Iron Poet XII

[Vaynor]

Welcome to Iron Poet, Round Twelve!!

Rules

1) Only the first 16 respondants expressing a desire to compete will be the contestants. It IS a first come, first served basis.

2) The contest will consist of a number of rounds pitting 2 randomly determined poets against each other until only one contestant remains (winner).

3) Each matchup will be given a theme, picture, article, subject, or other criteria to write on, and the poem submitted must match this as much as possible. Stricter following of prompts may help you win.

4) The winner as determined by a panel of judges will advance to the next round.

5) In case of a judge or judges not posting judgments in a timely manner, Vaynor will adjudicate and determine the winner.

6) The poems will be limited to 1000 words with a 50 word minimum

7) The entries will be poems. All forms of poetry are acceptable, as long as they meet the required word lengths. If your chosen style is too short, you are free to make two of them, i.e., you may make a limerick with 48 words, then add another limerick, still following the same theme, to reach the required word length.

8) All posted deadlines will given in as much time zones as possible, as labeled.

9) No late entries will be accepted. If you don't post or fail to post by the deadline, you will be disqualified. A 15 minute grace period is allowed. You have one freebie per contest, use it wisely. This allows you to be up to half a day late (12 hours) with your poem (no more).

10) If your entry does not include the article(s) and the picture(s), you will most likely lose because of it, however this will not disqualify your poem, as poems are judged on best use of the prompts.

11) The judgments are final. What the judges decide is how it is.

12) The entries will only include content suitable for the Playground.

13) Anything not clear will be decided by me.

14) The contestants will have 1 week (roughly) from the bracket posting to get their entries posted.

15) Post your poems in spoilers. Judges: do not read poems before the round ends.

16) Feel free to edit the post with your poem in it until the round ends. After that, any additional edits will disqualify you (barring a use of your half-day extension).

17) Judges have 1 week to complete judgments. If not all judges respond by this time, the round will be decided as if the late judges were not a part of it (i.e. if there are 5 judges to begin with and only 3 are on time, the round will be decided with 2 votes as opposed to 3). If there are only an even number of judgments, I will cast the remaining vote.

THE IRON POET HALL OF FAME
1. Ravyn
2. Rubakhin
3. Elvaris
4. Alarra
5. Truemane
6. Devigod
7. Alarra
8. Devigod
9. Alarra
10. Elvaris
11. Rutskarn

Contestants:

1. Leta
2. PhoeKun
3. averagejoe
4. leakingpen
5. Szilard
6. azuyomi244
7. vollmond
8. Alarra
9. Morph Bark
10. CWater
11. The Fiery Tower
12. Worlok
13. Lord Loss
14. Ohmyani
15. Elvaris
16. truemane
    

Judges:

1. Haruki-kun
2. Emlyn
3. Asthix
   

POTENTIAL APPLICANTS FOR THE JUDGE POSITION TAKE NOTE: THESE CONTESTS LAST A LONG TIME AND THIS IS NOT A FLEETING RESPONSIBILITY. IF YOU SIGN UP I EXPECT YOU TO POST JUDGMENTS ON TIME. IF YOU FEEL THAT YOU ARE NO LONGER ABLE TO POST JUDGMENTS, TELL ME. THANK YOU.

[Leta]

I'd like to be a contestant.

[Haruki-kun]

I'd like to judge again.

[PhoeKun]

Expressing interest as a contestant.

I know, holy crap, right?

[averagejoe]

If there's one thing I love doing, it's contesting things. Sign me up, to play.

[leakingpen]

I would like to be a contestant!

[Szilard]

In as a contestant.

Hopefully my internet and/or computer doesn't fail on me this time.

[Vaynor]

If there's one thing I love doing, it's contesting things. Sign me up, to play.

I contest your right to contest.

First post updated, keep 'em coming!

[Azuyomi244]

Sign me up as a contestant!

[Emlyn]

I shall judge again, it was fun.

[Asthix]

I promise to judge next time if I can be a contestant today.

[vollmond]

I would love to be a contestant, though reading through the previous thread intimidates me quite a bit

[Alarra]

I will contestant again.

[Morph Bark]

Of course I'll enter. I mean, why the heck not?

[CWater]

I'd like to be a contestant too...again

[TFT]

Signing up as a contestant.

[Vaynor]

I'd like to be a contestant too...again

Third time's the charm!

Updated the first post, and as of this post we have 4 contestant spots remaining, and 1-3 judging positions.

[Worlok]

Signing up as a contestant. (Phear mah MAD rhymin skillz, yo! )

[Vaynor]

3 more spots, let's keep 'em coming!

[Lord Loss]

Sign me up!

[Ohmyani]

I'd like to try it contesting, if only for the challenge and the lols when I crash and burn

[Morph Bark]

Wow, less than a week and we're already almost full. That's awesome.

[leakingpen]

We just need one more!

[Elvaris]

I'll take that last contestant spot. It's mine! Mine, I tell you!

[leakingpen]

Crap. Remind me not to step on your +3 blue suede shoes of speed.

[Asthix]

I've been thinking and I do want to judge. At this point, it seems like we may get another contestant before a volunteer to judge. (however I will yield to the next volunteer if they do want to judge)

So please move me to the last judges spot. Thanks!

[Vaynor]

Just one more contestant! Let's get this show on the road.

[Morph Bark]

Just one more contestant! Let's get this show on the road.

You know, I never was quite sure about that expression. Why would you want to put on a show in the middle of a road that's in use?

[truemane]

I think I want to play too, this time. So, even though it seems as though Elvaris took the final spot, in fact I shall take the final spot.

*nod*

So declared.

EDIT:

@Morph Bark:
Funny story, I knew a girl who went to uni in the French-speaking part of Canada. And one night she and a friend were drunk and falling down while trying to cross the street and a cranky cop gave her a ticket for (no word of lie): Playing in the Street Without a License.

The thing got tossed when she contested it, but upon hearing the story my first thought was that, in the city of Montreal, if you can a ticket for playing in the street without a license then logically you must be able to acquire a license to play in the street.

Which has since gone on my list of life goals. Along with growing dreadlocks and inviting a group of Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses to my home at the same time.

[Haruki-kun]

WOOT! We're ready!