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Below you'll find the preview for the Canada Prize Finals. To get right into the articles, go to the following links:

Dade Pendwyn's Article: http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/the-life-and-death-of-an-erepublikan-795296/1/20

Voting for Dade Pendwyn's Article: http://ecanada.forumotion.com/off-topic-f4/dade-pendwyn-cp-entry-people-s-choice-poll-t2390.htm

Vincent Chaotic's Article: http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/-cp-entry-finalist-the-evolution-of-a-constitution-795237/1/20

Voting for Vincent Chaotic's Article: http://ecanada.forumotion.com/off-topic-f4/vincent-chaotic-cp-entry-people-s-choice-poll-t2389.htm

Voting details:
Here is your chance to participate in the Canada Prize Tournament. The Battle Royale between Vincent Chaotic and Dade Pendwyn is on! We need your help deciding who takes top prize in the final round. The People's Choice Poll results will be counted as 1 judge among a panel of 5 others. Scores will be collected and published in The Guild Quill and in each competitor's article comments.

Polling ends Sunday, May 10th at 16:00 eRep time. Don't miss out!

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The final match of the Canadian Prize for Literary Excellence will launch in the next 24 hours. Before each talented writer puts their articles into the battle of wits and words, we’d like to present you with a closer look at each contender.

In one corner, we have Dade “The Dude” Pendwyn: a leading eCanada journalist, a winner of many Best Article Awards, and his very own “mini” Media Mogul title (SPAMM Tournament), and founding member of the Writers Guild of Canada. Born 31.01.2009 - Day 438 of the New World, weighing in at 30 articles, 205 subscriptions, "The Dude" appears to be the favoured as the heavyweight. Dade entered as a tournament seed in the third round, scoring an average of 91% across 3 matches (273/300).

In the other corner, we have Vincent “Kid Chaos” Chaotic: Congress' advocate for the underdog, a champion of provincial rights, and founder of the SCOTIA Organization. Born 30.06.2008 - Day 223 of the New World, weighing in at 10 articles and 36 subscriptions, welterweight “Kid Chaos” looks to be the underdog of the match. He fought through an impressive 5 rounds to earn a total of 337 points out of a possible 400, making 84% his average point spread.

Keeping those stats in mind, let’s see what our tournament finalists have to say to the viewing public. Earlier this week, Plugson sat down with “The Dude” and “Kid Chaos” for an upclose talk.

Plugson: How have you felt entering into previous matches of the Canada Prize tournament? Was there any opponent you felt particularly daunted by? What do you feel was your greatest win or article so far?

The Dude: I always felt I could lose any of my matches, and each opponent proposed a separate challenge. My favorite article so far was definitely "The Poster". I haven't tried creative or fiction writing since I was a teenager, and it was a lot of fun to do.

Kid Chaos: I was kind of uneasy about entering the contest. I felt like just another body to fill space, especially among some of the great literary talents of eCanada. I think I am a good writer, and I enjoy the beauty and the flow of words, but rarely do I have a chance or the motivation to find a topic on which I can write. There's only so many histories, interviews, biographies, and slanderous political attack ads you can read before you say "it's been done."

As for opponents: oh hells yes. I was quite daunted by my literary battle with Banach. I mean there are some damn fine writers in eCanada, but this guy is a freaking legend! Banach was one of the top two media moguls in the world before I even signed up, and when I learned I had to face him I had to resist the urge to return to the fetal position. I completely attribute my win over him to luck, divine intervention, or some sort of voodoo hex.

I am a fan of my Watchmen article, but that was merely an articulation of parallels that I was already beginning to see. A good article will make you laugh, cry, or think, and the best ones will make you do all three. I think my best work was my article on Choosing your Political Family, because it made me take a deep introspective look at my own political affiliation. I started to look at my arguments, and soon began to realize that I needed to suit my actions to my words.

Plugson: How do you feel facing Vincent in the upcoming match? What words do you have for your opponent before facing him?

The Dude: I never would have thought that if I made it to the finals I'd be up against Vincent Chaotic. In fact, I had absolutely no idea who he was before this tournament, so I guess we can say it's a success for no other reason than we were able to dig up some hidden gems like VC. I'm sure Vincent is going to come up with something fairly epic, so I'll have to have my wits about me. All I want him to know is that I'm coming for you man. My style is impetuous. My defense is impregnable, and I'm just ferocious. I want your heart. Praise to Allah! And good luck.

Kid Chaos: I feel a little off in squaring off with Dade. He has been the one who has kept me updated on the status of the CP Entry Contest thus far; so competing directly with him is kind of like being a 2nd year University student who is forced to debate his professor in front of a studio audience. What words do I have for him? Toast, boots, pickle, animal husbandry... no wait, I'll hold onto those last two. I might need them for later. But most of all I suppose I'd say "Thank you for everything and good luck."

Plugson: In your newspaper publishing career, you’ve had a fairly wide variety of approaches ranging from sly eRep satire to recent serious-minded economic analysis. The same eclectic approach is true for your CP entries. Have you found your stride or should eCanadians be prepared for a surprise in the upcoming match?

The Dude: I doubt I'll ever find a "stride". I'm definitely happy with most of the stuff I'm producing, but I want to keep my readers on my toes - it's exciting for me, and for them (I hope). Unfortunately, good ideas can't be synthesized, and waiting for an idea to pop in your head can be an excruciating process, especially when you're of an inherently distractable nature. I'll do my best to come up with something exciting for the finals - I think it's owed to the faithful followers of the contest to have a big finish.

Plugson: Vincent, your newspaper publishing career is not as established as your opponent, Dade Pendwyn. However, the quality of what has been published is impressive when considering the quantity. Since your writing rivals that of any other well recognised eCanadian writer, do you have any plans to pursue journalism in eRep?

Kid Chaos: I of course plan to continue my fundraising on behalf of the SCOTIA Organization, though that is on a more personal, one on one level. I will also continue my NS Congressional Updates to keep my constituants informed of what their representatives are doing. I suppose I might like to contribute to the Wiki project, maybe interview prominant eCanadians and write biographies for the wiki and the university. Maybe I might lead a campaign to badger the Admins into giving Alberta some oil and Nunavut/Quebec some REAL Iron deposits. I’d like to finish by saying that any prize money I receive from this contest will be injected straight into SCOTIA Organization to help fund Defense Systems and Hospitals for have-not provinces.”

Plugson: Thank you for sharing your thoughts on CP and your competitor. You’ve both fought hard to reach this point in the tournament. We hope the CP’s conclusion and the entire process will be an important milestone in eCanada. Shake hands, keep it clean and free of grammatical gouging and prosodic lowblows. Let’s see each of you put up a good fight.

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With the CP final about to start, it’s hard to know what these two competitors will come up with. Despite having two monumental rounds under his belt, Vincent Chaotic is still the underdog. He’s made a name for himself with epic-style articles with in-depth research - will we see another of this nature, or will he venture to new ground? Dade Pendwyn seems to be the jack-of-all-trades in the journalism business, doing everything from satire to economics to fiction. Will he be able to put out one more surprise to guarantee he takes the top prize, or has he painted himself into a corner too soon? Watch the news listings as The Scarlet Letter and The Canadian Conduit duke it out for votes, fame, and a tidy sum of gold - 15 Gs.