Esteemed and mighty warriors of Faeo! I bring a message from the Gods!

You have proven yourselves in battle countless times. You have repelled the angry beasts of Chaos. You have helped preserve Faeo's purity! A long history winds away into the distance behind us, a history passed on by word of mouth, by bards and minstrels, with their whistles and gusles, their songs and poems...

Now, it is time to write some of these stories down for eternity, so that future generations may know our struggles and the lessons we have learned, so they, too, do not have to suffer as we have. Such noble work will not, of course, go unrewarded, with the Gods promising showers of gold for the best chronicles of our times, which will also be preserved for posterity on beautifully crafted manuscripts, with the finest Golden Habus ink, in our library.

Humans and Magmars are called upon to make their contributions. The judging panel will consist of Reggie Chiefstan the Illiterate, Bacik the Stuttering, Nosf Vic Hic, Zarky Warky, Weiss the Blue Birds, Pandrik the Wise and Flavviy the Wise.

Stories must be 800-1000 words; poems must be at least 15 verses in length. They must be about a clan, a player, or the Faean world in general, maintaining the style of fantasy and roleplay. All entries must be in English, but content is the most important factor, so don't worry too much if you're English isn't perfect. So long as it's readable and the ideas are there, it will still have a chance!

There will be three prizes in the categories of Story-telling and Poetry for each race. Please submit stories here and poems here.

The deadline for submission is Tuesday 10th March 2009, after which the judges will consider the entries and announce the winners when a decision has been made.

Entries must be original. Any plagarised entries will be disqualified.

Prizes:
1st prize: 40 gold, Assassin's Battle Axe, Celebration Punch
2nd prize: 15 gold, 3 green Demon Cubes, Celebration Punch
3rd prize: 5 gold, a soft toy of your choice, Celebration Punch

UPDATE:
The winners of the poetry competition are as follows:

Magmars
1st: wraith_chaser
2nd: Balcanicus
3rd: Armin

Humans
1st: Dracoman666
2nd: TANGOO
3rd: ArgonTheHooded
Special mention: Eyne and Moonshyn

Congratulations!

All winning entries can be seen here!
Thank you all for your many excellent entries! It was tough choosing the winners.

We have not yet finished judging the story competition but will announce the results as soon as we have!
No correspondence will be entered into on the results.