April Madness 2024!
Hello everyone! You guessed it! we are back for another round of April madness!
What is April Madness?
Very good question! April madness is a poetry contest held throughout the month of April. There will be several rounds in which submissions will be due by. Everything will be in a bracket style like This where contestants will be grouped together. You can view last year Here You will submit a poem each round you advance and go against a different user, and the judged "best" poem in several categories wins! And the round for finalists get some fancy badges for your amazing poeting skills.
Signups are open!
Just post in the forum below if you are signing up. You must sign up by April 3rd (signups will close) and groupings will be announced by April 4th
Competitors
1. herbalhour
2. WeepingWisteria
3. CapybarasAndCoffee
4. envy
5.LadySpark
6.avianwings47
7.niteowl
8. DreamyAlice
9.Willard
10. FluorescentAnt
11.OrabellaAvenue
12.Hijinks
13.Spearmint
14.Voidsoul
15. Rose
16.Isbah
17.Que
18.yosh
19.APoltergeist
20.alliyah
(Sign ups closed)
Judges
AilahEvelynMae, Meshugenah, creaturefeature, Ventomology
If you would like to help judge PM Quillfeather
Rules
1. Submissions must be written in April
2. Submissions must be posted in this thread, which can either be a link to it or the poem itself, by the deadlines. If needed we would prefer you submitted a piece which you state you edited after submission then to have a late submission.
3. Poems can not be used more then once for each round. The exception being the final round.
4. No AI written poems are permitted for submission.
5. You may write a poem of any genre
If you have any questions/concerns, feel free to reach out to me or one of our judges.
When Will the rounds be held?
Round One:Parings will be posted April 4th. Submissions will be due by April 5th 04/05/2024 09:00 PM CDT And the announcement of those advancing to the next round and the new parings will be announced on April 7th
Round Two: Submissions for this round are due by 04/11/2024 09:00 PM CDT And those advancing to the next round will be posted with their new parings on April 14th
Round Three: Submissions for this round are due by 04/18/2024 09:00 PM CDT And the final two contestants will be announced on April 21
Round Four: This is the final round. Submissions are due by 04/25/2024 09:00 PM CDT and the winner of April madness will be announced on April 30th and badges will be awarded
We are very excited to see your poems!
