[Jayne Osborn]

It's £12.75 (or £12.76 if they round it up) per poem for Brits to enter - but that's counting England as a 'developed country', which is debatable.

I'll bet two poems' worth it won't be a rhyming poem that'll win.

[Michael Cantor]

This one set off all my sceptic alarms - sounded like another poetry.com scam. So I googled. And discovered that (a) I wasn't the only one who was suspicious, and (b) the other guy concluded it was legit. And he seems to have done a good job of checking it out, interviewed some of the principals, etc. The only bad feature is that, at this stage, it's a one-shot event. The $50K first prize donation was a one-time thing. They are hoping to keep it going through a combination of other donors and Bill Lantry's entry fees.

[Orwn Acra]

All you have to do to win is write a poem titled "To a Mother with Alzheimer's" or "The Pear Tree on West 4th Street" and talk about yourself and how emotional and insightful you are and mention what big, profound thoughts you have and don't let it rhyme and make sure it is not fun and don't be dead, white, or male.

[John Whitworth]

Orwn, by George you've got it. That was what I was trying to express in my rather cack-handed way with my assaults on poor Mr Motion. After all, his mother loves him.

[E. Shaun Russell]

I've long wanted to create a pseudonym for such things, but however would I cash the check?!

Having said that, if the winner's name is Tsibuglia Karomisnegh and it's a poem about the spirit of dead baobad trees, it's yours truly.