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Mr. Barr remains at the helm today, and though the foundation now provides poets with more than $3 million in prizes and reading fees, friction remains over how the foundation is spending its money over all.
Agents that charge reading fees are suspect; the same should be true of contests.
Consider whether or not you are willing to pay "reading fees" from publishers who may or may not publish your work.
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One man, who has just heard of his brother's death - killed for a relationship across caste lines - refuses to have the reading fee waived, since it would cheapen the death to hear it for free.
More for me," he'd say when you turned down some offer he'd made you — to split a reading fee, to go fishing in Puget Sound, to divide up a last doughnut.
Among them is a handwritten note reading "Fee UBS … Should I Declare … Nervous … If I Declare How much?" The indictment against Upham, 72, says she opened a UBS account in 1993 in the name of the Rivaro Foundation and in 2000 signed a document stating, "I would like to avoid disclosure of my identity to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service under the new tax regulations".
You should not be asked for a reading fee.
Book prizes are also common, for a small reading fee.
No reputable agent will ever ask for a reading fee to see your manuscript.
Do not sign with an agent who asks for a reading fee!
In particular, you want to pay attention to the open-reading period dates to make sure you get in a submission on time, whether or not there is a required reading fee, whether or not there is a page count limit on submissions, and other specific instructions.
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