[MR] Poetry Competition at Storvik Novice and Unbelt Tourney

[Katherine Hawkins]

Greetings New Poets!
The Poeta Atlantia is sponsoring a competition for Novice Poets working in the art for one
year or less. Poems may be of any length, written about any medieval/SCA or
personal subject matter. Poems must be written in a medieval poetry form. You
must have documentation that states, at a minimum, the medieval poetry form you
have used, including the rhyme scheme or lack thereof. More points will be
awarded if you briefly discuss the use of poetic devices such as alliteration,
assonance, etc. and if you briefly discuss the meter of your poem. It is also
helpful if you include at least a few lines of a medieval poem in the style you
have chosen. Please check out the Poeta Atlantiae site under "Forms" (www.poeta.atlantia.sca.org) for short
form documentation that you can use and a typical judging form that may be of
help in creating your documentation. Feel free to contact me for questions, guidance
or help.  
Youth are welcome to participate.  If there are enough entries, I will have a separate prize for youth.Lady Katarzyna Witkowska
Poeta Atlantiae
Seneschal, Barony of Bright Hills
 "Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history." ~Plato, Ion