April Madness

Rydia · 2014-04-04T20:00:35Z

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/Kitty15123946/AprilMadness2014_zps96591762.jpg Wondering what this madness looks like? The 2013 April Madness thread has all the gory details: http://www.youngwriterssociety.com/viewtopic.php?f=196&t=97425 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.

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Sat Apr 05, 2014 9:56 pm

Laure says... · Sat Apr 05, 2014 9:56 pm

Count me in, can't miss out on a challenge now, can we?

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Sat Apr 05, 2014 10:03 pm

Apricity says... · Sat Apr 05, 2014 10:03 pm

*two finger salute* I'm in.

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Sat Apr 05, 2014 11:19 pm

LadySpark says... · Sat Apr 05, 2014 11:19 pm

In!

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Sat Apr 05, 2014 11:50 pm

rhiasofia says... · Sat Apr 05, 2014 11:50 pm

I'm in!

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Sun Apr 06, 2014 2:07 am

Meshugenah says... · Sun Apr 06, 2014 2:07 am

Uh. Maybe possibly if you need someone I might be able to?

(also, I like how it filled up in the time it took me to drive home fro SoCal xD)

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Sun Apr 06, 2014 4:16 am

ongoeslife says... · Sun Apr 06, 2014 4:16 am

I'll be a fill-in!

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Sun Apr 06, 2014 4:38 pm

Gardevite says... · Sun Apr 06, 2014 4:38 pm

I'm also so busy this month (hence the barren NaPo thread) but I'll be a replacement!

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Wed Apr 09, 2014 2:09 am

Karzkin says... · Wed Apr 09, 2014 2:09 am

Hey, I never signed up. And I don't intend to, I will lose. Put Mesh in my place.

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Wed Apr 09, 2014 4:13 pm

Rydia says... · Wed Apr 09, 2014 4:13 pm

I was being polite and saving you a spot in case you wanted it! But fine, welcome to the party @Meshugenah :p

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Wed Apr 09, 2014 4:38 pm

Rydia says... · Wed Apr 09, 2014 4:38 pm

I can now tell you who will be facing who - exciting!

@CelticaNoir vs @Tenyo vs @Meshugenah
@Audy vs @Subtlesanity vs @Sparktoflame
@Aley vs @megsug vs @rhiasofia
@PenguinAttack vs @Birkhoff vs @Laure
@ERZA vs @Rydia vs @Lumi
@fortis vs @Venonymous vs @WindSailor

You can see the full visual here (I will try to make the names bigger for the next round).

The first poem needs to be posted between the 10th and 12th April 10:00pm GMT.

Don't forget to also post a poem if you are one of the replacement poets! @ongoeslife
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