Foetry: American Poetry Watchdog

Exposing the fraudulent "contests."

charges a handling fee of $25.00 (includes a one-year subscription to The Journal)
prize is $2000 plus publication
many recent awards were to poets with an Ohio connection
several are connected to the Iowa Writers' Workshop
Although Kathy Fagan never put forward the manuscript of a friend during pre-screening and final judge David Citino never awarded publication to any friends, Fagan says, "I CANNOT SPEAK FOR MY STUDENTS OR COLLEAGUES, THOUGH I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT IF THERE ARE CONNECTIONS, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THEM."

Foetry encourages a change in the unknown screening process to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest.

2004 Beth Gylys Spot in the Dark (Ph.D., University of Cincinnati)
2003 Gary Fincke Writing Letters for the Blind (1974 Ph.D., Kent State University, 1969 M.A., Miami University)
2002 Patty Seyburn Mechanical Cluster
2001 Joseph Duemer Magical Thinking (iowa)
2000 Lia Purpura Stone Sky Lifting (graduate of Oberlin College) (iowa)
1999 Mary Ann Samyn Captivity Narrative (She received her MA from Ohio University)
1998 Walt McDonald Blessing the Body Gave (iowa)
1997 Judith Hall Anatomy, Errata (poetry editor of The Antioch Review since 1995)
1996 John Haag Stones Don't Float
1995 Fatima Lim-Wilson Crossing the Snow Bridge
1994 David Young Night Thoughts and Henry Vaughan (has taught at Oberlin College since 1961)
1993 Bruce Beasley The Creation (Oberlin graduate)
1992 Dionisio Martinez History as a Second Language
1991 Teresa Cader Guests
1990 Mary Cross Rooms, Which Were People (iowa)
1989 Albert Goldbarth Popular Culture (iowa)
1988 Sue Owen The Book of Winter
1987 Robert Cording Life-list