In this challenge, we have MANY pieces of fanart to inspire your writing and your job is to write a drabble or ficlet to accompany the piece. Here are the details:
- Pick a piece of art from the selection below.
- Write a piece of fanfic between 100 and 750 words based upon the art. No art is NC-17 but fic ratings can be any rating.
- Submit the fic to thecaptains@thequidditchpitch.org by July 30th.
- Read and review the drabbles and ficlets when they are posted on July 31st.
Excited, huh, huh?
Well then what are you waiting for? Go shopping for that inspirational piece of Harry Potter fanart and get writing!
THANK YOU to the wonderful artists! LeelaStarsky, DianaWeasley, LillyWMW, GlockGal, LizardSpots, Mudblood428, Odella, ElspethElf and Reallycorking.
Links to art....
Draco/Hermione---Draco/Ginny---Draco/Pansy---Gen Art---Gen Harry---Harry/Draco---Harry/Ginny---Harry/Hermione---Harry/Luna
Femme Slash---Ron/Hermione---Harry/Ron---Harry/Snape---James/Lily---James/Sirius---Lucius/Narcissa---Neville/Ginny---Remus/Tonks
Ron/Draco---Snape/Hermione---Sirius/Remus---Trio---Snape/Remus---Snape/James---Snape/Lucius---Sirius/Snape---Bill/Draco---Bill/Fleur
When submitting your drabble to the Captains, please include the following information:
Author (TQP Penname):
Piece of art used:
Rating:
Pairing:
Summary:
Please remember that drabbles are due to the Captains by July 30th.
If you have any questions, please contact Captain DeenaS at deenas@thequidditchpitch.org.
Announcements:
| .: | Affiliate  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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The 2008 Featured Story of the Year poll is going on through Thursday, 15 January 2009@ 1159 EST, with winners to be annouced a few days later.
We got (most of) the bugs worked out of our Secret Elf Exchange and you should be able to read the fic at the link below.
Thank you so much to all our authors for their incredible patience with us regarding this year's exchange.
The queue is reopened for business. If your story has not yet been processed, please let The Captains know. Additionally, if a story of yours has languished in the beta queue, please let us know.
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| .: | Featured Stories and Featured Artist of the Year   Click on the banners above to vote. Polls will remain open through 21 December 2008 at 11:59 pm EST. |
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| .: | Secret Elf Challenge Submission deadline for the Secret Elf Exchange is 22 December 2008. Though the queue is closed, we will post submissions to the Exchange. |
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| .: | Happy Holidays |
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| .: | Featured Stories and Featured Artist of the Year Click on the banners above to vote. Polls will remain open through 21 December 2008 at 11:59 pm EST. |
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| .: | Secret Elf Challenge Submission deadline for the Secret Elf Exchange is 22 December 2008. Though the queue is closed, we will post submissions to the Exchange. |
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| .: | Happy Holidays |
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New fics:
( Bad Moon Rising )
( Hallowed Halls )
( Remains of the Day )
( Dark Tales )
( The Broomshed )
( Crossovers )
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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 |
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| .: | 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  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 |
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New fics:
( Bad Moon Rising )
( Hallowed Halls )
( Remains of the Day )
( Dark Tales )
( The Broomshed )
( Crossovers )
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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){kind=small} 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 )
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Announcements:
| .: | 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 )
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( Bad Moon Rising )
( Hallowed Halls )
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Announcements:
| .: | Editor's Choice for August 2008  You can read our interview with him here. |
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| .: | Challenge of the Month Artwork in banner by Sarapsys It's the time for another Challenge from The Quidditch Pitch. We are issuing the Wild World of Weather Challenge. All stories must have the weather as the central focus to the plot. Wizards can't control the weather...can they? Rules:
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Sorry there was no digest two weeks ago, but I was in a place without internet. It was tragic.
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( Hallowed Halls )
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| .: | Featured Stories for August  Click the banner for links to the individual stories. Congratulations to all our winners! |
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| .: | Featured Artist for July and August  Congratulations to frodobolson72, our Featured Artist for July/August 2008! View her gallery by clicking on the banner and read our interview with her here. |
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New fics:
( Bad Moon Rising )
( Hallowed Halls )
( Remains of the Day )
( Dark Tales )
( The Broomshed )
( Crossovers )
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( Bad Moon Rising )
( Hallowed Halls )
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| .: | Editor's Choice  Click the banner to read the fic, and read our interview with IamShadow here. |
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New fics:
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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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( Hallowed Halls )
( Remains of the Day )
( Dark Tales )
( The Broomshed )
( Crossovers )
( Non-Fiction )