Iron Poet XXI

[Vaynor]

Welcome to Iron Poet, Round Twenty-one!

Rules

1) Only the first 16 respondents 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 match-up 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. Prompts that are words may be interpreted in any way (and any form of the word can be used), but keep in mind the judge may not see the connection if it's too ambiguous.

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, e.g. 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. If the first round has 16 contestants, the time for judgments to be posted will be increased to two weeks.

18) At the end of each contest, everyone still reading the thread will be able to anonymously vote on their favorite poem of the entire contest (encompassing all rounds). The poem with the most votes will win the "Best of Show" award!

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
12. Alarra
13. averagejoe
14. Asthix
15. truemane
16. Techwarrior
17. Halberd
18. Alarra
19. Dr Bwaa
20. The Extinguisher

Contestants:

1. Benthesquid
2. FinnLassie
3. Slayerofundead
4. SeptimusFabrius
5. Duck999
6. Cuthalion
7. PhoeKun
8. CWater
9. leakingpen
10. Garwain
11. SaintRidley
12. jolus
13. Mr Tumnus
14. TFT
15. truemane
16. The Extinguisher

Judges:

1. Dr Bwaa
2. TheWombatOfDoom
3. Vaynor

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.

[Benthesquid]

I'll toss my hat back in as a contender.

[FinnLassie]

I'll be up for being a contestant.

[Dallas-Dakota]

In, to try and beat Finnlassie. And most likely fail.

[FinnLassie]

In, to try and beat Finnlassie. And most likely fail.

Is that really your thriving force?

[Duck999]

I'll try, and maybe I will do better.

[Cuthalion]

I shall play to beat Finn here as well, methinks.

[PhoeKun]

I don't expect very much to come of this, but please mark me down as a contestant.

[Dallas-Dakota]

Is that really your thriving force?

More of a thrusting force.

[CWater]

I'd like to compete this time.

[FinnLassie]

More of a thrusting force.

I... I'm really concerned by this sentence because I feel like I've misunderstood something

[TheWombatOfDoom]

I think I might just stay in the audience this round...

[leakingpen]

I would like to compete if there is still room. Thank you.


Lassie, the fact that it worries you means you probably got it JUST right.

[Dr Bwaa]

I will gladly judge again, if you'll have me.

[Vaynor]

The first post is up to date, and we still need 7 more competitors and 2 more judges. Let's get this contest started, just need a few more!

[Garwain]

I'm in as a contestant this time.

[Vaynor]

Come on guys, let's get this going!

[SaintRidley]

This semester might be conducive to participating again, so in to compete. I have some complex verse styles I'd like to try out.

[jolus]

I'd love to take part as contestant. Count me in.

[Mr Tumnus]

Sure, why not. Lets give it a try.

[FinnLassie]

Just three more contestants and a couple of judges, and we can get on writing!

[TheWombatOfDoom]

Maybe I should give judging a try?

[TFT]

I'll sign up as a poet. Hopefully the fact I'm writing poems in my creative writing class too means there's no way I can miss one of these.

[Vaynor]

Maybe one of us should make a post in the RB thread about it, see if we can attract some aspiring poets. Surely there're a couple around?

That's a good idea, would you mind doing that? We just need two more contestants and a judge.

Maybe I should give judging a try?

Does that mean you'll judge, or that you're thinking about it?

[TheWombatOfDoom]

That's a good idea, would you mind doing that? We just need two more contestants and a judge.



Does that mean you'll judge, or that you're thinking about it?

Eh what the heck. I'll judge.

[truemane]

I'll compete. It's been a while. :)

[Vaynor]

We just need one more contestant, then. I can fill in for the third judging position.

[The Extinguisher]

Ah, I'm in. I didn't want to go this round, cause I've got a lot of other things to do in February, but this might actually help get that done so I'll compete.

[Dallas-Dakota]

I'm going to have to cancel. I'm sorry, I don't think I can give this the time it will need.

[Slayerofundead]

If there is room. I will attempt to sweep up my competition with a broom.