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: 08 Mar 2009
posted: Sunday, 08 March 2009 @ 00.01
Digest for 01 February 2009 through 07 March 2009 Announcements:
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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 tags: 2009: 02, 2009: 03, author: 108, author: acciohbp, author: amythis, author: antosha, author: azyne, author: baby boomer, author: brandedfaithfully, author: charma10, author: coffee_n_cocoa, author: crysenthia dickens, author: deenas, author: delirioustk, author: destyne, author: doveypoo, author: dynonugget, author: easleyweasley, author: hpuckle, author: humantales, author: imaginarygoddess, author: jadzialove, author: johngalt, author: kanedax, author: kereia, author: ktmarsh, author: les dowich, author: lisafiction89, author: madeyemax, author: missgranger2, author: mrmoon, author: nathaniel, author: negligee, author: norwegianeyes, author: phantomaya6000, author: queenb23, author: realmer06, author: rickey_a, author: shieldmaiden, author: slanted knitting, author: slashpervert, author: theelderwyrm, author: thetriomakesmehot, author: whatwldmrsweasleydo, author: wook77, digest
Digest: 07 Dec 2008
posted: Sunday, 07 December 2008 @ 00.10
Digest for 16 November 2008 through 06 December 2008 Announcements:
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Editor's Choice
Congratulations to kerryblaze! Click the banner to read her story. |
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Year-End at The Quidditch Pitch
+ Our year-end polls should be up soon... hopefully before the end of the year.
+ The assignments for our Secret Elf Holiday Ficlet Exchange should be going out soon. Sorry for the delay! |
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New fics:( Bad Moon Rising )( Hallowed Halls )( Remains of the Day )( Dark Tales )( The Broomshed )( Crossovers )( Non-Fiction ) music:: Doctor Who, Season 1
Digest: 16 Nov 2008
posted: Sunday, 16 November 2008 @ 00.01
Digest for 02 November 2008 through 15 November 2008 Announcements:
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Featured of the Year
Our Featured Artist of the Year and Featured Story of the Year polls should be up soon. Keep an eye out for them and vote! |
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New fics:( Bad Moon Rising )( Hallowed Halls )( Remains of the Day )( Dark Tales )( The Broomshed )( Crossovers )( Non-Fiction ) mood:: exhausted
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: 06 Jul 2008
posted: Sunday, 06 July 2008 @ 00.10
Digest for 29 June 2008 through 05 July 2008 Announcements:
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Monthly Challenge Poll
Please click the banner to vote for the winner of June's Challenge.
Voting ends Wednesday, 9 July 2008 @ 11:59 p.m. EDT. |
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Featured Stories of the Month
Click the banner for links to all the stories.
Congratulations! |
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Editor's Choice
Click the banner to read the fic.
Congratulations! |
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New fics:( Bad Moon Rising )( Hallowed Halls )( Remains of the Day )( Dark Tales )( The Broomshed )( Crossovers )( Non-Fiction ) mood:: tired
Digest: 15 Jun 2008
posted: Sunday, 15 June 2008 @ 00.01
Digest for 08 June 2008 through 14 June 2008 Announcements:
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Policy Change for Processing Submissions and Posting Betaed Fics
To the authors and members of The Quidditch Pitch,
Due to changes in our staffing levels, we are implementing a change to the submission and upload process, effective 5 June 2008.- You may submit stories at any time.
- Submissions will be processed Saturday through Wednesday. All approvals or rejections will happen only during that time period.
- Stories edited by our beta staff will be uploaded Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.
We hope this will not be a long-term change since we are actively hiring for Quidditch Coordinators to work the submission queue.&nbp; If you are interested in applying for the position, please apply here. You must be 18 to apply for the job of Quidditch Coordinator. |
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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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Quidditch Trading Cards
Our galleries, Quidditch Trading Cards, are finally reopened! After several weeks of work reconstructing them after a hacker destroyed them, the galleries are now back up. Please note the new location and change any bookmarks you may have. Additionally, new registrations are closed at this time, and the adult albums are correspondingly closed. We're attempting to cross our main site registrations with the gallery and our technical guru, Captain Mel, is working out the bugs. |
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New fics:( Bad Moon Rising )( Hallowed Halls )( Remains of the Day )( Dark Tales )( The Broomshed )( Crossovers )( Non-Fiction )
Digest: 11 May 2008
posted: Sunday, 11 May 2008 @ 00.05
Happy Mother's Day! Digest for 04 May 2008 through 10 May 2008 Announcements:
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Featured Stories of the Month
Please click the banner for the links to all the May 2008 stories. Congratulations to all the authors! |
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Editor's Choice
Click the banner to read the April 2008 Editor's Choice. You can read our interview with her here. Congratulations! |
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Now Hiring
The Quidditch Pitch is in desperate need of Quidditch Assistants. With our recent explosion in membership, we now have an average of one beta per 1000+ members. If you're interested, please complete the application here. As an added bonus, you would get to work with the amazing deena_s! |
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New fics:( Bad Moon Rising )( Hallowed Halls )( Remains of the Day )( Dark Tales )( The Broomshed )( Crossovers )( Non-Fiction )
Digest: 04 May 2008
posted: Sunday, 04 May 2008 @ 00.01
Digest for 27 April 2008 through 03 May 2008 Announcements:
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Monthly Challenge Poll
The poll will remain open until Thursday, 8 May 2008 @ 11:59 p.m. EDT |
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In the Upcoming Week
In the next week, we'll be announcing May's challenge, May's Featured Stories and May's Featured Artist. |
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Now Hiring
The Quidditch Pitch is in desperate need of Quidditch Assistants. With our recent explosion in membership, we now have an average of one beta per 1000+ members. If you're interested, please complete the application here. As an added bonus, you would get to work with the amazing deena_s! |
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New fics:( Bad Moon Rising )( Hallowed Halls )( Remains of the Day )( Dark Tales )( The Broomshed )( Crossovers )( Non-Fiction )Hot topics:
= yesclabby is looking for people to talk to
= thanfiction is looking for Nekkid Quidditch
= Deathly Hallows discussion
= Looking for Luna/Dean shippers mood:: hungry music:: "The 40-Year-Old Virgin"
Digest: 16 Mar 2008
posted: Sunday, 16 March 2008 @ 00.01
Digest for 02 March 2008 through 15 March 2008 Announcements:
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Ron-a-Thon
This Ron-a-thon is a two-week, silent auction to help keep The Quidditch Pitch online. In just two years, the site has grown from 200 members to over 12,000. We have been funding the site ourselves since the very beginning, almost three years ago. But we need assistance this year to pay for web hosting and a variety of other expenses that go with running the site.
We appreciate all your support as members and authors over the last two years and would send Ron to you, but Annie refuses to allow him to leave her sight. There might a be court order involved but we have learned not to ask about those things.
Fundraiser Rules and Regulations- You may bid as many times as you like in order to win.
- Bids will close on the 16th of March and winners notified.
- Payment must be made within one week of the end of the auction. Paypal is our preferred method of payment.
- Request for pairing and prompts will be accepted once payment transaction is complete.
- The Author/Artist will have until May 15th to complete all stories and artwork.
Please click the banner to view and bid on all the Authors and Artists.
Our fundraiser ends in less than 24 hours! The last chance to bid is Sunday, 16 March 2008 at 9:59 p.m. EDT. |
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Now Hiring
The Quidditch Pitch is in desperate need of Quidditch Assistants. With our recent explosion in membership, we now have an average of one beta per 1000+ members. If you're interested, please complete the application here. As an added bonus, you would get to work with the amazing deena_s! |
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Quaffle Talk - Seeking Fan Boys!
Do you have a burning passion to make your views about Harry Potter known? Do you want an opportunity to discuss slash, het, gen, and of course your favorite character? The Quidditch Pitch has a deal for you! For just 39.95 19.95 free you can join us in recording a segment for Quaffle Talk. We're searching for men -- short or tall, with a sense of humor, and quite frankly men who are not offended by the insanity that is the Captains of the Quidditch Pitch.
Comment to this post or email the Captains at thecaptains@thequidditchpitch.org and we'll get you all the details out ASAP!
Warning participating in Quaffle Talk should not be done while drinking hot liquids. The Captains are not responsible for a decrease in intelligence, spontaneous and uncontrollable laughter, and Deena, Dream Wia Dream, Auntee Mame, Simons Flower, and Annie take no responsible and lay no claim to the antics of Madam Minnie. |
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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: 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
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