Okay, I have the theme and provisional rules set up for the May contest--which gives me a bit of time to fine tune them
In working them out, though, it did make me realize I probably need to give a bit of a heads-up on how the contest(s) will transition from April to May. The
nominal deadline for the April contest is April 30th at 11:59pm EDT. This is a Tuesday, however, and I will be at work. Month end is usually busier than normal, and the end of a Quarter is usually even busier than that.
I will close the contest thread while I gather the eligible entries--the closing of the thread will mark the official end of VAPRIL FOOLS.
If you try to post a picture at 12:27 Eastern,
and you can, then it will still count. When I reopen the thread, the rules for the May contest will be posted, the link in the first post will point to them, and the May contest will have officially started. If you post an entry for the April contest
after the rules for the May contest have been put up it will be too late (unless it qualifies for the May contest).
TLDR:
The April contest will end 30 April sometime between midnight Eastern and midnight Pacific (4-7am UTC/GMT) when the contest thread is closed/locked.
The May contest will begin at some point on May first when the contest thread is re-opened with the May rules posted.