Greetings, citizens of the Empire!

The Bureau of Observances has decided that the time has come once again to call on the creative talents of the people of Istaria in support of the upcoming Fall Festival.

The Empire is asking the storytellers and artists among the Gifted to submit scary stories and frightening designs for masks and headscales to the B.O.O. office in Tazoon.  Two stories, one mask, and one headscale design will be chosen as winners, and the winning submissions will be added to this year’s Fall Festival celebration.  The creators of the winning works will be recognized by the grant of a special emblem, proclaiming them to be a Teller of Tales or a Masker of Disguise!

For full details and the official rules, please see the attached statement from the Imperial Legal Department.

Good luck to all, and prevail, the Empire!

Chairperson Beldin
Bureau of Observances
Tazoon

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Official Rules:

The contest will run from August 18, 2008 until 11:59:59 PM MT, September 18, 2008.  All submissions will become the property of Virtrium and submission of an entry constitutes agreement to the terms of this contest.  Members of the Virtrium staff and their immediate families are not eligible to enter.  Submissions should be emailed to [email protected]

Story submissions should be limited to around 500 words and must be told in a role-playing style as though being told by  a character.  Stories must conform to the established setting and lore of Istaria, and must not include any content likely to be deemed objectionable or offensive.

Designs for dragon masks and biped headscales must fit the official templates, which may be downloaded here: http://community.istaria.com/downloads/Fall_Festival_Mask_Templates.zip
All designs should be in good taste and must not include any content likely to be deemed objectionable or offensive.

Entries not conforming to these rules will be discarded.  At Virtrium’s sole discretion, non-winning entries may be recognized in an “honorable mention” category and added to the game as such.  All decisions by Virtrium are final.

Fwooshoon the Executor, Esquire
Imperial Legal Department