I thought my Chicken Soup was decent. Should have added more in the middle, but I was semi-rushed.

Congratulations to Aramel on becoming a Superior Troubadour; Kiradawea for becoming a Laureate; Yuniko and Alban for becoming Minstrels; and Eliron, Quilis, Nebula, and Leronia for joining the rankings.

I've already submitted the fourth and final chapter of "Quarter". Next month, I'll have to think of something else!

Congratulations to Lendren on becoming a Superior High Bard; Nariah for becoming a Laureate; and Druken, Niho, Aurin, and Azeraen for joining the rankings.

Runner-up again. Oh well. Just gotta keep trying. I'm really starting to wonder if setting up the story into chapters is what's preventing me from winning.

You can do everything perfectly, but if it doesn't hit the judges right it wont win the place you want. That's what sucks about any judged contest.

Congratulations to Sthai on becoming a Superior Minstrel; Esano for becoming a Storyteller; Kiradawea for becoming a Master Bard; Shaddus for becoming a Troubadour; and Faladir, Karel, and Ione for joining the rankings.

Congratulations to Romero on becoming a Maestro; Lendren for becoming an Exalted Storyteller; Nariah for becoming a Master Bard; and Pruxi, Rylen, and Larksyne for joining the rankings.

Congratulations to Iytha on joining the rankings and becoming a Storyteller; and Kyvus, Evomire, Golgothura, Ereos, and Iktomi for joining the rankings.

First month I haven't submitted anything since December 2006. I feel kind of sad about that.

Congratulations to Thul and Rahil for becoming Troubadours; and Baqqare, Ried, Solanis, Raeri, and Rancoura for joining the rankings.

Congratulations to Sthai for becoming a Superior Maestro, Kiradawea for becoming a High Bard, Shaddus and Thul for becoming Minstrels, Romero for becoming a Laureate, Raeri for becoming a Storyteller, and Daraius, Jadu, Teruelle, and Nymerya for joining the rankings.

Congratulations to Kalaneya for joining the rankings and becoming a Storyteller; Lendren for becoming an Exalted Minstrel; Nihmriel and Finnley for becoming Storytellers; and to Lillie and Eleana for joining the rankings.

Congratulations to Sylphas for joining the rankings and becoming a Storyteller; Marina for becoming a Maestro; and Tedd and Sessaru for joining the rankings.

Congratulations to Thul for becoming a Maestro; Nihmriel for becoming a Troubadour; and Nythriel, Thalkros, Ileein, and Ayisdra for joining the rankings.

Congratulations to Amani and Sadhyra for becoming Troubadours; and Aeleon, Kregarn, and Lothringen for joining the rankings.

I'm trying a new three-column format to make the list a little less spammy.

Out of curiosity, what do they look for when choosing Bardic winners? I realize it should be focused on Lusternia, but... I mean, if I just wrote something about my character, I don't think it'd get chosen.

I'd read some, but I'm suffering from tl;dr syndrome at the moment.

Why wouldn't it? Your character lives in Lusternia, right? So, anything he sees, anyone he talks to, anything he hears... all Lusternian. Now, if you write about your character poorly, then sure. It might not win anything.

And poo! If you're gonna write something you expect other folks to read, then you ought to be willing to read what other folks write!

I said I didn't feel like it right now! I'll read some later, jeez. XD I honestly don't think I'd ever submit anything I write, because I think it's all crap. I wrote something about Lucan recently that I ALMOST submitted, but at the last minute went, "Meeeeh, I don't want anyone else to read this other than the two people I've sent it to! It's far too corny! T_T"

So yeah.

I never feel very confident about the things I write either. I always have to have someone tell me they like it before I feel like it's worth anything.

I'm the same way. I'm more confident about my art (because people have definitely commented on that positively). I've gotten good compliments on some of my WoW stories, but for some reason, I just can't think of what to write about regarding Lusternia as much, probably because I'm more restricted on what characters I can use. (Can't include my alts, for instance.)

Bardics are OOC.

You can include your alts all you want. Just, it had better make sense story-wise or it will lose points on a "Is this Lusternian?" scale.

Don't try to submit it IC, because that might get into a bit of a trickier situation as your characters technically should not know each other, so they could not write about one another.