April Madness - 2025 • Young Writers Society

Quillfeather · 2025-03-18T18:28:25Z

https://i.ibb.co/CsTcF1sm/Screenshot-2025-03-13-095808.jpg April Madness 2025! 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 closed groupings will be announced by April 5th Competitors 1. syzygy 2. LuminescentAnt 3. WeepingWisteria 4. Ventomology 5. NovemberCrow 6. theromanticchemist 7. NadyaStatham 8. Roxanne 9. niteowl 10. avimoon 11. eulogy 12. Hannah 13. Avian 14. Willard 15. candyhearts 16. alliyah 17. mantra 18. Euphory 19. LadySpark 20. SilverNight Judges EllieMae , Plume , Milkweed , Electra If you would like to help judge PM Quillfeather How judging works Judging takes place in a google doc accessible only by judges where entries will be listed anonymously. Judges will then give a score for 5 individual categories with points 0-5 pertaining to the category requirements and then will give a total score of those combined numbers. The totals each judge gives will be averaged out to give each entry a score. The highest scoring entries will determine who moves to the next round. - if there are any further questions on this feel free to reach out. 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 3rd. Submissions will be due by April 4th 04/04/2025 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 Prizes The two finalists will each receive a personalized badge commemorating their achievement. They will also get their names in the The YWS Big Book of Records . Aswell as bragging rights! We are very excited to see your poems! Let the poeting begin!

candyhearts

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Sun Mar 23, 2025 7:25 pm

candyhearts says... · Sun Mar 23, 2025 7:25 pm

Me!!!

I want to review your poetry!!
Payton, she/her <3

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alliyah

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Mon Mar 24, 2025 12:39 am

alliyah says... · Mon Mar 24, 2025 12:39 am

I'll sign up! Woo! Looking forward to reading everyone's work!

you should know i am a time traveler &
there is no season as achingly temporary as now

but i have promised to return

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mantra

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Mon Mar 24, 2025 1:58 pm

mantra says... · Mon Mar 24, 2025 1:58 pm

yeah ok

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Euphory

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Mon Mar 24, 2025 5:26 pm

Euphory says... · Mon Mar 24, 2025 5:26 pm

Count me innnnnn

bas ek rahe mera kaam ishq,

mera kaam ishq,
mera kaam ishq

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LadySpark

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Wed Mar 26, 2025 12:11 am

LadySpark says... · Wed Mar 26, 2025 12:11 am

why not!! I'll do it!

hush, my sweet

these tornadoes are for you

-Richard Siken

Formerly SparkToFlame

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Silvern

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Sat Mar 29, 2025 4:43 pm

Silvern says... · Sat Mar 29, 2025 4:43 pm

I'm in!

Democracy dies in darkness. Also at 4:30PM in Pacific Standard Time, apparently.

silver (she/her)

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Quillfeather

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Sat Mar 29, 2025 4:52 pm

Quillfeather says... · Sat Mar 29, 2025 4:52 pm

sign ups have been closed. Submission are due by April 4th. Brackets will be made soon.
Thank you all for signing up! If you have any questions feel free to PM me

(Anyone who does not submit by the deadline will be disqualified. If you have any issues feel free to PM me)

that the powerful play goes on
And you may contribute a verse

If you ever need to talk I am here for you<3

"All great change is preceded by chaos" - Deepak Chopra
Fight through the chaos, there are good things ahead<333

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LadySpark

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Fri Apr 04, 2025 2:20 am

LadySpark says... · Fri Apr 04, 2025 2:20 am

My April 4th submission: musings on the love of my life

hush, my sweet

these tornadoes are for you

-Richard Siken

Formerly SparkToFlame

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Quillfeather

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Fri Apr 04, 2025 2:26 pm

Quillfeather says... · Fri Apr 04, 2025 2:26 pm

Hello Friends! These are our current brackets with three from each group moving forward after the results of this round

Please submit your entries by the end of the day today April 4th ( if they are not submitted by the morning of the 5th you will be disqualified)

Tagging all contestants:
@syzygy @LuminescentAnt @WeepingWisteria @Ventomology @NovemberCrow @theromanticchemist @NadyaStatham @Roxanne @niteowl @avimoon @eulogy @Hannah @Avian @Willard @candyhearts @alliyah @mantra @Euphory @LadySpark @SilverNight

Can't wait to see your poetry!

that the powerful play goes on
And you may contribute a verse

If you ever need to talk I am here for you<3

"All great change is preceded by chaos" - Deepak Chopra
Fight through the chaos, there are good things ahead<333

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WeepingWisteria

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Fri Apr 04, 2025 4:51 pm

WeepingWisteria says... · Fri Apr 04, 2025 4:51 pm

April 4th submission!! Good luck everyone <33

Losing Time

They/he

“the wist i knew would never allow a straight boy in their stories” ~Omni
“Hi Omni can I request wist get the role mom friend :]" ~winter
“ah yes, fear Wist's smile :) <- speaks of layers and layers of secrets” ~mint

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