Scams, Warnings, Viruses and Hoaxes

Scams & Warnings · Viruses & Hoaxes

13 Warning Signs of a Bad Poetry Contest

http://www.winningwriters.com/warningsigns.htm

What to watch out for before sending that poem -- or that check.

Articles about Spam and Privacy, by Ivan Hoffman

http://www.ivanhoffman.com/privacy.html

Dave Barry on the International Library of Poetry

http://windpub.com/literary.scams/D-Barry.htm

Dave Barry's hilarious column about submitting a poem to this group when it was still "The National Library of Poetry."

Poetry Contest Scams

http://windpub.com/literary.scams/ilp.htm

Preditors and Editors: Agent Listings

http://anotherealm.com/prededitors/pubagent.htm

A good place to look for warnings against agents who are "not recommended."

Vanity Poetry Contests

http://www.poets.ca/linktext/links/articles/vanity.htm

A look at the type of contests to avoid.

Web Resources that Help You Identify Scams

http://www.winningwriters.com/scambustingsites.htm

The Worst Poetry Contests

A good overview of the "vanity" poetry contests.

http://windpub.com/literary.scams/endall.htm

Writer Beware

http://www.sfwa.org/beware/

Victoria Strauss's excellent compilation of tips, warnings and updates about a wide variety of hazards to writers.

Writer Beware: Epublishers

http://www.sfwa.org/Beware/epublishers.html

Warnings on the perils of subsidy e-publishing and unethical e-publishers.

Writer Beware: Print On Demand

http://www.sfwa.org/beware/printondemand.html

WritersWeekly.com Warnings

http://www.writersweekly.com/whispers_and_warnings.php

A great place to check on websites and publishers that have a reputation for slow or non-payment, or are going out of business or rumored to be having troubles.

Antivirus Software

http://antivirus.about.com

Information on current viruses, links to antivirus software sites, and more.

Hoaxbusters

http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org

Information on Internet hoaxes and scams, including how to recognize a hoax.

McAfee

http://us.mcafee.com/default.asp

Provides antivirus software. For virus information, including news, a glossary, and information on hoaxes, go to http://www.mcafee.com/anti-virus/default.asp?

Symantec

http://www.symantec.com

Provides antivirus software and information.

Urban Legends Reference Pages

http://www.snopes.com/snopes.asp

Viruses online and offline

http://www.lctn.com/util/virusfaq.html

FAQ and glossary about computer viruses.

Vmyths: Truths about Computer Security Hysteria

http://www.vmyths.com

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