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Sun Mar 19, 2017 1:37 pm
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What is April Madness?

18 Poets (number to be confirmed) 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 1st and 3rd April. Should any contestant fail to submit their poem, you will then face their opponent instead.

Sign ups will run until the 3rd April but if we don't have 18 by then, they will be extended through the duration of round one. Anyone joining after the 3rd April should post a poem regardless of whether they have been assigned a rival yet.

If we have significantly less than 18 then I'll adjust the rounds to make it work.

Judges

@Rydia
@Nikayla
@Meshugenah
@TheMaieuticMesmerist
@Steggy

(please let me know if you would like to help judge, it does not prevent you from taking part.)

Contestants

1. @Rydia
2. @Lumi
3. @PrincessInk
4. @niteowl
5. @Nikayla
6. @TheSilverFox
7. @Sheyren
8. @alliyah
9. @Hannah
10. @fortis
11. @Meshugenah
12. @Willard
13. @Aley
14. @silverhanded
15. @steam1244
16. @Casanova
17. @LMJRayner
18. @Audy

Replacement Poets:

1.

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

You can see last year's thread here as an example of how it runs: April Madness 2016

When will each round be?

Week One

Poems to be posted between the 1st and 3rd April 10:00pm GMT. Results and next round pairings will be announced on the 5th.

Weeks Two and Three

Poems to be posted between the 8th and 10th April 10:00pm GMT. Results and next pairings will be announced on the 12th. Those who were successful in the loser's heat will submit another poem between the 15th and 17th. The winner and final entrant into the semi final will be announced on the 19th.

Week Four

The four remaining poets will post a poem between the 22nd and 24th 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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Sun Mar 19, 2017 1:41 pm
Lumi says...



Lumi signs the heck up!
I am a forest fire and an ocean, and I will burn you just as much
as I will drown everything you have inside.
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Sun Mar 19, 2017 2:43 pm
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May I sign up too? It looks fun. :)
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Sun Mar 19, 2017 5:21 pm
niteowl says...



Signing up to be slaughtered haha.
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Sun Mar 19, 2017 7:55 pm
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Certainly @PrincessInk and welcome back @Lumi and @niteowl! :D
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Sun Mar 19, 2017 8:42 pm
Virgil says...



Signing up for sure!

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Sun Mar 19, 2017 10:04 pm
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Yep, I'll join this!
S'io credesse che mia risposta fosse
a persona che mai tornasse al mondo,
questa fiamma staria senza piu scosse.
Ma per ciò che giammai di questo fondo
non tornò vivo alcun, s'i' odo il vero,
senza tema d'infamia ti rispondo.

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Sun Mar 19, 2017 10:32 pm
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sheysse says...



I'm not very good at poetry, but this looks fun, so I'd like to sign up.

It'll be impressive if I can get past round one.
  





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Sun Mar 19, 2017 10:35 pm
alliyah says...



Signing up as well!
you should know i am a time traveler &
there is no season as achingly temporary as now
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Sun Mar 19, 2017 10:58 pm
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Okay! I will do eet!
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Sun Mar 19, 2017 11:27 pm
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Me!!!
Instead, he said, Brother! I know your hunger.
To this, the Wolf answered, Lo!

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Sun Mar 19, 2017 11:32 pm
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Oh, I forgot to mention this in my original post, but I'd love to judge as well, as long as it doesn't interfere with participating, like you said it wouldn't!

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Sun Mar 19, 2017 11:57 pm
Meshugenah says...



IN.

And I'll help judge, too ^^
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Mon Mar 20, 2017 2:18 pm
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Thanks for signing up, everyone :D @Nikayla, @TheSilverFox, @Sheyren, @alliyah, @Hannah, @fortis, @Meshugenah

Nikayla and Meshugenah, I've added you both as judges and I'll send you some more details on how that works soon!
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Mon Mar 20, 2017 5:56 pm
ThePatchworkPilgrims says...



*Sees the list of tributes champions. Slowly shuffles out of the shadows clutching a piece of yellowed paper. Swallows deeply before dropping the paper into a box*

I would like to judge this glorious battle! If I may, Grand Admiral @Rydia...


(I might be foolish enough to join the Madness as well, but I still have to think it through... I'll say yay or nay in here ;-))
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TheSunderingSorceror
And, TheMaieuticMesmerist


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