Wealthy Greetings, Ladies and Gentlemen of Sapience

This news post is in regard to the upcoming design contests. For both the individual and set contests, the designs may be whatever you wish: cooking, jewelry, or clothing. The theme of both of these contests would be opulance, wealth, and the very best that this life has to offer us.

-=These are the rules for both contests:
HELP DESIGN and HELP CRAFTING GUIDELINES are helpful.
(Any errors are going to be penalized based on how painful it was to read it)
ALL DESIGNS MUST BE SENT TO ME VIA MAIL.
(Please sign your letters. I don't want to give prizes to the ether.)
ALL DESIGNS MUST BE DELIVERED BY PHAESTIAN 1, YEAR 745.
(The sooner you turn them in, the better.)
YOU HAVE TWO YEARS. NO LATE ENTRIES (sorry).
(Seriously, get cookin'.)
You may submit up to three (3) designs for the individual contest, and ONE (1) design for the set contest.
All designs will be presented to the judges of the event anonymously.
I will be abstaining from judgment.
(Bribes are acceptable, but ultimately fruitless.)
The winners will be declared on the days listed below, and on our itenerary.

-=Rules for the SET CONTEST:
EACH SET CONSISTS OF AT LEAST FOUR (4) DESIGNS.
(Five is ok. Six is fine, too. Just not less than four.)
EACH PIECE IN THE SET MUST BE RELATED IN SOME WAY, SOMEHOW.
(Please don't just lump five random things together.)


Individual Contest:
First Prize: 500,000 sovereigns
Second Prize: 250,000 sovereigns
Third Prize: 100,000 sovereigns

Set Contest:
First Prize: 1,000,000 sovereigns
Second Prize: 500,000 sovereigns
Third Prize: 250,000 sovereigns

So, there may be a chance that there is a design that doesn't -quite- make the cut for top prizes, but it may be something we really, really want. In this case, the judges - at their discretion - may supply a 50,000 consolation prize to the designs they really, really like for the Order.

Happy crafting!
Gilded Squire Bronislav Zviera, Council Member of Lord Prospero's Order

P.S. The itenerary should have stated 'Phaestian 1, year 746' for the Set Design Contest ceremony. The boots have been put to the scribe responsible, medium style.

Penned by my hand on the 14th of Lupar, in the year 743 AF.