A Word From The Captains
Here you'll find links to polls, interviews, news, featured stories, and editor's choice. Now let's get out to The Pitch and ogle a few good Quidditch Players!

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Digest: 08 Mar 2009

Digest for 01 February 2009 through 07 March 2009

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Upcoming at The Quidditch Pitch
Look for announcements in the coming weeks from The Captains.  We're working on a couple things, but having a hard time getting ourselves together.  We'll have the text together soon enough.  Thank you to all our members for being patient with us.

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New fics:
Bad Moon Rising )

Hallowed Halls )

Remains of the Day )

Dark Tales )

The Broomshed )

Crossovers )

Non-Fiction )
 
mood:: busy
where: home
music:: Ace of Cakes


Digest: 02 Nov 2008

Digest for 19 October 2008 through 01 November 2008

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Happy Birthday TQP!

Happy Birthday TQP!
Halloween is The Quidditch Pitch's birthday.  Thank you, everyone, for an amazing three years.  You can read our State of the Pitch on our main page or by clicking the banner above.

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Featured Stories of the Month

Featured Stories for November 2008
Congratulations to all this month's winners!  Please click the banner for links to the individual stories.

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Featured Stories and Featured Artist of the Year
Please note that there will be no Featured Stories or Featured Artist for December due to our annual Featured Stories and Featured Artist of the Year polls.

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New fics:
Bad Moon Rising )

Hallowed Halls )

Remains of the Day )

Dark Tales )

The Broomshed )

Crossovers )

Non-Fiction )
 
mood:: blank
music:: Graham Norton


Digest: 19 Oct 2008

Digest for 05 October 2008 through 18 October 2008

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Featured Stories Poll

Featured Story Poll
Polls close Monday, 27 October 2008 at 11:59 p.m. EDT.
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Editor's Choice

Untraditional Traditions by madam_minnie
Click the banner to read [info]madam_minnie's story and her interview can be read here!
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Featured Artist


Congratulations to NinnyTreetops, our Featured Artist for October and November 2008!  View her gallery by clicking on the banner and read our interview with her here.
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Featured Stories

Featured Stories for October 2008
Click the banner for links to all the stories.  Congratulations!
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September Monthly Challenge Winner

September 2008 Challenge Winner
Congratulations to Nathaniel!  Click on the banner to read his story!
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October/November Monthly Challenge

October 2008 Monthly Challenge
The Quidditch Pitch is pleased to present the October 2008:  That's Frightening Challenge

Halloween has always been a central focus in the Harry Potter books and now The Quidditch Pitch wants your scary stories.  We want stories that focus on urban legends such as Bloody Mary, characters telling each other ghost stories, and even the ghosts of Hogwarts scaring the witches and wizards.

So take out your quills and get to writing.

The Rules:
+ Any rating, any pairing
+ All stories must be a minimum of 500 words no maximum
+ All art must feature Halloween in the background
+ Must fit the submission guidelines
+ Must be betad
+ Challenge closes on November 12th at 11:59 pm EDT
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Secret Elf Exchange

2008 Secret Elf Exchange
Click the banner for all the details.
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New fics:
Bad Moon Rising )

Hallowed Halls )

Remains of the Day )

Dark Tales )

The Broomshed )

Crossovers )

Non-Fiction )
 
mood:: busy


Digest: 05 Oct 2008

Digest for 20 September 2008 through 04 October 2008

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Editor's Choice for September 2008


Click the banner to read [info]inell's story. Our interview with her is here.
Congratulations!

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Monthly Challenge Poll


Voting for our September challenge runs through 8 October 2008 @ 11:59 EDT.

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New fics:
Bad Moon Rising )

Hallowed Halls )

Remains of the Day )

Dark Tales )

The Broomshed )

Crossovers )

Non-Fiction )
 
mood:: tired
music:: "The Incredibles" - no capes!


Digest: 21 Sep 2008

Digest for 07 September 2008 through 20 September 2008

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General
No site announcements as the Captains' lives have been disrupted with medical scares and a pesky thing called Hurricane Ike.  Here's to wishing our members who were affected by Hurricane Ike are well and recovering.

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New fics:
Bad Moon Rising )

Hallowed Halls )

Remains of the Day )

Dark Tales )

The Broomshed )

Crossovers )

Non-Fiction )
 
mood:: accomplished
music:: "Twister"


Digest: 16 Dec 2007

Digest for 25 November 2007 through 15 December 2007

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Featured Stories
December's Featured Stories can be found here!  Congratulations to everyone!

In January, we will put forth past monthly winners in our Featured Story of the Year poll.  We will also hold a Featured Artist of the Year poll.  Keep an eye out for both!

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New Staff Members
Please give a warm welcome to all our new staff members!

The Captains will try not to frighten them too much.

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Charities
The December holidays are traditionally a time for giving.  Please join us in donating to a few charities to help out those less fortunate.




Donate School Supplies -- please, if you choose this charity, let them know that you found out about them via The Quidditch Pitch.

Help rebuild the New Orleans Public Libraries

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Editor's Choice
Congratulations to shieldmaiden!

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Featured Artist
Congratulations to [info]glockgal!



The interview with November's Featured Artist, [info]artisticentropy, is now available here.

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Quaffle Talk
Episode 9:  The One With All The Schooling is now available!  More details about where to download the podcast are here

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Monthly Challenge
Our December Challenge is a bit different from our usual challenges.  This time it's a secret elf, secret drabble challenge.  Further information can be found here, but hurry since all drabbles must be received by December 29th!

Also, congratulations to the winners of November's challenge, the Snapealicious Snapeabration:  [info]rickey_a, Hysterical Hystorial/[info]abigail89 and [info]tjwritter!

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New fics:
Bad Moon Rising )

Hallowed Halls )

Remains of the Day )

Dark Tales )

The Broomshed )

Crossovers )

Non-Fiction )

Hot topics:
= Writer's Resources

 


Digest: 28 Oct 2007

Digest for 21 October 2007 through 27 October 2007

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Featured Story and Featured Artist



Polls close Thursday, November 1 @ 7:59 p.m. EDT.

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Donate
As the Quidditch Pitch has grown so have our expenses and with all the cost associated with running an archive we are in need of our members to help keep us online.  So you'll see a Donate button both here and on-site.


We appreciate all your support in the past and in the future!

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Site Anniversary
We'd love to hear your thoughts about the site and its history over the last two years.  Please feel free to email us your memories and we'll create a pensieve for everyone's viewing.  Please indicate in the email if the you don't want your name to be used.  Please email us at The Captains.

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The Quidditch Pitch Is Hiring


The Quidditch Pitch is looking for enthusiastic volunteers to help run our ever-growing site.  We have positions open in a number of areas.  Please take at the descriptions in this link.

If you are interested in any position, please click on the title to fill out an application.  The numbers alongside the position indicate how many open slots we have.  Once you submit an application, please give The Captains up to a week to respond.  If you have any questions about these positions or anything on the site, please let The Captains.

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New fics:
Bad Moon Rising )

Hallowed Halls )

Remains of the Day )

Dark Tales )

The Broomshed )

Crossovers )

Non-Fiction )

Hot topics:
= Owls From The Captains
= Quick Quill
= The Games We Play
= Quaffle Talk: Interview
= Quaffle Talk: Captain's Corner
= Quaffle Talk: Flying With The Canon
= Deathly Hallows: Chapter by Chapter Discussion - must be logged in to participate
= Deathly Hallows: Character Discussion - must be logged in to participate
= Writing the Perfect Sex Scene - must have Broomshed access


New authors/registration:
New authors/registration )
 
music:: Independence Day