What better way to celebrate the aftermath of NaPoWriMo and the beginning of Critique Week than to have a contest focusing on the next step in the writing process?

The April Showers, May Flowers contest focuses on revision, turning dreary poems into polished works of art. We want you to pick any poem you’ve submitted to dA before April 30th, polish it up, and submit it as a new deviation.

Rules!
To enter you MUST:

-Send a note with ‘April Showers, May Flowers’ as the subject to all four literature GMs (^fllnthblnk, ^LadyLincoln, ^SparrowSong, and ^StJoan ).

-The note should contain a link to the original deviation and a link to the revision.

-The original may be kept in Scraps if you’d rather not have it in your gallery, but both links must remain working through the duration of the contest for the entry to be eligible, so don’t move the piece after you submit it to the contest.

-One entry per person.

-Entries must be received on or by 11:59 EST (-5 GMT) on May 31st, with results announced soon afterward.



Judges:
^fllnthblnk
^LadyLincoln
^SparrowSong
^StJoan.


Criteria:
Judging will be based on the amount of improvement, as well as by the quality of the finished piece, so choose your entry wisely. A piece that was good to begin with may end up great, but a piece that went from bad to pretty good may impress the judges through how much it improved.

Prizes:

First Prize:
1 year sub
devWear
classic book from =bekkia
journal features from--
^SparrowSong
^fllnthblnk
^LadyLincoln
^StJoan
*IrrevocableFate
~caveatLECTOR

Second Prize:
3 month sub
Fella plushie or stress balls
classic book from =bekkia
journal features from--
^SparrowSong
^fllnthblnk
^LadyLincoln
^StJoan
*IrrevocableFate
~caveatLECTOR

Third Prize:
1 month sub
dA print mug of your choice
classic book from =bekkia
journal features from--
^SparrowSong
^fllnthblnk
^LadyLincoln
^StJoan
*IrrevocableFate
~caveatLECTOR

(if you would like to donate any other prizes please note ^StJoan!)

Ready? Set? GO!