Ye Olde Times

This is a newsletter creating event covering the main aspects of our festival as well as that of some of the other departmental festivals.

Rules:

1. This is a pre-registered event. Participants shall enter in groups of 3 members. No individual entries shall be accepted.
2.   Only up to 15 entries shall be accepted.
3. Newsletter shall be made in the manner of Elizabethan times i.e. Name of the newspaper, articles shall be written in the Elizabethan manner and language, with names such as Oxford Gazette, Ye Daily Herald etc
4.  Newsletter shall be made on A4 size papers (max 4 sides).Newsletter maybe printed or handwritten.
5. No photographs to be used.
6. Participants are expected to cover a minimum of 2 cultural events alongside Words’Worth. Details of which shall be given on 23rd January at 12.30 pm. Contestants shall be assigned a coordinator if required.
7.   The finished newsletter must be submitted on 24th January at 11 am.
8.  The winning entry will be declared as the official Words'Worth 2012 newsletter and distributed as such.

*Elizabethan language, manner and poetry:

Use of Old English pronouns such as thee,thou,thy and so on is encouraged.

Form verbs that end with an –eth or –est. General grammar rules such as writing verbs in the second-person singular informal with the suffix of –est, are important. For example- In second-person singular you would write "Thou goest", where as in the third-person singular, you would write "She/he returneth" etc.

As seen in the literature of the Elizabethan Age,the writing style was such that the language was highly decorated and ornamental. In the same manner your articles ought to contain various figures of speech, metaphors, similes, rhetoric, etc.

If need be, you may also refer to the given website for an online Elizabethan Dictionary http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/.