Throughout time, people have found joy, expressed sorrow, rejoiced love and recounted heroism in prose.  By song, poetry, story and art, the many realms have been immortalized for all time.  Their histories have been passed from generation to generation.  It is the hope of every aspiring bard to have their tales told... their songs sung... for years to come.

Test your skill in three separate muses:  Music, poetry, and storytelling.  Live competitions will be held on the 2nd, 5th, and 8th days of the festival.  Registration is limited so please get your name in the lineup fast.

Rules:
  • All presentations must be the original work of the presenter!
  • Minimum of three contestants or event is cancelled/rescheduled.
  • Maximum of ten minutes for music & poetry; fifteen minutes for storytelling.
  • No restrictions on type of music, poetry or story, aside from time limit.
  • Panel of judges (3) to score from 1-10 (10 being best) in performance and 1-10 in creativity.
  • Judges will submit their votes to the emcee (proctor) for tallying.
  • Highest average score takes 1st; next, 2nd; next, 3rd.
VPs Awarding:

  • 1st place - 75 VPs

  • 2nd place - 50 VPs

  • 3rd place - 25 VPs

  • All other participants - 10 VPs

  • Judges - 5 VPs per contestant in each event.

  • Emcee (proctor) - 3 VPs per contestant in each event.

 
Logs: This event will be run by a trained event guardian, with independent judges selected from participating guilds.  As such, only the emcee will need to report the results.

Bardic Schedule

Day Two Bards:
Judges:
Day Eleven
Bawdy Bardic		 Bards:
Judges:
Day Thirteen Bards:
Judges: