Archive for March, 2005

Same Ol’ Same Ol’

Bin Ramke, still stealing screening for the University of Georgia Press poetry contest, awarded the latest publication contract to a student in the PhD program at University of Denver, where he teaches. Thousands of dollars stolen!
Jorie Graham, judge of many bogus contests, was asked live on public radio about her personal ethics, and […]

Harvard Can’t Handle the Truth

The Daily Iowan covered the story of the University of Iowa’s shameful contests. We heard that since the article ran, they have received many complaints and “are considering a course of action which will be announced in about a month.”
But, what happened to the reporter at the Harvard Crimson? She seemed so […]

Universities go to Orange Alert

Whatever happened to academic integrity? Many people are wondering thanks to a post at leading lit blog, Moby Lives, which is run by Iowa Workshop grad, Dennis Loy Johnson,
Frank Conroy, outgoing head of the Writers Workshop at the University of Iowa, and member of the Foetry Forums, won’t respond to our polite requests […]