I need help from someone who knows about copy rights on a poem I wrote?!

I need help from someone who knows about copy rights on a poem I wrote?

I wrote a peom, I entered it with the INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF POETRY, do they own the copy right on the poem? The reason i'm asking is I have a close possibility to send a manuscript of the poem with a short story to go with it. to an other mag. that might publish it. can I do so, after I already entered the contest with International Library of poetry? I need some answer here please. thanks for any advice I receive.

1 year ago
Tis is my first poem and I don't know anything about how this all works. Or do I own the copy right? HELP

1 year ago
i thank you for the info. this poem was entered in an amuter free contest, all i remember is they asked if i had the original written poem? I figured yes I had the hand written copy only.I dont have a copy right. I asumed since i wrote it was mine to enter this contest.I so confussed at this point. Did I do some thing illegal? Iwas just so proud of it so i entered and submitted it,

1 year ago
if someone would email me on my profile, i can send them a copy of what on the web site poetry .com I have a copy of the poem i print from the web site. at the bottum of my copy it says copyright@2006
with my name next to it.

No, they do not own it. Unless of course you signed a contract on a piece of paper saying you do. To copyright works such as this you must go through the U.S. Library of Congress. There is an application on the website you must fil out and sign and notarize it. You pay there processing fee and you now own it!
Complete directions on what you need to do is in the link provided.