A Word From The CaptainsHere 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!
June 2009
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Digest: 22 Mar 2009
posted: Sunday, 22 March 2009 @ 00.01
Digest for 08 March 2009 through 21 March 2009 Announcements:
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Affiliate
 Hermione Big Bang is a community fest running a 6-month event during which authors write novella- and novel-length stories of any type centered on Hermione Granger, and artists illustrate them with art, graphics, videos, and/or music. The archive will go live on September 19, 2009, to celebrate Hermione's birthday.
Two of the Captains are participating and we would love to see everyone who writes Hermione participate. You don't have to have a Live Journal to participate. Check it out and, if you have questions, don't hesitate to ask the mods! They are great and really supportive.
There are loads of cheerleader openings, too, so if you aren't a writer, why don't you come cheerlead? |
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New fics:( Bad Moon Rising )( Hallowed Halls )( Remains of the Day )( Dark Tales )( The Broomshed )( Crossovers )( Non-Fiction ) mood:: mellow music:: NPR's Wait Wait Don't Tell Me
Digest: 01 Feb 2009
posted: Sunday, 01 February 2009 @ 02.00
Digest for 04 January 2009 through 31 January 2009 Announcements:
New fics:( Bad Moon Rising )( Hallowed Halls )( Remains of the Day )( Dark Tales )( The Broomshed )( Crossovers )( Non-Fiction ) mood:: sleepy where: home music:: Car Talk on NPR podcast tags: 2009: 01, author: 108, author: acciohbp, author: acquiescence_, author: alwaysss, author: amanitamuscaria, author: amythis, author: antosha, author: baby boomer, author: ceirdwenfc, author: coffee_n_cocoa, author: cubuff95, author: darkpyroangel06, author: deenas, author: dynonugget, author: eterna_romantica03, author: hgseeker, author: hpuckle, author: hysterical hystorian, author: jadzialove, author: kanedax, author: kosh, author: ktmarsh, author: les dowich, author: luvscharlie, author: madam_minnie, author: missgranger2, author: nathaniel, author: neptune, author: norwegianeyes, author: nrandedhaithfully, author: oldenuf2nobetter, author: pg tipps, author: queenb23, author: quidditch hair, author: rickey_a, author: shieldmaiden, author: shygryf, author: simons_flower, author: solstice, author: tarie, author: thanfiction, author: theelderwyrm, author: thegiantsquid, author: thetriomakesmehot, author: tjwritter, author: tqpannie, author: whatwldmrsweasleydo, author: wook77, digest
Digest: 04 Jan 2009
posted: Sunday, 04 January 2009 @ 00.01
Digest for 21 December 2009 through 03 January 2009 Announcements:
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TQP Queue
The Queue is now reopened, but please give us a day or two to process the stories currently within the queue. If your story has not been processed by Wednesday, please let The Captains know. Additionally, if a story of yours has languished in the beta queue, please let us know. We're doing our best to keep on top of things, but the holidays, illness, and job changes among the Captains have really distracted our attention. |
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Year End Polls
We had hoped to announce the winner, but have encountered technical difficulties with the polls. We are trying to decide how to resolve them and hope to made a decision tomorrow night. Please stay tuned and thank you for your patience. |
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New fics:( Bad Moon Rising )( Hallowed Halls )( Remains of the Day )( Dark Tales )( The Broomshed )( Crossovers )( Non-Fiction ) mood:: cold music:: Doctor Who
Digest: 19 Oct 2008
posted: Sunday, 19 October 2008 @ 11.37
Digest for 05 October 2008 through 18 October 2008 Announcements:
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Featured Stories Poll
Polls close Monday, 27 October 2008 at 11:59 p.m. EDT. |
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Editor's Choice
Click the banner to read ![[info]](https://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) 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
Click the banner for links to all the stories. Congratulations! |
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September Monthly Challenge Winner
Congratulations to Nathaniel! Click on the banner to read his story! |
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October/November 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
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
posted: Sunday, 05 October 2008 @ 00.32
Digest for 20 September 2008 through 04 October 2008 Announcements:
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Editor's Choice for September 2008
Click the banner to read 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: 01 Jun 2008
posted: Sunday, 01 June 2008 @ 00.01
Digest for 25 May 2008 through 31 May 2008 Announcements:
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Monhtly Challenge
Gluttony. You've heard of the seven Potters and this month we challenge you to write about one of the seven sins: Gluttony.
We challenge you to use food to seduce, food to bribe, food to well--heck even a sit down dinner would work.
Rules for stories:- Must be at least 500 words
- Must be prebetad
- Must comply with our terms of service
- Must be centered around the challenge theme
Art:- Must be willing to let us host the artwork in our gallery for June
- The focal point should be the Gluttony theme
- You would submit all artwork via email to thecaptains@thequidditchpitch.org
- Your email should contain:
- Your penname
- Your email address
- Rating
- Summary
- Title
Challenge ends on June 30th! Good luck and Happy writing :)</p> |
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Featured Stories of the Month
Click the banner to for links to the stories. Congratulations! |
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Editor's Choice
Congratulations! |
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Galleries
Our galleries are currently offline while we rebuild them. We have every intention of having them back by the end of the month soon -- it's taking much longer than expected to re-upload all the art -- at which time we'll announce the Featured Artist for May and June. Thank you for your patience. |
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New fics:( Bad Moon Rising )( Hallowed Halls )( Remains of the Day )( Dark Tales )( The Broomshed )( Crossovers )( Non-Fiction )
Digest: 27 Jan 2008
posted: Sunday, 27 January 2008 @ 12.10
Digest for 16 December 2007 through 26 January 2007 Before I begin, I'd like to beg your forgiveness for the delay in digests. My cross-country move has not gone as smoothly as I'd hoped, to put it mildly. Announcements:
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Featured Story and Artist of the Month Polls
You have until 18:59 EST to vote, so go do it!
Featured Story of the Month - February 2008 and Featured Artist of the Month - February 2008 |
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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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Featured Stories, Artist and Editor's Choice of the Year 2007
You made your choices and congratulations to all those authors and artists chosen!
All stories and artists can be viewed here. |
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Quaffle Talk
Quaffle Talk, Episode 10: Spellcasting with Quaffle Talk in Poufwania was released January 8. Details and download available from LibSyn and iTunes. |
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Editor's Choice
Congratulations to Samayel for her story "Redeem Me" for being chosen Editor's Choice January 2008! |
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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. Take a look at the job descriptions and apply today!
We are desperately in need of staff for the following positions:
Assistant Technical Programming and Design Captain: This Assistant Captain reports directly to Dream_wia_Dream. You will assist with the technical aspects of the site. Including page creation, bug fixes, installation/upgrades to site & helping members, authors and staff with technical questions.
Assistant Admin Captain: This Assistant Captain reports directly to Annie. They assist in all administrative aspects of the site such as, but not limited to, managing Quidditch Coordinators, making announcements, coordinating conference materials, making arrangements with affiliates, The Quidditch Pitch, and the Captains Pitch, Google Group, and fielding questions from authors, members, and outside sources. This Assistant Captain assists in managing and maintaining Zazzle Store, moderating our podcast in Simons Flower's and Auntee Mame's absence, helping bring more members into the site and informing news letters of current happenings.
Quidditch Coordinators: Quidditch Coordinators help run the story queue and moderate in our Forums. Quidditch Coordinators are assigned one day a week to read stories submitted to The Quidditch Pitch. Based on our rules for submission, they approve or decline the submitted stories, sending ones that need beta work to the Beta Queue. Coordinators will also help moderate our forums one day per week.
Networking Staff: Our Networking Staff actively seeks out new affiliates, works with Annie and her assistant to organize challenges with affiliates, interview affiliates, keep affiliate page up to date on our site, and help affiliates with graphics requests.
Staff Artist: Our Staff Artist will create artwork for our podcast, logos, skins, our Zazzle Store, and other various special features we offer. They will also help maintain and moderate our art gallery. |
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Story Categories
We are revising our story categories! Based upon feedback from our survey, we will be simplifying them as requested by our members and authors. Stay tuned for more information! |
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Monthly Challenge - January 2008
With the ending of Deathly Hallows we have a whole new generation to incorporate into the Harry Potter World. In honor of the newest additions to fan-fiction and art we are challenging you to write/draw about them! We are not putting a limit on the ages of the Next Generation...but they do have to be born already! So lets get to work writing and drawing the Next Generation!
Rules for stories: - Must be 500 words
- Must be prebetaed
- Must comply with our Terms of Service
- Must include the Next Generation as focal points
- Challenge ends on January 30th at 11:59 pm EST.
Art:- Must be willing to let us host the artwork in our gallery for January and February
- Must contain the Next Generation
- You would submit all artwork via email to thecaptains@thequidditchpitch.org
- Your email should contain:
- Your penname
- Your email address
- Rating
- Summary
- Title
- Focal point should be the Next Generation
Full details can be found at The Quidditch Pitch. |
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Secret Elves
Secret Elves were revealed just after Christmas. Thanks to all who participated! |
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Check Your Characters
We've discovered that a few characters changed their identities in the upgrade to eFiction 3.3. If Severus Snape, Nymphadora Tonks, Parvati Patil or Pansy Parkinson are characters in any of your fics, please double-check and verify they haven't decided to change personas. Snape has become Augustus Rookwood, Tonks has become Professor Sinistra, Parvati has become Abraxas Malfoy, and Pansy has become Ernie Macmillian. If you have any difficulties, please don't hesitate to contact The Captains. |
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New fics:( Bad Moon Rising )( Hallowed Halls )( Remains of the Day )( Dark Tales )( The Broomshed )( Crossovers )( Non-Fiction ) mood:: hungry
Digest: 25 Nov 2007
posted: Sunday, 25 November 2007 @ 02.09
Digest for 11 November 2007 through 24 November 2007 Announcements:
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Featured Artist and Featured Stories
Polls close Tuesday, 27 November 2007 @ 11:59 p.m. EST |
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Monthly Challenge
There are only a few more days for our Snapealicious Snapeabration. Our challenge ends Thursday, 30 November 2007 at 11:59 p.m. EST. Click the banner for all the details.
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Check Your Characters
We've discovered that a few characters changed their identities in the upgrade to eFiction 3.3. If Severus Snape, Nymphadora Tonks, Parvati Patil or Pansy Parkinson are characters in any of your fics, please double-check and verify they haven't decided to change personas. Snape has become Augustus Rookwood, Tonks has become Professor Sinistra, Parvati has become Abraxas Malfoy, and Pansy has become Ernie Macmillian. If you have any difficulties, please don't hesitate to contact The Captains. |
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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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Digest
As the Captain In Charge of Digests will be moving from one U.S. coast to the other in the next two months, the digests will be decreasing in frequency from weekly to bi-weekly until February. |
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New fics:( Bad Moon Rising )( Hallowed Halls )( Remains of the Day )( Dark Tales )( The Broomshed )( Crossovers )( Non-Fiction )Hot topics:
= the forums have been shockingly quiet mood:: busy
Digest: 04 Nov 2007
posted: Sunday, 04 November 2007 @ 02.00
Digest for 28 October 2007 through 03 November 2007 Announcements:
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Monthly Features
November's Featured Story winners.
Congratulations to mrsquizzical!
Congratulations to artisticentropy!
Our November monthly challenge.
Congratulations to Da BeST Team for winning the September/October joint challenge. |
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Weekly Features
We have a new feature: a weekly drabble challenge. Details for our current challenge can be found in our forums. |
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Site Anniversary
We're two years old! To celebrate, we have a new skin for the site. You can read up on our site history here. |
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Quaffle Talk
We need you for our next podcast! We're looking for Snape lovers everywhere to unite and tell us just what makes Snape so Snapealicious.
You can record something and mail it to us. You can write something and mail it to us. You can also post it in our forums. |
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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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New fics:( Bad Moon Rising )( Hallowed Halls )( Remains of the Day )( Dark Tales )( The Broomshed )( Crossovers )( Non-Fiction )Hot topics:
= Why is Snape so Snapealicious?
= Our Weekly Challenge
= Writing the Perfect Sex Scene
= Our Site AnniversaryNew authors/registration:
( New authors/registration )
mood:: busy music:: NPR's Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me podast
Digest: 21 Oct 2007
posted: Sunday, 21 October 2007 @ 02.15
Digest for 07 October 2007 through 20 October 2007 Announcements:
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Hiring
We're hiring!!! We've now reached the 10,000 plus membership and we need to expand our staff. If you're interested please take a look at our Applications Page! |
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Donate
As the Quidditch Pitch has grown so have our expense 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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Pimping Ourselves
We'd love if you'd all take a few minutes to vote for us at the Fan Fiction Directory.
Also please vote for the other wonderful sites advertised there also!
You can also submit your vote here for the Quidditch Pitch!
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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
= Deathly Hallows - Character Discussion
= Deathly Hallows - Chapter by Chapter Discussion
= Essays and News
= The Games We PlayNew authors/registration:
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music:: NPR's Wait Wait Don't Tell Me podcast
Digest: 07 Oct 2007
posted: Sunday, 07 October 2007 @ 00.01
Digest: 30 Sep 2007
posted: Sunday, 30 September 2007 @ 00.01
Digest for 16 September 2007 through 29 September 2007 Announcements:
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Quaffle Talk
Episode 8 contains a discussion by The Captains about Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, predictions by five of our Miniature Captains and our sometimes serious, mostly silly Captain's Corner segment, What Else Could Have Been a Horcrux?
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Featured Stories Poll
Our Featured Stories poll is ready for your vote. Please click the banner to participate!
Polls will be open until Tuesday, 2 October 2007 @ 1159 EDT. |
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Check Your Characters
We've discovered that a few characters changed their identities in the upgrade to eFiction 3.3. If Severus Snape, Nymphadora Tonks, or Parvati Patil are characters in any of your fics, please double-check and verify they haven't decided to change personas. Snape has become Augustus Rookwood, Tonks has become Professor Sinistra and Parvati has become Abraxas Malfoy. Ernie Macmillian has been turning up more frequently than usual lately, but The Captains aren't sure who he's impersonating. If you have any difficulties, please don't hesitate to contact The Captains. |
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10,000
We hit 10,000 members this week, a month shy of our second birthday! Thank you to everyone for being part of this site. |
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New fics:( Bad Moon Rising )( Hallowed Halls )( Remains of the Day )( Dark Tales )( The Broomshed )( Crossovers )( Non-Fiction )New authors/registration:
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