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!

June 2009
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Digest: 22 Mar 2009

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

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


Digest: 01 Feb 2009

Digest for 04 January 2009 through 31 January 2009

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Featured Artist of the Year
Congratulations to ericahpfa!

ericahpfa

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Featured Stories of the Year
Congratulations to all our winners!

Within These Walls by Solstice

Memories as a Teacup by wook77


Something Missing at the End by mapleandmahogany


Translation of Light by Matroushka

After King's Cross by oldenuf2nobetter

Five Times Luna Acted Wildly Inappropriate and Dean Loved Her For It by Attila

Seven Courses by Solstice


Clever Strategy by magicofisis

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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


Digest: 04 Jan 2009

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: 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: 03 Aug 2008

Digest for 20 July 2008 through 02 August 2008

Announcements:
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Featured Stories for August

Featured Stories for August 2008
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 )

Non-Fiction )
 
mood:: cold


Digest: 13 Jul 2008

Digest for 06 July 2008 through 12 July 2008

Announcements:
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Monthly Challenge

Watching Ron by risiepookie
Congratulations, Risie!

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Editor's Choice

Editor's Choice for July 2008
Click the banner to read the fic, and read our interview with IamShadow here.

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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: 29 Jun 2008

Digest for 15 June 2008 through 28 June 2008

Announcements:
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Monhtly Challenge

Gluttony: the June 2008 Monthly 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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New fics:
Bad Moon Rising )

Hallowed Halls )

Remains of the Day )

Dark Tales )

The Broomshed )

Crossovers )

Non-Fiction )
 
mood:: exhausted


Digest: 04 May 2008

Digest for 27 April 2008 through 03 May 2008

Announcements:
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Monthly Challenge Poll

Rebirth - April 2008 challenge

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 [info]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: 13 Apr 2008

Digest for 06 April 2008 through 12 April 2008

Announcements:
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Monthly Challenge


The Quidditch Pitch is pleased to bring you our April challenge:  "Rebirth".  The Wizarding World is entering a post-Voldemort era of rebirth.  We want your stories/art of spring, things blooming, winter fading, allergies exploding--okay no allergies exploding.  Is there a post-Voldie baby boom?  Does the Phoenix really rise again?  These are questions we need answered!

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 May.
  • The focal point should be the rebirth 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 April 30th!  Good luck and happy writing :)

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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: 02 Mar 2008

Digest for 24 February 2008 through 01 March 2008

Announcements:
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Ron-a-Thon

Ron-A-Thon: A silent auction to keep TQP online

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
  1. You may bid as many times as you like in order to win.
  2. Bids will close on the 16th of March and winners notified.
  3. Payment must be made within one week of the end of the auction.
  4. Request for pairing and prompts will be accepted once payment transaction is complete.
  5. 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.

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Featured Stories

click for links to the stories

Click the banner for links to the stories.

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Featured Artist
Congratulations to [info]ericahpfa for being our March 2008 Featured Artist!

ericahpfa
Click the banner to see her gallery.
Read our interview with her here.

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Editor's Choice
Congratulations to [info]minisinoo!

Nature & Destiny by minisinoo
Click the banner to read the story.

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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 [info]deena_s!

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February Monthly Challenge


The Quidditch Pitch is pleased to bring you The Birds and Bees Challenge! Spring is coming, it's Valentine's Day, and love is in the air. This month's challenge is a challenge about love. We want to see stories and art that is sweet, naughty, fluffy, and just downright embarrassing. So submit your stories soon and let's have a love in. Yes, we are reliving the sixties and seventies!

Rules for stories:
* Must be at least 500 words
* Must be prebetad
* Must comply with our terms of service
* Must include love, the birds and the bees, or naughtiness.
* Challenge ends on March 12th at 11:59 pm EST.
Art:
* Must be willing to let us host the artwork in our gallery for March and April
* Must contain love, the birds and the bees, or naughtiness.
* 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 love

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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: 17 Feb 2008

Digest for 10 February 2008 through 16 February 2008

Announcements:
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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 [info]deena_s!

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January Monthly Challenge
Congratulations to humantales!

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February Monthly Challenge


The Quidditch Pitch is pleased to bring you The Birds and Bees Challenge! Spring is coming, it's Valentine's Day, and love is in the air. This month's challenge is a challenge about love. We want to see stories and art that is sweet, naughty, fluffy, and just downright embarrassing. So submit your stories soon and let's have a love in. Yes, we are reliving the sixties and seventies!

Rules for stories:
* Must be 500 words
* Must be prebetad
* Must comply with our terms of service
* Must include love, the birds and the bees, or naughtiness.
* Challenge ends on March 12th at 11:59 pm EST.
Art:
* Must be willing to let us host the artwork in our gallery for March and April
* Must contain love, the birds and the bees, or naughtiness.
* 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 love

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Featured Story Poll
The polls for Featured Story of the Month for March will be published within the next few days.

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RSS Feed
The Quidditch Pitch has a syndication feature that you might not be aware of. This means that you can add The Quidditch Pitch Most Recent Stories block to anything you use with an RSS Reader. iGoogle and My Yahoo are two of the most used locations, but TQP Most Recent stories can be added to anything that will accept an RSS feed. We also have a Syndicated Feed for Most Recent Stories at The Quidditch Pitch on Live Journal at [info]tqp.

Add the feed to your own page:

               

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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 )
 


Digest: 03 Feb 2008

Digest for 27 January 2008 through 02 February 2008

Announcements:
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Challenge of the Month Poll


Voting will end soon.  Click the banner to vote for January's winning story.

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Featured Story of the Month


Congratulations to all the authors!  To access all the fics, please click the banner.

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Interviews
We conducted interviews with two of our staff members, Beta and Forum Captain DeenaS ([info]deena_s) and Quidditch Coordinator Brumeux ([info]brumeux77).  Click the graphics below to read what they have to say.

   

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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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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!

 :.


New fics:
Bad Moon Rising )

Hallowed Halls )

Remains of the Day )

Dark Tales )

The Broomshed )

Crossovers )

Non-Fiction )
 


Digest: 27 Jan 2008

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:
    1. Your penname
    2. Your email address
    3. Rating
    4. Summary
    5. 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: 21 Oct 2007

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!

Rate this site:


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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 Play


New authors/registration:
New authors/registration )
 
music:: NPR's Wait Wait Don't Tell Me podcast