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



Judges and Scoring:

^fllnthblnk, ^LadyLincoln, ^SparrowSong, and ^StJoan judged the pieces based on the amount of improvement, as well as by the quality of the finished piece. Scoring was done on a points system. Each of the four judges chose a first, second, and third place winner. Each choice for first received three points, each choice for second received two, and each choice for third place received one point. The piece that received the most points came first, the piece that received the second highest came second, and the piece with the third highest came third.

We had 16 participants altogether. Judging was difficult, and close.


The Winners!

Third Place:

*Tuttlebird

Original: [link]
Revised: [link]

*Tuttlebird wins:

1 month sub
dA print mug of your choice
classic book from =bekkia
journal features from:
the Lit GMs
*IrrevocableFate
~caveatLECTOR


Second place:

`demonlight

Original: [link]
Revised: [link]

`demonlight wins:

3 month sub
Fella plushie or balls... stress balls that is!
classic book from =bekkia
journal features from:
the Lit GMs
*IrrevocableFate
~caveatLECTOR


First place:

=Anavah

Original: [link]
Revised: [link]

=Anavah wins:

1 year sub
devWear
classic book from =bekkia
journal features from:
the Lit GMs
*IrrevocableFate
~caveatLECTOR


Congratulations to our winners and thank you to all our entrants.