I sent in like 35 dollars to get my poem published in some "Expressions" book.
It's been over a year and I STILL have not received ANYTHING from them.
Don't ever waste your time or money on these jerks.

Fool me once-shame on you-fool me twice-shame on me. This company has lied lied lied from the beginning of our transaction. They are nothing but low lifes who take advantage of poor souls who want to see their work in print. In July I wrote a poem entitled "Joel". In August I got an e-mail from then saying they wanted to print it and offered to sell me a book at a price and extra books for less. Since the poem was for my pastor and wife...I thought it would be nice to give them a book with the poem in it. In September I moved from AR (where I was when tranasaction took place) to FL. In October I still hadn't received my books and couldn't find a link to them on web. I immediately thought they were a fraudulent company. However, my son found a link with the phone number, so I called them. The claimed they had mailed the books but had sent them to a wrong zip code(first lie), but they would get them too me right away. In the October I also wrote another poem entitled "Afterlife". I received another e mail from same company telling me the same old stuff. I copied that email, but never contacted them about it. I did not get the books they promised and so I called them again Nov 11. They told me they were on the truck to go out, but would not go out till the next day as P.O. was closed for holiday. At the end of that week, I got 6 books, but when I opened them the poem "Afterlife" was printed in it, NOT the poem "Joel" which I had originally purchased. I had put a complaint on line earlier when I was sure they were a fraudulent company. When I called them about the poem they told me they had lost it, but promised to refund my money if I took my complaint off line, as they were losing a lot of business. I told them I would do that( and I did it that afternoon. That was on the 17th of Nov. and THEY DID NOT SEND MY MONEY BACK, They did send me two more books with the poem "Afterlife" printed, which they did not have permission to print. I took off my original complaint, but they did not send money back and when I tried to call I just got an answer machine.
PLEASE DO NOT DO ANY BUSINESS WITH THIS COMPANY. THEY ARE NOT HONEST OR PROFESSIONAL.

I submitted a poem to be published in "Expressions, A Collection of short works" by White Oak Press. (The letter was signed by Sheryl Howell, Senior Editor - also indicated she was a memeber association of american publishers). The check was cashed in June 2008, but to date I have not received the book. After numberous calls to them and their continued promise the book would or was mailed (last call 10-2-08), I still have not recieved. Now when I call the number I get a computerized voice indicating leave a message, which have gone unanswered.

Was sent a letter that my son's poem was picked for submission in a poetry book. (This was submitted by the school). Sent the money in for the book, the check was cashed, and 5 months later I have received nothing . I couldnt reach them so googled the name and found hundreds of complaints stating the same thing. This is a fraudulent company that has scammed hundreds of people. They need to be stopped.

I almost sent them the money too because i was so happy to find out that i was heard and that my poem was going to be published which I want to do. But them iI came across this site with loads of complaints about this company and then i do a little research and i found out that the company White Oak Press is actually a printing service and not a publishing company. So the people who are using the name White oak press under poetry of america is a fraud...If you need proff then go to their site site whiteoakpress.com and see that in bold red lettering that it says that they are not a publishing service but a printing service. These people need to be stopped because they are using an actual company name and they are tricking people out of their money!