Literary Contest of the Hall of Knowledge

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The City of the Spider, Crown City of the Second Empire of Armageddon, will be hosting a Literary Contest to fill the Shelves of the City's Library, the Hall o Knowledge. We would like to personally invite all people of Sosaria to participate.

Books concerning the Land of Sosaria, Events of the Past, General Encyclopediae of Knowledge, or Tales of Characters upon the Great Lakes Shard should be written into a Blue Book (Purchased from a Scribe in the Library), and should not exceed the 40 Pages provided by the book. Books should be placed into a pouch, sealed in a Red Leaf, and accompanied by a red book, containing the Author's Name, and a method of reaching the Author.

Her Highness, Velturasa Viaxus, has generously donated 1 Million Gold Pieces for the First Place of the Book Contest, along with several generous prizes for other placements. There is no limit to the number of submissions, but contestants must agree to the public display of their work in the Hall of Knowledge, for an indefinite period of time. Submissions will be accepted until Monday, July 3rd, 2006, and the Winners will be announced on Thursday, July 6th, 2006.


Velturus Viaxus
Chamberlain of the Second Empire of Armageddon
Quar'Valuk del lil Que'llar d'Viaxus
ICQ - 45-392-576

[velturus]

The Literary Contest for the Hall of Matrons has come to an end, and a final decision has been reached concerning the winners. The judging was based on several catagories including: Content, Presentation, Grammer, and Subjective Opinion. I would like to thank the Professor of Literature from the University of Florida (who wishes to remain nameless) for her assistance in determining the winners. The winners, and their titles are:

1st Place: Elric Telamon, "Just a simple mason." *1 Million Gold
2nd Place: Rachel of CFC, "In Search of Brigit." * 500 Thousand Gold
3rd Place: Lady Lava, "Dragons Blood Perfume." * 250 Thousand Gold

All Participants (Including Winners) also recieved a randomly selected quote book from the Britain Library. Thank you all for your submissions.
Most submissions will be on Permanent Display at the Hall of Matrons, in the City of the Spider, located south of the City of Umbra (Through the Cave).