April Madness 2021

keystrings · 2021-03-12T23:05:20Z

APRIL MADNESS Hello everyone! I hope you're enjoying 2021 and are excited to join us in April Madness! This is a traditional competition that has been occuring on YWS for a few years now. Sign-ups are open! Please sign-up by April 4th, as groupings will be announced on April 5th. What is April Madness? Poets face off to determine who the best YWS poet for this year, through a series of rounds by submitting poems to be tested against the poems of their opponents! The Competitors Please leave a message in this thread if you would like to sign up! 1. @hannah0528 2. @LUNARGIRL 3. @Yoshikrab 4. @TheScribe 5. @Charm 6. @Magebird 7. @rida 8. @starlitmind 9. @chikara 10. @Spearmint 11. @alliyah 12. @veeren 13. @Lavvie 14. @Rydia 15. @charlie4152 16. @MapleWay 17. @looseleaf 18. @ChrisCalaid 19. @ForeverYoung299 20. @Buranko 21. @fortis The Judges @EditorAndPerks, @Meshugenah, @whatchamacallit, @HJYoung @ChrisCalaid (if you would like to judge please let me know! Judges can still participate. ^^) The Rules 1. All poems must be written in April. 2. Poems can be written in any genre or length. 3. Poems must be submitted on this thread (either the poem or a link to it) by the deadline for each round. If there is a conflict, please inform the judges as soon as possible. If necessary, please submit early and simply leave an "EDIT" in the submission to inform the judges that the poem has been edited. 4. Poems may not be reused from previous rounds, unless it's a poem used for the final round. What will the contest look like? This will be a bracket-formed competition, as viewed here. Last year's April Madness can be seen here as an example! When will each round be? Round One Pairings will be announced April 5th, while poems must be posted by 04/10/2021 05:00 GMT - results alongside the next round pairings will be announced on April 12th. Round Two Poems must be posted by 04/17/2021 05:00 GMT - results alongside the next round pairings will be announced on April 19th. The poets who lost the first round will also write a poem for Round 2, for the "redemption bracket" and compete against each other for a spot in the next round. Round Three The two winners of the "redemption bracket" will be added into the last two groups for the third round. Poems must be posted by 04/24/2021 05:00 GMT - results alongside the next round pairing will be announced by April 26th. Round Four For the final round, the last two poets will compete directly against each other, by submitting a poem by 05/01/2021 05:00 GMT . Final results will be announced by May 3rd.

yoshikrab

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Tue Apr 27, 2021 1:27 pm

yoshikrab says... · Tue Apr 27, 2021 1:27 pm

yes both of them are mucho talented

guys cue the intense battle music

THE TENSION

THE BUILD-UP

AHHHHHHHHHHHH

they told me to never give up on my dreams.

so i took another nap

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HJYoung

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Reviews 26

Tue Apr 27, 2021 2:16 pm

HJYoung says... · Tue Apr 27, 2021 2:16 pm

The suspense wracks the entirety of YWS...

“I stand above this all. For with every virgin kingdom, there is always an august king.”

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starlitmind

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Reviews 465

Sat May 01, 2021 1:21 am

starlitmind says... · Sat May 01, 2021 1:21 am

CHI!!!!! <3 the loveliest poet in all the lands c: YOU ARE WONDERFUL AHHHHHHHHHHHHH <333333

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oof okay so I saved this for the very last minute because I thought I was going to write a new poem, but I just don't have time at all :((((( so I'll just use my first poem I put in, if that's okay! I know the rules allow it xD BUT I STILL FEEL GUILTY FOR SOME REASON HAHA

thank you all for taking the time to organize and get this all set up, I super appreciate it :) it was very fun, and I loved getting to read everyone's poetry <3 AND CHI IS SUCH AN AMAZING POET HEHEHEHEHEHEE LIKE I'M SO ECSTATIC, AND YOUR POEMS ARE GPORUGEOUS

okie I am done

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keystrings

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Reviews 417

Mon May 03, 2021 5:12 pm

keystrings says... · Mon May 03, 2021 5:12 pm

APRIL MADNESS

FINAL ROUND RESULTS

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@starlitmind @chikara

Hi everyone to the fourth and last round of April Madness. After careful voting from our judges, the winner is:

starlitmind!

Congrats to starlitmind and chikara ^^ You both had wonderful poems.

Thank you all for particpating in this year's April Madness -- I hope you all had fun and I know I had fun being able to read all your poetry. c: <3

Until next year!

name: key/string/perks
pronouns: she/her/hers and they/them/theirs

novel: dream-ish (camp novmo '25)

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