6.20 BARDIC AND ARTISANAL CONTESTS
Note: Bardic/Artisanal winners can be seen and entries submitted at:
http://www.lusternia.com/artbard
People of Lusternia! The Lusternian Council of Vesteran Honours do
invite you all to share the power of your creativity and imagination
throughout the land! To honour and acclaim your wisdom and artistry, we
have decided to encourage the fine arts by holding monthly writing and
visual arts contests. The winners of each competition will be ascribed
rank within one of the two orders in our Laureates, as well as receiving a
healthy reward of the currency known as Credits.
As mentioned, two orders are there: the Bardic and the Artisan. The Bardic
sponsors the written word contests, and the Artisan puts forth the funds
to sponsor the visual arts contests.
RULES
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Written Contest entries must
1 - be original works (literature, history, poetry, or philosophy.)
2 - be distinctly Lusternian*, within the proper mythology, culture and
worldview.
Artistic/Artisanal entries must
1 - be completely original artistic works, done by you only.
2 - be distinctly Lusternian.*
3 - not be collages.
4 - cover any subject within that framework (history, portrait, map, etc)
We look for excellence, in writing or artistry.
*NOTE: You may submit one entry each in both the artisanal and bardic
categories in any given month. However, if you do submit in both
categories, you will only be eligible for one award for that month. Both
entries will be judged but if you qualify for awards in both categories,
you will only be given one award (the highest award of the two or one
chosen at the discretion of the judges in the case of a tie).
DISTINCTLY LUSTERNIAN
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- naming a city or guild does not make a work distinctly Lusternian.
- using the name of an Lusternian race is not enough either.
We ask - "Could this entry be anywhere else?" If the answer is yes, then
it's not distinctly Lusternian. This is _very_ important.
Just any old warrior will probably not make it. Just adding the name of a
city or guild doesn't make it uniquely Lusternian. Bewinged Viscanti with
runes on their armour and weapons opening a portal to another plane, or
acting out any Lusternian abilities - this is more likely to be convincing.
PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT AN ARTISANAL OR BARDIC TO MULTIPLE IRE GAMES. THIS WILL RESULT IN IMMEDIATE DISQUALIFICATION.
ORIGINALITY
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Every bit of your piece must be original to qualify. In the case of a
visual piece, an accompanying written explanation of it may be beneficial.
ENTRY SUBMISSION
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All contest entries for the Bardic (written) and Artisanal (visual)
contests must be submitted through the online forms available from
http://www.lusternia.com/artbard/. The name of a character must be
included in the subject line. This character is assumed to have created
the work in-role. This character will be the one to receive any
forthcoming reward.
The contests will be held once a (RL) month. The closing date for each
contest will be midnight GMT on the last day of the month (judged
according to the time the email is received). Contest results will be
announced during the following month under normal circumstances.
FORMATS
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To submit a Bardic work, you must use the online submission page listed
earlier (http://www.lusternia.com/artbard/). The system requires you
to cut and paste your work into the submission form provided. You can add
appropriate formatting after you have pasted into the form, before
clicking on 'Submit.' Remember to fill out all the form fields!
To submit an Artisanal work, you need to use the same submission form. You
may submit .jpg, .gif, animated .gif, or Flash formats. The total size of
your submission must not exceed 400K.
In either case, submitting an entry is a very serious step. When you
submit an entry, you are saying:
- that you were the original creator of the material, and
- that there is no material in your submission that is copyrighted by
anyone else.
If you submit material that you didn't create yourself, or that has been
copyrighted by someone else, your character or characters will be
shrubbed. You will also have BROKEN THE LAW: submitting someone else's
copyrighted material (or any intellectual property) is a violation of US
and International law.
ORIGINAL WORKS ONLY!
REWARDS
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There are 3 levels of success in each contest. One winner, up to three
creditable runners up, and any number of minor merit awards. A character
may only enter once per contest. Success in a bardic contest brings with
it the following rewards:
Winner : 4 points and 200 credits
Runners up : 2 points and 100 credits
Merit : 1 point and 50 credits
The winning (and runner up) stories will be displayed on the Lusternia
website shortly after the prizes have been allocated to the characters who
won.
Each time you hit increments of 4 points in the Bardic or Artisanal
contests, you will gain a new rank in that Order, as well as some credits.
That is in addition to the credits you get for being the winner,
runner-up, or merit contestant (see above).
There are 7 ranks. Your current rank is displayed in your HONOURS. The
rank titles are as follows:
Bardic:
1 - Storyteller - 100 credits
2 - Troubadour - 200 credits
3 - Minstrel - 300 credits
4 - Maestro - 400 credits
5 - Laureate - 500 credits
6 - Master Bard - 600 credits
7 - High Bard - 700 credits
Artisanal:
1 - Sketcher - 100 credits
2 - Engraver - 200 credits
3 - Illustrator - 300 credits
4 - Sculptor - 400 credits
5 - Painter - 500 credits
6 - Artisanal Master - 600 credits
7 - High Master - 700 credits
If you reach the rank, you will start over (skipping apprentice)
so you are able to continue to receive credit rewards for ranks.
Each cycle through the ranks will add a different prefix to your
rank title:
First Cycle: No prefix.
Second Cycle: Superior
Third Cycle: Exalted
Fourth Cycle: Supreme
Fifth Cycle: Divine
Thus, for example, someone on their second cycle would start as a
"Superior Sketcher", then the third cycle would be "Exalted Sketcher",
then "Supreme Sketcher", then "Divine Sketcher".
COPYRIGHT NOTICE
All submitted works of whatever nature become the sole property of Iron
Realms Entertainment, LLC, with all copyright assigned to Iron Realms
Entertainment, LLC.
NOTE: The reason for this is that we wish to be eternally free to display
winning works on our website. If you still have a problem with this,
consider that the only works that will win are ones that have something to
do with Lusternia, and you couldn't sell those anyway. We don't mind you
also posting the art or stories on your website however.
