Thank you to all of Blackspire for your patience, and without further adieu, this is your schedule, calendar, A&S sheets and Judging rubric for the reign!
For October KLE on the 17th:
Kids under 18 A&S with a competitive and non competitive option. Theme: Favorite Books/Shows.
We also have our Best/Worst garb competitions. There will be a runway and music for you to Strut your stuff with garb your creations!
You will sign up before the competition, we will have a runway established, you will line up based on the order of the sign ins, there will be three judges who will score you, competitors will walk down the runway and show us your garb and be scored. You will leave the runway and we will call the next contestant in. The grading criteria will be different between the two:
For Worst Garb – You will be graded on a scale of 1-5 on the following criteria:
- Material Components (Higher points will be awarded for cheaper quality materials such as cardboard, duct tape, and obvious non period materials).
- Attitude (how well you walk down the runway and “own” your look).
- Theme (Does your garb fit a theme such as a specific meme, worst monster, or worst wizard garb, etc…).
For Best Garb – You will be graded on a scale of 1-5 on the following criteria:
- Material Components and Design (Higher points will be awarded for higher quality materials such as Silks/Lenin/Etc…, use of strict period materials, and expert crafting).
- Attitude (how well you walk down the runway and “own” your look).
- Theme (Does your garb fit a theme such as best wizard garb, best monster, or nobility, etc).
For November KLE on the 15th we have:
- 5 and Under A&S. Theme is Gods and Monsters.
- Quest Writing Competition on the day of!
We also have our Month Long Writers Workshop KLE!
For this competition, the entire first week of the month is going to be for submitting pieces. (ONCE THAT WEEK IS OVER, NEW PIECES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED). The second week will be for our series of marvelous, masterful and dazzling judges to be able to judge, give feedback, notes, all based on the category you enter in.
The 3rd week, you will get your pieces Back and have 1 week to take in any feedback, make edits, and resubmit the same piece with edits to the judges for the final week of judging.
At the end of the month all pieces will have their final judging, and we will havr our announcements for winners of each category, most improved, and best in show announced.
Titles:
- Word of Law- Best in Non-Fiction/Reference entry
- The Hero's Lore- Best Story/Narrative Piece
- The Burning Quill- Best in Poetry Entry
- The Unreliable Narrator- Best in Autobiographical works
- The Author of Death- Best in Battlegame/Quest Smith
December:
6 and Over A&S with theme Garish, Goblins, and Growls.
I want to see you bring the shinies and the grunge and encourage Monsters to be in the spotlight
January:
Hydra Trials: 5 over 3
Cooking Battlegame competition pt 1 (More info to come!)
February:
DragonHatchling A&S 9+
This is the opportunity many of asked me for. A chance for you who want to get those 9's, 10's and Masterhoods to prove mastery. The winning score is guarenteed a Masterhood by the end of the reign, but those who are also able to undeniably prove mastery to a pannel of judges who are masters of their specific craft. Spend time and be ready to show why you are deserving of that next big leap!
Pt 2 of Cooking Battlegame Competition (More info to come)
Winterbash will be the last weekend of February and will host our Dragonmaster Competition.
This reign it will be a 1 over 1 because I want to see you all blow me away with pieces you've had all reign to dazzle the kingdom with.
For any willing, I'd like to also host a gallery walk after judging to show off your pieces since we are going to need less judging time for the 1 over 1.
Form Links:
- Best & Worst A&S Garber Contest Judging Sheets
- Winter 2026 Blackspire Judging Rubric
- A&S Entry Form - Dragonmaster-3
- A&S Entry Form - Dragon Hatchling-2
- A&S Entry Form - Writers Workshop
- A&S Entry Form - 6 and Over-1
- A&S Entry Form - 5 and Under-1
- A&S Entry Form - Kids Non-Competitive
- A&S Entry Form - Kids Competitive-1
We also have some upcoming events worth noting:
For Crafting Streaks:
- October- Forest of Fado is hosting their Leaf Streak
- November- Iron Keep is doing a month long Hat/Scarf creation competition, all willing to donate their creations will be going to charity (See Rion for more details!)
- January- Eternal Glades is bringing back their Second Annual Serpant streak
We also have decided that for Ithras this reign there simply won't be enough time at KLE's, instead we will have a series of online ithras at least every other week online.
Starting on October 9th from 7-8 pm, Chicory will be hosting a Scribal skills ithra.
We will be ensuring that for more complex supplies each KLE will have ithra kits for pick up so you can participate.
There will also be cooking ithras with recipes posted 1 week before so you can have time to collect ingredients.
Each month I will update ithras to look forward to! More are always welcome and may pop up!