Merchants
Merchant Coordinator: Lady Jolicia atte Northclyfe
Deputy: Lord Llywelyn Glyndwr
This is the page for Merchants' information, including registration, at NOWM XVI.
If you came here looking for a list of merchants who will be attendingt, click here. (Merchants will also be interested in the information on that page.)
General Information
We're looking forward to another year with a jam-packed merchant row and throngs of shoppers.
We do everything we can to make your experience at NOWM pleasurable and profitable. The Best Merchant prize will return, and the Village Green will once again be the center of non-martial activites. If you can think of any way your humble merchant coordinator can do more, please contact her.
Site
The merchant area will once again be located on the Village Green, the shady area around the permanent pavilion just inside the main gate. This is also the location of all non-martial activities, and it is just steps away from the battlefield on the main road to the camping areas. A great location!
Hours
The site opens officially at 3pm on Friday. If you need an earlier setup, please contact the merchant coordinator. You must be completely set up and your vehicle parked by 10am Saturday. The site closes at 3pm Sunday - everyone (staff included) must be off site by that hour.
Activities will begin on Friday afternoon and evening; you are encouraged to open on Friday, and you are encouraged to stay open late on Saturday, when the pavilion will be the site of a bardic competition and bardic tavern, and to reopen Sunday morning if you wish. Note that Court takes place in the pavilion, and quiet hours must be observed during that time.
Camping
Merchants may camp with their merchant tents - only one camping tent, please. There is a space provided in the merchant information sheet for footprint information.Note that the site rules do not allow campers or RVs - tent camping only.
How to become a merchant at NOWM
There are two steps:
- Fill in the Merchant Information Form and send it in. See the second page of that form for how and where to send it.
- Register through Troll, for both site admission and merchant fee
Fees
The merchant fee is $5.
Merchants, like any other attendees, are responsible for paying site admission fees and a non-member surcharge, if applicable.
NOTE: All merchants must register through Troll. Do not send your event registration or merchant fee to the merchant coordinator. Only the Merchant Information Form itself (and no money) should go directly to the merchant coordinator.
Merchant Coordinator Contact Information
For postal mail of the merchant information form only (you must send both the site and merchant fee to the Gatekeepers), send to Jolicia atte Northclyfe using the mundane name below:
Julie Washington
3516 Northcliffe
Cleveland Heights, OH 44118Or you may email an electronic version of the Merchant Form (also any questions) to:
Note that, although email contact is preferred, you may reach Lady Jolicia (Julie Washington) at:
216‐321‐6686; no calls after 9pm Eastern
"Best Merchant" Prizes
Again this year, we're inviting the populace to vote on their favorite merchants. One small and one large merchant (small = under 200 square feet) will each be awarded $25 - two admissions and your merchant fee. So bring out your most glorious wares, and prepare to SMILE!