In Skyrim, a Word Wall is an inscription in the Dragon Language that tells a short story or commemorates a hero or event. Your task is to pick a memory from Skyrim and write a Word Wall to describe it. Maybe you had an epic battle with a dragon, killed the village chicken, or witnessed your horse sail off beyond the horizon.

Winning entries will be featured in a collection here in the Library. You don’t need to be a member to enter, but if you are there’s also a  120 gold prize for the winning entries.

Here are a few examples of Word Walls to inspire your writing:

Het pr1n balgr5f
jun do 4rolsedov4
wo sp1n ok jun1r
nuz nis v3k f1l
kod1v se brom

Het praan Balgruuf,
Jun do Ahrolsedovah,
wo spaan ok junaar
nuz nis viik faal
Kodaav se Brom

Here rests Balgruuf,
King of Whiterun,
who shielded his kingdom
but could not defeat the
Bear of the North.

P4 werid h2mskr
zok nonvul do p4 son1k
wo lost kr3n f4
ok unsl1d zul

Pah werid Heimskr
zok nonvul do pah sonaak
wo lost kriin fah
ok unslaad zul.

All praise Heimskr,
most noble of all priests
who was slain for
his ceaseless voice.

Contest Entry Guidelines

Entries should be roughly between 10-30 words in length, or approximately 2-5 lines. As shown in the examples above, Word Walls tend to be very brief and like to rely on context clues for full meaning. See the Word Walls lesson for more on grammatical patterns in Word Walls.

Entries must relate to Skyrim in some way. You can be as serious or silly as you'd like. The winning entries will be those that make the best use of the language and its vocabulary.

All contest entries must use the vocabulary found in the main dictionary. Entries that make use of vocabulary found in the Legacy Dictionary will not qualify for the contest. You are encouraged to make compound words and use the vocabulary as creatively as you see fit.

You can send your entry in a private message to paarthurnax or send it in the body of an email to [email protected] with the subject line: Word Wall Contest – your name.  In this message/email, please provide:

• Your contest entry (if in an email, preferably in the body of the email and not as an attachment)
• A translation of your entry
• The name, pen name, username, or blog url you would like to be listed as the author of your entry

This contest will be open for entries until Friday, February 26th.  Pruzah pel!