<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yiv2291340099"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431537286695_6832"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431537286695_6831" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div><span></span></div><div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431537286695_6871"> </div><div id="yiv6014740481yui_3_16_0_1_1430746617263_2353">Novice poets,</div><div id="yiv6014740481yui_3_16_0_1_1430746617263_2390"><br></div><div id="yiv6014740481yui_3_16_0_1_1430746617263_2389">Please don't forget about the Novice Poetry Competition being held this Saturday, May 16, at the Storvik Novice event! You do not have to be present to win. The only requirement is that you are a new poet to the SCA. You can email your poems to me at <a id="yiv6014740481yui_3_16_0_1_1430746617263_2436" href="mailto:poeta@atlantia.sca.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:poeta@atlantia.sca.org"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431537286695_6847" color="#0066cc">poeta@atlantia.sca.org</font></a> no later than Thursday, May 14th.</div><div id="yiv6014740481yui_3_16_0_1_1430746617263_2435"><font color="#0066cc"><br></font></div><div id="yiv6014740481yui_3_16_0_1_1430746617263_2432" dir="ltr">The theme is "Threads of Gold" in honor of the SCA's 50th Anniversary. Your "threads" may be woven in any way you desire. Are they through friendships, fellowship, archery, fighting, etc.? </div><div id="yiv6014740481yui_3_16_0_1_1430746617263_2433" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yiv6014740481yui_3_16_0_1_1430746617263_2434" dir="ltr">I hope to receive your entries or see you at the event.</div><div id="yiv6014740481yui_3_16_0_1_1430746617263_2481" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yiv6014740481yui_3_16_0_1_1430746617263_2482" dir="ltr">All my best,</div><div id="yiv6014740481yui_3_16_0_1_1430746617263_2483" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yiv6014740481yui_3_16_0_1_1430746617263_2484" dir="ltr">Lady Katarzyna Witkowska</div><div id="yiv6014740481yui_3_16_0_1_1430746617263_2485" dir="ltr">Poeta Atlantiae</div><div class="yiv2291340099signature" id="yiv2291340099yui_3_16_0_1_1431537286695_2860"><div id="yiv2291340099yui_3_16_0_1_1431537286695_2880"><font id="yiv2291340099yui_3_16_0_1_1431537286695_2879" size="2"><div id="yiv2291340099yui_3_16_0_1_1431537286695_2878"><font face="garamond, new york, times, serif" size="3"><var id="yiv2291340099yui-ie-cursor"></var></font> </div></font></div><div id="yiv2291340099yui_3_16_0_1_1431537286695_2859"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431537286695_6846" face="garamond, new york, times, serif" size="3"> </font></div><div id="yiv2291340099yui_3_16_0_1_1431537286695_2884"><font id="yiv2291340099yui_3_16_0_1_1431537286695_2883" face="garamond, new york, times, serif" size="3"><div id="yiv2291340099yui_3_16_0_1_1431537286695_2882"><div class="yiv2291340099MsoBodyText" id="yiv2291340099yui_3_16_0_1_1431537286695_2881" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431537286695_6830" style='font-family: "Georgia", "serif";'>"Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history." ~Plato, <i>Ion</i></span></div><font face="Times New Roman"></font></div></font></div><div><font size="2"></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>