Iron Poet XXIII

[Vaynor]

Welcome to Iron Poet, Round Twenty-Three!

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
21. truemane
22. Finnlassie

Contestants:

1. Jormengard
2. Lethologica
3. SaintRidley
4. Cuthalion
5. FinnLassie
6. TheExtinguisher
7. Thanqol
8. Elvaris
9. Techwarrior
10. Insane Trystane
11. 3SecondCultist
12. SeptimusFabrius
13. Comrade
14. LordotTrinkets
15. neriractor
16. The Bandicoot

Waiting List:

• Black Socks

Judges:

1. GAAD
2. Szilard
3. Eggel

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.

[Jormengand]

Count me in!

[Lethologica]

Since I make for an extremely...negative judge, I'd like to compete.

[SaintRidley]

Gonna not drop out this time.

[Cuthalion]

I will compete, please!

[FinnLassie]

Well... I'd feel like a fool not competing after winning the last bit.

[The Extinguisher]

I missed competing in the last one by a little bit, so I'm gonna sign up early this time.

[Thanqol]

Oh what the hell, about time I did one of these. Sign me up.

[Elvaris]

I'll write.

[Vaynor]

List updated. Keep 'em coming!

[FinnLassie]

Hey, I'm also participating

[Vaynor]

I don't know what you're talking about.

[FinnLassie]

I don't know what you're talking about.

This is the most perfect quote to put under the already existing one for me, you know, Vaynor.

[Lethologica]

wow
wowww
destroyed

[Techwarrior]

I am here to compete.

[Vaynor]

This is the most perfect quote to put under the already existing one for me, you know, Vaynor.

Oh hush, you.

I am here to compete.

I am here to add your name to the list.

[Insane Trystane]

Huh. This looks like fun! Can I try my hand at writing?

[3SecondCultist]

Put me down as well, please. It's been too long since I gave my poetry a shot.

[Vaynor]

The list is fully up to date, keep them coming! We need 5 more contestants and 3 judges. Tell your friends!

[FinnLassie]

Kind of hoping that we won't get started until the Holidays because I have too much stuff in my hands already, but eh. We needs more people!

[Vaynor]

I'm never too worried about these contests getting started quickly, we keep chugging along regardless.

[GAAD]

All right, sure. Why not.
I look forward to losing to you all.

[Vaynor]

Come on guys, let's keep em coming! Not many more to go before we're done!

[FinnLassie]

We are yearning for some more fresh blo-- I mean, contestants! Come on peeps around the forums, notice uuuuus

[Lethologica]

we need more peeps

also vaaaaaaynoooooor i can't pm you when your inbox is fulllllllll D:

(i sent it to alarra so don't worry i'm just teasing)

[Comrade]

I've never done one of these and am a bit apprehensive at the notion, but I guess a little stepping out of one's comfort zone does a body good, so count me in.

[Thanqol]

Hey it's been two months, ya'll want to run this with less than the full amount or what?

[FinnLassie]

We would still need judges...

[Vaynor]

If people want to switch to being a judge and/or drop out then we could run it with fewer, but at this moment we're kinda just stuck with waiting.

[Lethologica]

let us wait at the top