What is April Madness?
18 Poets (possibly more or less depending on demand) 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 and if we get enough of these, we may expand the contest. Even if not, all replacement poets will submit a poem during round one. Should any contestant fail to submit their poem, you will then face their opponent instead.
Sign ups will run until the 31st March but if we don't have 18 by then, they will be extended through the duration of round one. Anyone joining after the 31st March should post a poem regardless of whether they have been assigned a rival yet. Rivals will be assigned on the 1st April.
Judges
1. Rydia
2. Karzkin
3. Via
I am looking for 2/3 fellow judges so please sign up below. Judges can take part in the contest and are encouraged to do so but will be placed in opposite heats where possible and will not be allowed to judge any match they are involved in.
Contestants
1. Rydia
2. Lumi
3. Widdershins
4. Birkhoff
5. niteowl
6. Iggy
7. PenguinAttack
8. Meshugenah
9. Strange
10. Firestarter
11. Audy
12. Aley
13. LadySpark
14. pretzelsing
15. HighTop
16. Karzkin
17. Via
18. Pocket
Reserves:
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The Rules
1. Poems are to be written no more than four 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 previous rounds or one not submitted before.
What will the contest look like?
The 18 people contest will look like this: Click here.
When will each round be?
Week One
Poems to be posted by the 4th April 10:00pm GMT. They must not have been written earlier then the 1st April. Results and next round pairings will be announced on the 7th by 10:00pm GMT.
Week Two
Poems to be posted by the 10th April 10:00pm GMT. They must not have been written earlier than the 7th April. The first round of the loser's heat will occur at the same time. Results will be posted on the 14th by 10:00pm GMT.
Those who make it through to round two of the loser's heat will post a second poem by the 17th April which must not have been written before the 14th April. Results and next pairings will be announced on the 21st by 10:00pm GMT.
Week Three
The four remaining poets will post a poem between the 21st and 24th April 10:00pm GMT. This poem can have been written any time during April 2015. The results and next pairings will be announced on the 27th April by 10:00pm GMT.
The two semi finalists will post their poem between the 27th and 30th April 10:00pm GMT. This poem can have been written any time during April 2015. The final results will be announced on the 3rd May.
Gender:
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