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I am embarrassed to admit that I actually put up the April SOTM Voting thread a week early. The idea is that with each SOTM we have 4 different winning entries to choose from as the "best of the month". However, I failed to remember that they're usually put up on the first week of the following month. Case in point, I should have waited to put the April SOTM Voting thread on the 1st of May. So to give you guys a better idea of what to expect in the month that follows, this is what you should be seeing for the next couple weeks:

May 1st
SOTW #177 Voting ENDS
April SOTM 2012 Voting ENDS (when it should have begun)
SOTW #178th “Freestyle” Voting DELAYED FOR ONE WEEK

May 7th (switching to Monday instead of Tuesday)
SOTW 178th “Freestyle” Voting BEGINS
SOTW 179th Theme & Entry

May 14th
SOTW # 178th “Freestyle” Voting ENDS
SOTW #179th Voting BEGINS
SOTW #180 Theme & Entry

May 21st
SOTW #179th Voting ENDS
SOTW #180 Voting BEGINS
SOTW #181 Theme & Entry

May 28th
SOTW #180 Voting ENDS
SOTW #181 Voting BEGINS
SOTW #182 Theme & Entry

June 4th
SOTW #181 Voting ENDS
SOTW #182 Voting BEGINS
SOTW #183 Theme & Entry
May SOTM Voting BEGINS (SOTW 177, 178, 179, 180)

That being said, if you've already submitted an entry for the upcoming Freestyle SOTW, consider May 1st through the 6th as your "spring break" when it comes to designing signatures on a weekly-basis for the SOTW competitions. Otherwise, feel free to use that week to submit your entry.