Regret the Error » washin http://www.regrettheerror.com Mistakes Happen Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:25:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Wash Post’s kids poetry contest marred by plagiarism — again http://www.regrettheerror.com/2008/05/05/wash-posts-kids-poetry-contest-marred-by-plagiarism-again/ http://www.regrettheerror.com/2008/05/05/wash-posts-kids-poetry-contest-marred-by-plagiarism-again/#comments Mon, 05 May 2008 12:00:39 +0000 Craig Silverman http://www.regrettheerror.com/?p=5041 One of the poems that KidsPost published April 29 as part of its poetry contest was not written by the child who submitted it. The poem that appeared as “Horrible, Just Horrible” was actually written by Shel Silverstein and is titled “One Out of Sixteen.” The child who sent in the poem originally told KidsPost that it was her work. Another poem on the page, titled “Eraser,” was inspired by, but not credited to, Louis Phillips, who wrote “The Eraser Poem.” Link

A winning poem from last year’s competition was also plagiarized. Post ombudsman Deborah Howell wrote a column about the contest.

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