What is April Madness?
18 Poets face off against one another to be named the supreme poet of YWS! They compete in a series of rounds, each poet submitting a poem to be compared with their opponent's.
The Competitors
Please post on this thread to sign up for one of the places. If there are no places left but you wish to take part, please sign up to be a replacement. All replacement poets will submit a poem during round one between the 10th and 12th April. Should any contestant fail to submit their poem, you will then face their opponent instead.
Sign ups will run until the 9th April but if we don't have 18 by then, they will be extended through the duration of round one. Anyone joining after the 9th April should post a poem regardless of whether they have been assigned a rival yet.
Judges
@PenguinAttack
@Karzkin
@Audy
@Rydia
Contestants
1. PenguinAttack
2. Rydia
3. fortis
4. Venonymous
5. Audy
6. Meshugenah
7. Aley
8. Tenyo
9. Megsug
10. CelticaNoir
11. WindSailor
12. Erza
13. Birkhoff
14. Lumi
15. Laure
16. Subtlesanity
17. Sparktoflame
18. Rhiasofia
Replacement Poets:
1. ongoeslife
2. HighTop
The Rules
1. Poems are to be written no more than two days before their round, with the exception of the final and semi finals.
2. Poems may be any genre or length.
3. Poems must be submitted on this thread (either the poem or a link to it) by 10:00pm GMT on the day of the round.
4. Poems for the Semi Final and the Final must have been written in April. A poet may use any of the poems they have submitted in a previous round or one not submitted before.
What will the contest look like?
The 18 people contest will look like this: http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk93 ... 591762.jpg
Wondering what this madness looks like?
The 2013 April Madness thread has all the gory details: April Madness
When will each round be?
Week One
Poems to be posted between the 10th and 12th April 10:00pm GMT. Results and next round pairings will be announced on the 13th.
Week Two
Poems to be posted between the 14th and 16th April 10:00pm GMT. Those taking part in the loser's heat will post a second poem between the 16th and 18th April. Results and next pairings will be announced on the 20th. The two rounds of the loser's heat will be held simultaneoulsy so there will be no mid-week results.
Week Three
The four remaining poets will post a poem between the 21st and 23rd April 10:00pm GMT. The results and next pairings will be announced on the 26th April. The two semi finalists will post their poem between the 28th and 30th April 10:00pm GMT. The final results will be announced on the 3rd May.
Gender:
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