Monday, September 16, 2013

Hear Ye Hear Ye! I present to you: Realms Faire 2013

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Hear ye! Hear ye! 



Today I announce one week of excitement and fun. 
There's something to do for all and for one. 
Art, dragon hunts, jousting and more, 
But for this to succeed, we need people galore.

I appeal to your hearts so generous and true, 
To think of gifts for us to pass on from you. 
Nothing can be to big or to small, 
We're accepting gifts from one and from all.
 
And if you wish to only take part, 
There are competitions a-plenty, but you need to start, 
By entering in the many lists below. 
But be quick, for the spaces are quicker to go.


*Bows*


2013 Realms Faire & Joust

November 11-15th

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2013 Events and Hosts

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Jousting Tournament

Knights Wanted! Can anyone beat the 2012 champion, Ghost Knight? Angela Brown turned out to be a formidable opponent.

This year, the joust is all about YOU, the knights.

Each knight will be featured during the joust, the tournament held to help promote your book or site. Plus, you'll be publicized in the sidebar on my site until the 2014 champion is declared.

Prizes will be awarded to each day's commenters as well as to the winning knight at the end of the joust. Points are scored by commenters using particular words assigned to the knight. Such as, Zounds! Ghost Knight! Lance that lout! The winning words are zounds, Ghost Knight, and lance. That'd be 3 points for Ghost Knight.

Knights can provide either a story about their feats or an excerpt from any of their books. Stories/excerpts are limited to 200 words or less. However the tournament goes, you can't lose. I'll be posting everyday the week of November 11th, cheering on knights and promoting their wares.

Knights can also provide prizes.

The Joust is limited to 10 participants. Only 3 slots remaining!

Sign up!

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Masquerade Parade

Attend the ball! You'll have a ball! Writers disguise themselves and submit a 200 word snippet of the party providing clues/hints as to their identity. Spotlights an author's writing to help promote them and their wares.

Prizes provided to commenters and the best snippet, decided on by a panel of judges.

The Masquerade is limited to 10-15 costumed authors.

Sign up!

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The Artist's Way

Featured authors will provide an excerpt from either published or unpublished work. The artist will create a masterpiece based on the excerpt. Prizes will be awarded.

Author Sign Up! * Artist Sign Up!

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Collective Stage Performance

A collaborative "Canterbury Tales" story-telling contest by a group of writing "pilgrims" on a journey where each writer assumes a character and gives their pov. The prize for this contest will most likely be free music in lieu of a free meal. Each writer will post their part of the tale on their site *their moment on stage*

Interested writers can contact Sam.

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Dragon Hunt

Hunt for the hidden dragons. Those who find the most will get a chance to win an Amazon GC by drawing.

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The Stockade Brigade

Selected authors will be put in the stockades and brought on trial for book witchery. Witnesses will score points by testifying for or against the author's crimes. Points will be score for using secret words. An ebook will be given away every day to the witness who scores the most points. A bigger prize will be awarded at the end of the week. Warrants for their arrests have already been issued. The Sheriff of Realmsdom will catch up with them all soon.

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Castle Jumble

Laura will post a word (like Bartizan) on her blog and the first person to give her the correct definition in the comments is the winner. They will need to Google the word most likely. More than one word a day can be posted. A person can only win once a day though.

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Drench-a-Wench / Soak-a-Bloke

Blogs will be selected by committee to be bombarded by comments. A person will be nominated each day. People will go to that person's blog and soak them with blog love. One commenter a day will randomly be selected to win a prize. For the commenters that participate in all five days of the event, their names will be entered into a draw for a grand prize.

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Phasers

Untethered Realms will post a word each day, such as 'Phaser'. The first commenter would then provide a word they think of associated with 'phaser', such as 'stun'. The next commenter would then provide a word they associate with 'stun', such as 'shock'. The next would provide a word associated with 'shock', such as 'electric'. And so on. The last comment of the day will receive a prize.

 
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Sponsor Any Event

Sponsors will provide prizes. They'll be promoted on their own page on mpaxauthor.com and on the Untethered Realms website. In an Amazon widget, their books will be shown, their name and web address will be promoted. This page will also appear as a thank you on mpaxauthor.com and other sites before and after the Realms Faire.

Want to host an event? Contact mpaxauthor at gmail dot com to be put on the planning committee for 2014.

Be a Sponsor

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Please spread the word to all who might be interested. Let's make this event big, to the benefit of all.

37 comments:

  1. I already entered the Artists Way on M. Pax's blog but don't see my name up there. Hopefully its just awaiting approval? It all looks so exciting! X

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    1. Yep the name is up there. Just waiting for the spaces to fill up, then I'll approve them all. :-)

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  2. I saw this over on M. Pax's site and was absolutely overwhelmed by everything! I will be deep in NaNo by then so I won't be participating but I will do my best to stop by all the participating sites and comment and I will happily promote it on my blog!

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  3. This sounds so awesome! I admit I'm a little overwhelmed by it though.

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    1. Yeah there's a lot to take in. Hope you find something you'd like to take part in, though. :-)

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  4. I'm so stoked for this year's events. And I love your poetic call to the people :-)

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    1. Thanks! I think it's my ballad reading catching up with me.

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  5. Holy cow, this looks like a ton of fun! If I wasn't neck-deep in novel revisions, I'd be tempted...

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  6. Woo hoo for the Realms Faire! You all come join us!

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  7. Yay! I can't wait. It's going to be such an awesome event. If I wasn't releasing a book then, ya'll would totally be in a run for your money. ;)

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  8. Now I want to attend a renaissance festival. :D

    Do I get to wear one of those sexy wench outfits if I participate in drench a wench???

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  9. I'll watch from the sidelines and pick a favorite! Good luck to all who enter such a faire!

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    1. There are some things you can take part in without entering, so I hope to see you there!

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  10. Haha this is brilliant, cant wait to watch the fun unfold ;)

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  11. Sounds fun. If I weren't taking a class this fall.....

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  12. Wow! These all sound like great contests. And I think it's a good opportunity for people to show their work to other people; one of the good things about all these blogs on writing is that there are so many people out there who are encouraging each other.

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    1. Definitely. This is an awesome way for people to get to know others.

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  13. Well, that sounds like a completely amazing event. I'm looking forward to watching it unfold.

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  14. wow, what a completely interactive fun event! good luck!

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  15. This is such a clever idea! Best of luck to all of the participants!

    Julie

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  16. This looks like sooo much fun! But I have a full schedule.... not too sure... I'm sooooo tempted...
    I'll be following very closely...
    Writer In Transit

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