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Is Having a Poet’s Market Guide Worth It?
A guaranteed honest review of the guide for poets
The ever-popular, ever-handy Market Guides for Writers, which holds curated examples, industry advice, and contacts generally is held in high regard, even though there have been mixed reviews of the treasured tome.
In this piece, I’d like to give an overview of the 2013 Poet’s Market Guide along with my experience.
It doesn’t matter the year of the guides — truly
I am still holding on to my eBook version since I bought it in 2013, and it is very useful.
Evergreen content is found throughout the book. Not just contests and journals(which may not be up to date), but the book includes an overview on types of poems and how to conduct your life as every day, how to submit poems, and how to query also makes this book a treasure.
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When I look for reviews of current market guides, here are kind the comments I see:
“It’s the same information from the last five years anyway, why buy the new book?”
“I can just Google contests and such”
Or my personal favorite: “They have…
