The Poetry Box LIVE is a Zoom poetry series showcasing our authors.
Shawn Aveningo Sanders is the host/emcee with 2-3 featured poets per show.
UPCOMING Shows
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WARNING—A Scam Email Targeting Poets
Unfortunately, there is a new scam circulating via email that is using The Poetry Box and my name (Shawn Aveningo Sanders) to falsely invite poets to submit poems for consideration to be featured on our Zoom show, The Poetry Box LIVE.
All of these false invitations come from this FAKE (but similar) email shawn.thepoetrybox @ gmail.com and even use my photo. (Note: I never use a gmail address for our official Poetry Box correspondence.)
PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THESE FAKE EMAILS.
Those who respond and show interest are then asked to “click” to select their preferred date and pay $150 for the opportunity to be a feature. The poet is then harassed repeatedly with more urgent requests for payment or “risk losing the opportunity.”
Last week, I was alerted by several poets (some I know, some I don’t know) about this scam. I can only imagine how many of these emails are actually circulating and thus damaging our reputation. If you hear about any of your poet friends receiving these fake invitations, please let them know this is a scam.
For the record, The Poetry Box invites poets whose books we publish to feature in our shows. There is NEVER a requirement of payment to participate and we don’t ask for a submission of sample poems for poets to click to pick their date.
Here’s a sample of fake email and it’s scam follow-up:
PAST Shows
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