The judging for the Tradeskill, Artistic, and Literary contests is done, and here are the winners:

Tradeskill Contest
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1st: Laaryet with an iridescent ice-white velvet gown, a coat of soft ice-white velvet, and silver birch and diamond hairsticks.
2nd: Skye with a tiara of frosted crystal roses, an empire-waisted gown of red silk, and a dainty pair of red silk slippers.
3rd: Aleutia with a crest of the Sol'Anlumaire family, a torc of black platinum, and a handmirror inlaid with pearls.
4th: Aislygn with a white and silver bliaut, a white and gold bliaut, and a simple silke veil.
5th: Rayalan with an elegantly carved florist's table, a floral metallic and glass vase, and a floral and crystal sconce.
6th: Alesud with an iron chair of torment, a segmented iron whip, and a blood-stained charm bracelet.

Artistic Contest
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1st: Alesud's "The Silver Tree"
2nd: Nyaos's "Subversion of Ki"
3rd: Anatolia's "The Race for Ki"
4th: Lewellyn's "Celidon, in the aftermath of the battle for ki"
5th: Rayalan's "The Silver Dryad's Awakening"
6th: Skye's "The accursed Crystal Skull of Malateph"

Literary Contest
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1st: Sethren's "The Lesson"
2nd: Iolana's "The World Needs More Fedoras"
3rd: Nyaos's "Wrath in the Redwoods, or Ithaqua Found"
4th: Rayalan's "Plea for the Awakening"
5th: Alesud's "A Beacon of Crimson Light"
6th: Skye's "Festival of Hearts!"

The winning entries for the Tradeskill Contest can be found in the trophy rooms in Caanae. The winning entries for the artistic and literary contests can be viewed at http://www.imperian.com/irex/artbard/

Penned by my hand on the 9th of Tenebrae, in the year 608 AD.