that could happen if nothing is changed - having to explain the whole thing to your kids? :D
 
I think you should tell the truth. They'll still think it's great poetry if they find out it's not yours.
 
Thanks so far guys! And I know that wdw_. :)
So I'm going to write them a letter tonight, what should it say in it? I already e-mailed them saying the work wasn't mine and that I'd like it to simply be re-placed under my friends name.

Does that sound good? :)
 
Originally posted by JetosX
don't worrie it's all BS i got contacted too
as did everyone who sent in poetry
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Hmm...If that's true then I'll sleep happy. Otherwise...you're a bad person. :)
 
if you had read closly it says that if you don't respond nothing will happen (or something like that) they arn't MAKING you enter

and i am NOT a bad person (just one that pays attn :p )
 
Hehe, well I guess you're right about a few things. :D
Thanks for the help, really thanks! I guess I should read the small print if I want to be sucessful in life. :)
 
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