If you want to blog about all the fun of Fantasy Faire 2015 then you can happily do so without being an official blogger. There is no requirement to be an official blogger, nobody will tell you off for blogging about Fantasy Faire, unless you’re an Elf or a Halfling, never trust Elves of Halflings. Ok even Elves and Halflings are welcome to blog about Fantasy Faire 2015!
However if you do want to be an official blogger, then applications are now open.
Blogging Fantasy Faire can be a lot of fun, you get to meet interesting and magical people. Sometimes there’s mead involved, sometimes this can upset your blogging, you have to tread carefully.
Fantasy Faire encourages bloggers to take challenges, but does not force you to. That being said there are three optional challenges for bloggers :
Faire Folk – Create a character from the Fairelands. Pick one of the Faire sims as their home, make a look mostly from Faire items, make the character come alive. Take at least one picture of that character in the chosen home sim and blog away! The more roleplay-style bloggers are invited to write about the character as well, but even those to whom pictures speak more than words can let those pictures speak loud and clear! Sim exploration stories encouraged!
My New Shiny – Find a shop in the Fairelands you have never heard of before and blog something of theirs that you love. This is all about finding and showcasing the hidden talents, the newcomers, the surprises you can find when you explore the Fairelands thoroughly instead of just going through your already familiar favourites. If you know every single shop in the Faire, pick one that you think should be in the spotlight more.
Why I Relay – This challenge is for those who do have a personal reason to support Relay for Life events and who would like to share it. Obviously if you don’t have any personal tie to the charity or if you’d like to keep your reasons private, there is no need to do this. But those who would like to speak out for the charity, for RFL and for their reasons, they are invited to do so.
Please note that you are free to blog about these challenges even if you are not an official blogger, so don’t feel you have to apply to cover these themes.
If photography in Second Life is your thing, then Fantasy Faire definitely provides ample opportunity for you to display your wares, a quick look at the Flickr Pool will give you an idea of the wonders of Fantasy Faire.
However if you’re wondering what sort of blogger would be considered suitable to be an official blogger, then it’s basically bloggers who love Fantasy Faire :
We are looking for bloggers that genuinely love the Faire and cherish the fleeting time the Fairelands visit our realm. Since the application is mostly about getting into the early access, we are focusing on bloggers who take pictures in the sims, or of the sims. Studio-work is not dependent on if the shopping sims are laggy or not, after all. We are also searching for bloggers with strong ties to RFL, who are passionate about the relay and willing to write about it. I am also always, always looking for and favoring good writers and storytellers.
If you think that sounds like you, then by all means apply. However if being an official blogger sounds daunting, or it’s not the sort of thing you want to apply for, then don’t worry, you can blog about the Faire without being on the official list and people will still love your posts, pictures and stories.
Fantasy Faire 2015 runs from April 23rd – May 3rd 2015 and is part of the Relay For Life fundraising effort in Second Life.