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Originally Posted by John Whitworth
I don't at all see why a magazine should not run a competition for subscribers only. The subscription can be seen as an annual entrance fee. If that were illegal then a competition with an entrance fee, like most poetry competitions, would be illegal also. I think things may be different if you are running a competition when no skill is involved. The subscription is about thirty pounds for twelve months. That is less than three pounds a go, if you try every month, as I do, which is considerably less than the entrance fee for the National Poetry Competition (where I never win at all).
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I am of the same mind, & frankly I'm surprised that anyone should be in doubt about the conditions. Moreover, it's a better deal than an entrance fee (often a rip-off) because you get a monthly literary magazine at below cover price – & one, to my mind, which has improved significantly over the past few years.