I'd like to offer one more round of applause for our fabulous free-for-all participants! Such fabulous works to help pump everyone up for the beginning off the round!

In case you missed any of the entries, here's a recap:

( Free-For-All Recap )

Alas, we've come to the end of our free-for-all challenge.

For our final entry, please join us for a little voyeuristic fun - on your part! Rubber duckies are optional.


Title: Squeaky Clean
Artist: andreanna
Thing/Place/Action: Squeaky shoes/bath/washing
Drabble/Drawble/Ficlet/Limerick?: Drawble!!
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: Ummm, naked...and silly.
Notes/Disclaimers/Betas: Thank you lizardspots for the title. This time I used a reference! So then I had more time to ponder coloring it...only to end up in grey scale ;__;


( Squeaky Clean )

Thank you, andreanna!


And thanks to everyone who has participated in our Opening Games Free-For-All Challenge! ♥

Stay tuned! Official posting begins on August 1, at which time we'll be bringing you Fifty (50) Days of Snarry to celebrate! (Take that, Christmas! :-P) Our Champions have all been working very hard, so please remember to show them your appreciation!

Synchronize your watches -- 8 1/2 days to go...

Our next free-for-all entry includes a ficlet, a drabble, a drawble, and a limerick!

Title: Hell Hath No Fury Like A Wizard Driver
Author: Reiko Katsura
Thing/Place/Action: Three-Legged Cat/Muggle Cinema+Car/Singing+reclining+shouting
Type: Ficlet
Rating/Warnings: T- For mention of sex and animal abuse
Disclaimers: I do not own Harry Potter or its respective characters. No copyright infringement intended.

( Hell Hath No Fury Like a Wizard Driver )

Title: 489 Galleons Short
Author: Reiko Katsura
Thing/Place/Action: Naughty Picture/ Street Corner/ Choking+Walking
Type: Drabble
Rating/Warnings: T—For naughty intentions
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any of its respective characters. No copyright infringement intended.

( 489 Galleons Short )

Title: Sexual Hangover
Artist: Reiko Katsura
Thing/Place/Action: Wand/ Street Corner/Yawning+Walking
Type: Drawble
Rating/Warnings: T—for mention of randy-ness
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or its respective characters. No copyright infringement intended.
A/N: This took me a lot less than an hour… and I'm sure you can pretty much tell. It was fun, though.

( Sexual Hangover )

Title: Nudist
Artist: Reiko Katsura
Thing/Place/Action: Moldy Fruit+Naughty Picture/Muggle Cinema/ Washing+Coughing
Type: Limerick
Rating/Warnings: T—for mention of sexy nudity and uncontrollable body reactions
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or its respective characters. No copyright infringement intended.

( Nudist )

Thank you, Reiko Katsura!

S--A--T-U-R--D-A-Y...NIGHT! Alas, this is not coming to you from the Bay City, but we are very happy to bring you another wonderful installment in our free-for-all series!

Tonight's lineup is care of bluemoondreamer a/k/a tsuki -- a limerick and a ficlet, for your reading pleasure:

Title: Oh What A Night!
Author/Artist: bluemoondreamer
Thing/Place/Action: An alcoholic beverage / muggle cinema / walking
Drabble/Drawble/Ficlet/Limerick?: Limerick (although I didn't follow the rules at all...)
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: Crack, OOC-ness (or maybe just drunkenness)
Notes/Disclaimers/Betas: I wanted to try a limerick and this is what came to me. I looked up the rules of writing a limerick after I wrote it and found out I did it totally wrong. So maybe this is more of an anti-limerick :) Although, I did try to put it in the format I saw. Also, don't own; don't sue.


( Oh What A Night! )


Title: Harry is Fed Up
Author/Artist: bluemoondreamer
Thing/Place/Action: Three-legged cat, paper / loo / shouting, cleaning
Drabble/Drawble/Ficlet/Limerick?: Ficlet (500 on the dot)
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: Nothing really... PG-13 at most.
Notes/Disclaimers/Betas: I didn't think I would, but I struggled to fit this into 500 words. This idea jumped out at me when I saw the prompts and I had to write it. I've never written anything for a fest (opening games or otherwise) so I hope you'll like it! Also, don't own; don't sue.

( Harry is Fed Up )

Thank you, bluemoondreamer!

For today's installment, we bring you two lovely ficlets from Lin a/k/a nestinghedwig - a sure-fire way to chase away the couldn't-make-it-to-the-con blues!


Title: Balancing A Tripod
Author/Artist: nestinghedwig
Thing/Place/Action: Three-Legged Cat, Balcony, Reclining
Drabble/Drawble/Ficlet/Limerick?: Ficlet
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: Rated G, Animal Cruelty
Notes/Disclaimers/Betas: This story is based on characters created and owned by J.K. Rowling, various publishers including, but not limited to Scholastic Books and Warner Bros. No copyright or trademark infringement is intended; no monetary gain will be made from this story. Thanks to reddwarfer for the beta.
Word Count: 489

( Balancing a Tripod by nestinghedwig )


Title: All The Pretty Horses
Author/Artist: nestinghedwig
Thing/Place/Action: An Alcoholic Beverage, A Creaky Old House, Singing
Drabble/Drawble/Ficlet/Limerick?: Ficlet
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: Rated G
Notes/Disclaimers/Betas: This story is based on characters created and owned by J.K. Rowling, various publishers including, but not limited to Scholastic Books and Warner Bros. No copyright or trademark infringement is intended; no monetary gain will be made from this story. "All The Pretty Horses" is a traditional lullaby. Thanks to reddwarfer for the beta.
Word Count: 499

( All The Pretty Horses by nestinghedwig )

Thank you, Lin!

Our next Free For All was our first submitted, so apologies to the artist for making her wait. :)

We are happy to present:


Title: Rub a Dub Dub...Snarry in the Tub
Artist: Veridian Dair
Thing/Place/Action: An Alcoholic Beverage/Bath-Loo/Cleaning-Washing
Drabble/Drawble/Ficlet/Limerick?: Drawble
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: R for nudity and bubbles?
Notes: Once I saw the prompts, this picture sprang to mind. Trying to back away after an hour was tough! It set the record for the piece of art I've worked most furiously on.


( Rub a Dub Dub...Snarry in the Tub, by Veridian Dair )

Thank you, veridian_dair!!

Stay tuned for more Free For All Challenges, which will continue to post while San Francisco keeps many of us busy, so don't forget to drop by and comment!

Games begin posting in just over two weeks!

These awesome drabbles come from the awesome snakeling, mod-extraordinaire.

( Four drabbles by Snakeling )

Thank you, snakeling! ♥

This lovely piece came from current Team Snitch Champion and former medalist, odogoddess!



Title: So Rises The Curtain
Author: odogoddess
Thing/Place/Action: Paper, The Muggle Cinema, Reclining
Drabble/Drawble/Ficlet/Limerick?: Drabble
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: PG, none, kissing if kissing is your kink
Notes/Disclaimers/Betas Disclaimer: The HP universe belongs to JK Rowling. I merely play in it, with its characters, and leave them much happier than she ever did in the aftermath.

( So Rises The Curtain by Odogoddess )

Thank you, odogoddess!! Stay tuned for more Opening Games Free For All!

We welcome current Team Cauldron member and previous Games medalist, inoru_no_hoshi!

Title: Newt Here
Author/Artist: inoru_no_hoshi
Thing/Place/Action: A Newt / Bath/Loo / Cleaning/Washing
Drabble/Drawble/Ficlet/Limerick?: Ficlet (168 words)
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: G / maybe OOC? / None here! xD
Notes/Disclaimers/Betas Oddly, the first thing that struck me, looking at the prompt table. xD / Harry Potter belongs to J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, Bloomsbury, Warner Bros., et al. No monetary gain is being made from this work of FANfiction. (P.S. - No newts were harmed in the making of this fic.)


( Newt Here, by inoru_no_hoshi )

Thank you, inoru_no_hoshi!

Stay tuned for more Free For All Challenges. Remember, the Snarry Games begin posting August 1!

We have another entry by three time Gold medal winner, andreanna! We are please to present:


Title: Happy Sky
Artist: andreanna
Thing/Place/Action: umbrella/shore/reclining
Drabble/Drawble/Ficlet/Limerick?: Drawble!! :D
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: G for geee-that's-so-cute
Notes/Disclaimers/Betas My boyfriend helped with the title (apparently it coincides with a video game title XD) Omg, these drawbles are testing my doodling skills. One hour is such little time ^_^


( Happy Sky by Andreanna )



See Andreanna's other Free For All entry Here

Thank you, andreanna!

Stay tuned for more Free For All Opening Games!

Wheeeee! More Limericks! We love limericks here at the Games. Our next Free For All is a series of limericks, and we hope you enjoy!


Title: Ode(s) to Ginny: A Limerick Treatise on Soulmates
Author/Artist: persepolis130
Thing/Place/Action:
(A) newt, cave, shouting
(B) naughty picture, forest/woods, walking
(C) wand, bath/loo, shouting
(D) paper, the Muggle cinema, walking
(E) an alcoholic beverage, a creaky old house, hiding
(F) shouting, street corner, paper
Drabble/Drawble/Ficlet/Limerick?: Limericks
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: R
Notes/Disclaimers/Betas Thanks to luthe_n for the beta job and aviam for the moral support!


( Ode(s) to Ginny: A Limerick Treatise on Soulmates by persepolis130 )

Thank you, persepolis130!!

Stay tuned for more Opening Games Free For All!

Set your clocks - The 2009 Snarry Mixed Games begins posting in one (1) month, beginning AUGUST 1!

The Games are pleased to introduce another new Free For All Challenger, with an adorable Drawble!


Title: The Newt Bath
Author/Artist: amanitamuscaria
Thing/Place/Action: A Newt/bath or loo/reclining
Drabble/Drawble/Ficlet/Limerick?: Drawble
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: Ummm - maybe PG?


( A Newt Bath by AmanitaMuscaria )

Our next Free For All Challenger decided to do a ficlet in verse! We are very pleased to
present paperbacked!



Title: A Living Hour
Author/Artist: paperbacked
Thing/Place/Action: paper/shore/singing
Drabble/Drawble/Ficlet/Limerick?: Ficlet-ish! 115 words.
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: U – warning for angsty sonnet, though.
Notes/Disclaimers/Betas I genuinely intended to write a smutty version of 'The Raven', and indeed got halfway through writing one, but it was so unimaginably, poke-your-eyes-out-with-a-spoon horrible, I wrote this instead. It's supposed to be a sonnet about Snape by Harry. Apologies to Elizabeth Bishop, John Donne and Shakespeare, respectively.




( A Living Hour by Paperbacked )


Thank you, paperbacked!!

Stay tuned for more Free For All!

Today we give you a special treat. Team Snitch member plantinshadows was an Art Alternate for 2008's Team Phoenix. We did not get a chance to post her Alternate art during the 2008 Art Games, so we saved it for when we could.

We would like to post it today, along with her Opening Games Free For All Challenge Drawble!


(Both images are worksafe/PG)


Title: Over My Dead Body!
Author/Artist: plantinshadows
Thing/Place/Action: Three-Legged Cat / Balcony / Shouting
Drabble/Drawble/Ficlet/Limerick?: Drawble
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: missing cat leg
Notes/Disclaimers/Betas I'm still new to computer colouring, so unfortunately I didn't have time for background and skin colour, please forgive. First I wanted to have Severus coughing - as in cat allergy, but I didn't know how to draw that. I wanted Severus to be really insulted at the 'looks like you', I wanted it to be a grumpy and ugly cat, though I don't think it looks that bad. Please take notice of the cat's bushy eyebrows! ;) xxx

( Over My Dead Body! by Plantinshadows )

Title: He knows
Artist: plantinshadows
Team: Phoenix!!!
Genre(s): Wartime, Angst
Prompt(s): Return to me
Artist's Notes/Thank you's: I tried depict how it would look like when Harry begs Snape not to go back to Voldemort. I tried to draw Snape looking all determined to fulfill his obligations, unimpressed with Harry's efforts to stop him and his own death... The latin on top of the frame means 'redemption' and 'hopelessness' at the bottom of the frame. I've used an online Latin dictionary, so please excuse any mistakes or misinterpretations on my side.
Thank you, Team Phoenix, for all your fab support with my gazillion attempts. Special thanks to jin_fenghuang, accioslash and venturous1!!!
Media used: pencil, fineliner and a little bit of Photoimpact

( He Knows by Plantinshadows )


Thank you, plantinshadows!!

We were thrilled to receive an email from Two-time medalist, Games MVP, and all-around awesome fic fest writer, alisanne, letting us know that she 'threw together some drabbles' for the Opening Games Free For All.


Some. Drabbles. How about TEN drabbles using every single prompt? Wow. Fantastic!


( 10 Drabbles by Alisanne, using every prompt!! )

Thank you, alisanne!! ♥

Stay tuned for more Free For All!

We have another drawble! We are very pleased to introduce fanficforensics to the Games:



Title: Dancing shoes
Author/Artist: fanficforensics
Thing/Place/Action: squeaky shoes, in a cemetery, reclining
Drabble/Drawble/Ficlet/Limerick?: drawble
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: none
Notes/Disclaimers/Betas: Summary under cut (Italics are bastardized quotes from Neil Gaiman's 'The Graveyard Book'. Very sorry for having unclean thoughts about your lovely book, sir.)


( Nobody Owens, er, Harry Potter, is a normal boy )

Thank you, fanficforensics!

Stay tuned for more Opening Games!

Our next Free For All comes from a medal winning member of Team Dragon in 2008, and current Team Cauldron champion, lilyseyes!


Title: His Champion
Author/Artist: lilyseyes
Thing/Place/Action:Squeaky Shoes/Shore/Walking
Drabble/Drawble/Ficlet/Limerick?:Ficlet ~ 400 words
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: PG *Pre-slash, teacher/student, fluff*
Notes/Disclaimers/Betas JKR owns the Potterverse – I just play in it. No money is made from these amateur works. Beta'd by the_minx_17 and whitecotton - thank you so much!



( His Champion )

Thank you, lilyseyes!

Our fourth Opening Games Free For All submission comes from a watcher of the Games, emilywaters1976.


Title: Ninth Life
Author/Artist: emilywaters1976
Thing/Place/Action:Three-Legged Cat /A Creaky Old House /Reclining
Drabble/Drawble/Ficlet/Limerick?: Ficlet
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: M. Angst, UST.
Notes/Disclaimers/Betas Post-war. Severus Snape is staying with Harry.

( Ninth Life by Emilywaters1976 )

Thank you, emilywaters1976

Unfortunately, multi-talented three-time Games Artist Champion blackcoyote couldn't join us this year, but she wanted to support the Games and sent us in some LIMERICKS! Yay! (The mods love limericks, btw).


( Three Limericks by BlackCoyote )

Thank you, blackcoyote!

Stay tuned for more Opening Games Free For All!

Our second Opening Games Free For All submission comes from a Games veteran and current champion, now in her FOURTH Snarry Games and three-time Gold medal winner, andreanna!


Title: Offerings
Artist: andreanna
Thing/Place/Action: naughty picture/cemetery/walking
Drabble/Drawble/Ficlet/Limerick?: DRAWBLE FTW!
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: Rated PG13 for lame
Notes/Disclaimers/Betas Oh man! I consider myself a relatively quick artist (more of a serial doodler if you will) but these drawbles are tough! Or maybe I'm just awful at anything with a background XD


( Offerings by Andreanna )