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April Madness 2019

alliyah · 2019-04-01T17:51:54Z

APRIL MADNESS Apologies that this is late this year, but it's a YWS tradition - so let's try to keep it going? Sign up if you'd like to join in the madness. (note I'm basically copying the wonderful @Rydia's formatting with some accommodations and dates switched to work with the late sign-up/start) You don't have to be participating in NaPo to sign up to compete - though the poems do have to have been written in April. What is April Madness? 18 Poets 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 in this thread to sign up for one of the places. Sign ups will run until the 5th April . If we have more or less than 16 - round pairings/set-up may be adjusted. Judges @alliyah @fraey @Aley @Meshugenah @LordWolf (please let me know if you would like to help judge, we could take 1 or 2 more possibly - it does not prevent you from taking part. If I added your name and you don't want to be a judge let me know asap.) Contestants 1. @fraey 2. @Aley 3. @ellasnotebook 4. @fishsashimi 5. @niteowl 6. @Querencia 7. @Giginicole17 8. @Liberty500 9. @PenguinAttack 10. @Meshugenah 11. @paperforest 12. @tgirly 13. @TheSilverFox 14. @Audy 15. @Ventomology 16. @Magestorrow 17. @DEA 18. @alliyah *sign-ups are closed* The Rules 1. Poems are to be written in April. 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 CDT on the day of the round. 4. A poet may not use a poem that's been submitted to a previous round. What will the contest look like? Bracket style - you can look at last year's for an example -> April Madness 2018 though it'll look different with the different numbers. I'll make a pretty excel document with the participants listed later - Here's the 16 person bracket model (doesn't include the "loser's bracket" from which will fill the two gray spots) https://i.ibb.co/6rwvdBN/April-Madness-Bracket.png When will each round be? Round One Pairings will be posted April 6th, poems must be posted between April 6 - April 8th 10:00pm CDT - results and next round pairings will be out by April 12th. Rounds Two Poems will be posted between April 13th - 15th 10:00pm CDT - results and next pairings will be posted April 19th. [Those who lost the first round, will also post a poem for Round 2, for a "loser's bracket" and compete against everyone else that lost for a chance to get moved into round 3] Round Three The two competitors from that it make it through the loser's bracket will be moved up for round three along with the 4 remaining competitors. Poems will be posted between April 20th & April 22nd 10:00pm CDT. On April 26th the final 2 remaining poets will be announced. Week Four: Final Round The final two poets will go head to head submitting a poem between April 26th & April 30th 10:00 pm CDT the remaining poets will post their poems - final results will be posted in the first week of May.