Cronysim amongst the versifiers

Did you ever submit work to a poetry contents, pay your fee, and wonder with a tinge of sickness in your heart, that the whole contest might be rigged, and that the winners might be intimates of the people judging the contest? Foetry.com is documenting dodgy writing contests, unscrupulous judges, questionable screening practices, and other bogus activities. I think it's good to expose the rigging and nepotism going on, as it has real implications for writers struggling to earn respect and creative writing jobs.