At the writing-desk  This article first appeared in the WCoB
Newsletter for 12th Night 2001. It was written by Mistress Bess
Haddon of York, our Guildmaster at the time.  Documentation and
Presentation for Company Competitions and Rankings  This article
aims to present the information you will need if you want to
enter competitions for the Worshipful Company of Embroiderers,
or if you want to submit your embroidery to be ranked. It also
aims to provide you with some tips to get you a higher score or
ranking, and to give you the inside story on what the judges are
looking for.  Firstly, competitions and ranking are quite
similar, but not exactly the same in terms of what you are
required to produce. Firstly, you do not have to submit a
finished piece for a competition, but can submit a work in
progress (although the amount of work you have done will affect
your score) and you do not have to submit documentation with
your competition entry (but again, you will not score as highly
if you don�t document your piec