[MR] Atlantian Book of Verse 2012 - Deadline Extension

[Katherine Hawkins]

After talking with many of the poets who are working on submissions for the Book of Verse, I am extending the deadline for the project to December 1, 2012.  I hope to have an entry from every branch in the Kingdom.  If your branch is currently not working on a submission, consider writing and submitting your poem.  The rules are listed below.  Please note I am expanding the subject matter of the poems for your ease.  There will be a prize for the best poem in the Medieval Person, Place or Event Category and a prize for the best poem in the SCA Person, Place or Event Category.  There will also be a prize for the best poem submitted by a child age 12 and under.  If your poem has previously won a prize from me, it will not be eligible again; however, I would still like to publish it.
 
I am also looking for submission from any previous Poetas.  Please let me know if you will be able to submit a poem.

Lady Katarzyna Witkowska
Poeta Atlantiae
Seneschal, Barony of Bright Hills
 "Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history." ~Plato, Ion
Here are the rules:

The poems should be written in a period style.The subject may be any medieval person, place or event OR AN SCA PERSON, PLACE OR EVENT.The poet is introducing us to that person, place or event in verse.Poems should be no longer than will fit on two 8 ½ x 11 sheets.Please keep a 2" border on the left to allow for binding.The page should include the title of the poem, and the author’s name and branch. Please use a lightweight paper to make binding easier. 
Once you have selected your poet and poem, have the poet, or a scribe, produce the poem in calligraphy (using a lightweight paper to make binding easier) that suits the time period and provide illumination for the work.Illumination does not have to fill the entire border but should be appropriate to the subject of the poem. The work should then be sent to me with a separate page indicating the name of the poet, branch, calligrapher and illuminator so these can be listed in the index.
The poems will be made into a book and sold around Atlantia as a fundraiser for the Kingdom Travel Fund.The original pages will be bound in a book and presented to our Prince and Princess upon the occasion of their coronation.A standard release waiver will need to be signed by the poet and scribe.  The waiver can be found at  http://chronicler.atlantia.sca.org/forms/index.htm
The deadline to submit poems is December 1, 2012.  You can send it to Unevent with someone from your Branch.