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April Madness 2024



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Fri Mar 15, 2024 2:04 pm
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Quillfeather says...



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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 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 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 And the final two contestants will be announced on April 21

Round Four: This is the final round. Submissions are due by and the winner of April madness will be announced on April 28th and badges will be awarded

We are very excited to see your poems!
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Am now: Quillfeather

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Fri Mar 15, 2024 3:23 pm
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herbalhour says...



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WeepingWisteria says...



I’d like to sign up ^^
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“Hi Omni can I request wist get the role mom friend :]" ~winter
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CapybarasAndCoffee says...



ill sign up
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sign me up :D
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hush, my sweet
these tornadoes are for you


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niteowl says...



I’m in. Time to defend my title to the death!
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me!
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Willard says...



me :)

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Yesss sign me up please!
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Ooh yes this sounds like so much fun!!
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Hijinks says...



Sign me up!
When you're faced with something you don't understand, I think the most natural thing but also least interesting thing you can be is afraid.

-- Hank Green

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Spearmint says...



me too please! :3
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Voidsoul says...



I'll join, why not :D
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