[MR] Poetry Events at Pennsic Including Known World Poetic Challenge (long)

[Suzanne Metzler]

Hi all!

(Last post really).  This is just to remind everyone that Atlantia is 
sponsoring the 3rd Annual Known World Poetic Challenge again this year at 
Pennsic. This is a written only competition and you do not even have to 
attend Pennsic to enter.  Not only does the winner get a prize, but the 
kingdom with the most entrants gets a prize as well.  3 copies of the 
entries and documentation must be delivered to A&S Point by Wed. 8/15 10 
a.m.  There will be a reception on Thursday from 5-7 at A&S 3 where you can 
view the entries, meet the judges and entrants and for the award of prizes.  
Hope you will all come support the poets of Atlantia and the poetic arts!  
(details for entries at the end of this message) If you have questions, 
contact me up until this Friday at tehair at hotmail.com.  You can also see the 
Atlantian Poetry website for more details http://poetry.atlantia.sca.org

Wed. Aug 15 (against the Children's Fete) is Poetry, Short Scenes and 
Storytelling oat the Performing Arts Tent. from 1PM to 5PM .  This is a 
chance to listen, display, perform and receive comments on your past and 
current pieces.  Refreshments will be served.  Please contact Alan Fairfax 
at Alan.Terlep at pfizer.com for more details or see the Atlantian Poetry 
Website http://poetry.atlantia.sca.org.

Thursday 8/16 from 1-5 the Pennsic Theatre will host an exhibition of the 
Bardic Arts (Song, Story, Poetry relevant to the culture of the Society). 
Any gentles interested in participating should contact Lord Garraed 
Galbraith at talisman at freespace.net. Please note
that we will be attempting to showcase as many original works as possible, 
so please include a description of your entry/ies in your email.

Come support the poetic arts at Pennsic!  Please feel free to post this 
message as widely as possible since we would like a good turnout for these 
activities!

Tehair
tehair at hotmail.com

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Known World Poetic Challenge at Pennsic XXX sponsored by Kingdom of  
Atlantia

             To all the Poets of the Known World:

In this thirtieth year of the Pennsic War, let us see which kingdom is home 
to the best Poet and the most poets in the Known World.  To determine this 
in a fair  manner, Atlantia has provided the following challenge:  let the  
kingdoms of the  known world put forward the single best original piece of 
verse of each of its poets in any period poetic form (pre-1700) on the theme 
of "an encomium (in praise of) or  a vituperation (censure) of a SCAdian, 
legendary, biblical or historical figure."

             Poems limited to ten (10) pages or 5000 words. Fragments of 
larger works may be entered, but the fragment must be cohesive and 
self-sufficient.  Documentation required but shall not exceed five (5) pages 
(but additional pages for bibliographies, footnotes and attachments of 
portions of period poems is permissible).  Submit 3 copies of the poem and 3 
copies of the documentation/attachments (without your name on them) with the 
registration form by 10 a.m. on Wed 8/15 at A&S point.  Entries which do not 
have the correct number of copies of poems and documentation or fail to 
maintain anonymity shall be disqualified. Only one entry per person. 
Multiple entries may be from the same  kingdom.  You do not have to be at 
Pennsic to enter.  There will be a prize for the overall winner of the 
Challenge. There will also be a prize for the Kingdom who has the most poets 
submit entries as well.  Though this is a written competition only, all 
entrants are invited to attend Thursday 8/16 from 5-7 p.m. at A&S3 to read 
their poems to an audience, meet the judges and other entrants and for the 
awarding of the prizes.

Questions: contact Lady Tehair MacDiarmada (Sue Metzler) at Camp Greenwood 
on Wye E18.

Entries will be judged on:  (i) use of period imagery, (ii) use of period 
style and conventions, (iii) complexity of the piece, (iv) documentation, 
(v) entertainment value, (vi) ability to stay within the guidelines set for 
the competition, (vii) poem's appropriateness to the theme, and (ix) overall 
impression.  The poem itself and its documentation will be weighed equally, 
but in the event of a tie the entry with the highest score in its 
documentation will prevail.

Examples of encomiums (though not all in verse): Christine de Pisan's Book 
of the City of Ladies (an encomium of famous ladies) or the satirical poetry 
of Judah-al-Harizi (containing bitter jibes at the notables encountered 
during his many travels), and Boccaccio's De Mulieribus Claris (biographies 
of famous women has both encomiums and vituperations).

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