Events
- April 1 — Foetry.com Web site is launched for the announced purpose of "Exposing fraudulent contests. Tracking the sycophants. Naming names." Members and visitors contribute information which links judges and prize winners in various poetry contests in attempts to document whether some contests have been rigged.
- Samizdat poetry magazine, founded in 1998, ceases publication.
- David and Helen Constantine relaunch Modern Poetry in Translation, a British journal focusing on the art of translating poetry. The magazine was originally founded in 1966 by Ted Hughes and Daniel Weissbort.
Read more about this topic: 2004 In Poetry
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