The Crystal Quill

Each month, the Barony of Nordskogen produces The Crystal Quill, the Baronial newsletter. Each issue contains letters from baronial officers, contact information, meeting schedules, and event listings, as well as articles, artwork, announcements, and miscellany.

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Current Issue

August 2007 Issue

Missives
- From Their Excellencies
Officer Letters
- Seneschal
- Rapier Captain
Baronial Transition Policies
Articles
- La flute traversière, by Chiére de Chenonceaux
- Music for the court, by Christian d’Hiver Fun stuff
- Japanese word search
- Kanji sudoku
July business meeting minutes
Baronial announcements
Event ad: Otsukimi
Calendar of upcoming events
Guideposts to August events around the Kingdom

Go here to learn how to buy a copy of this issue – or buy a subscription!

Upcoming and Past Issues

Upcoming Issues

Each month's issue will have a theme for its articles and artwork. The planned schedule of themes is as follows:

• September 2007 – (no set theme)

The Chronicler is actively seeking articles and artwork pertaining to these themes. Articles should focus on period practices, research, and/or current SCA practices. Submission guidelines and deadlines are below.

If you have ideas for a good issue theme, please share it with the Chronicler.

Past Issues

• October 2005 – Beyond the Veil
• November 2005 – Festive Repasts
• December 2005 – Midwinter Celebrations
• January 2006 – The Issue That Was Supposed to Be About Garb
• February 2006 – Love is in the Air
• March 2006 – A-Camping We Will Go
• April 2006 – (kind of about) Agriculture
• May 2006 – Marking Time in the Middle Ages
• June 2006 – Camp Cooking
• July 2006
• August 2006 – Rapier Combat
• September 2006 – Heavy Combat
• October 2006 – Sporting and Hunting
• November 2006 – Equestrian Activities
• December 2006 (Issues available for purchase)
• January 2007 – My First Event
• February 2007 – The Fiber Arts
• March 2007 – Children in the Middle Ages
• April 2007 – Legendary Beasts
• May 2007 – Good Eats, Medieval Style
• June 2007 – Arts and... Policies?
• July 2007 – the peasants are revolting!

These issues are available for purchase from the Chronicler.

Subscriptions

Subscriptions are available in two different formats:

• Print – $15 per year; includes 12 printed issues of The Crystal Quill and one printed copy of the annual Nordskogen Directory
• Electronic – $10 per year; includes 12 electronic (PDF) issues of The Crystal Quill and one printed copy of the annual Nordskogen Directory. Electronic subscribers must have Acrobat Reader 5.0 and an active e-mail account that can accept files up to 2 MB in size.

Single issues of the newsletter are available for $2.00 each.

Subscription forms are available from the Chronicler, or you can download the form. Completed subscription forms and payment can be given or mailed to the Chronicler. Make checks payable to SCA, Inc. – Barony of Nordskogen.

Questions can be e-mailed to NordskogenQuill@yahoo.com.

Submissions

The Crystal Quill is always looking for submissions of articles, stories, songs and poems, and artwork. A list of issue themes is available here. Submission deadline is noon on the Saturday following the monthly business meeting (i.e. the third Wednesday) of the month preceding publication, unless otherwise noted.

Written pieces

• Format: Submissions can be given or mailed to the Chronicler in hardcopy and on diskette (text-only PC format please), or can be sent as a Word document attached to an e-mail message to NordskogenQuill@yahoo.com.
• Permission: You must return a completed Permission to Publish Form to the Chronicler by the submission deadline. Your piece will likely not be published if your form is not submitted in time. (Exceptions: no form is needed for officers' letters or regular columns.) Note: Each author of the piece must complete and return a form.
• Editing: The Chronicler reserves the right to edit, modify, or reject any submission. Note that submissions will be edited for grammar, spelling and punctuation. The Chronicler will make every attempt to preserve tone and content, and will make every attempt to contact the author in the case of severe changes or rejection.

Artwork/Photos

• Color: The Crystal Quill is produced by black-and-white photocopying. Consider the nature of your artwork and how well it will reproduce.
• Format: Grayscale 300 dpi TIF preferred for best quality; other high-resolution formats are also acceptable. No GIFs, please.
• Size: Maximum published artwork dimensions will be 4.5" wide by 3.75" tall, and will often be smaller. Please design your piece with this in mind.
• Credits: Your piece will be credited within the issue, but it's nice to have your name/signature somewhere on the piece itself, however small. For photos, please make sure that you have permission from all gentles within the photo, make every effort to include the names of all principal gentles within the photo, provide a caption, and ensure that the photo is of high quality (see Format, above).
• Permission: You must return a completed Permission to Publish Form to the Chronicler by the submission deadline. Your artwork will likely not be published if your form is not submitted in time. Note: Each artist of the piece must complete and return a form.
• All original (i.e. hardcopy) artwork will be returned to the artist.

Update Today!

The Nordskogen Directory is a listing of citizens and friends of the Barony. Listing is free and voluntary, and a subscription to The Crystal Quill is not required. If you would like to be listed in the directory, or need to update your contact information, please click here.

Questions may be addressed to the Chronicler or sent to NordskogenDirectory@yahoo.com.

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