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!
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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: 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: 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: 02 Nov 2008
posted: Sunday, 02 November 2008 @ 00.01
Digest for 19 October 2008 through 01 November 2008 Announcements:
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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
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: 21 Sep 2008
posted: Sunday, 21 September 2008 @ 00.24
Digest for 07 September 2008 through 20 September 2008 Announcements:
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General
No site announcements as the Captains' lives have been disrupted with medical scares and a pesky thing called Hurricane Ike. Here's to wishing our members who were affected by Hurricane Ike are well and recovering. |
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New fics:( Bad Moon Rising )( Hallowed Halls )( Remains of the Day )( Dark Tales )( The Broomshed )( Crossovers )( Non-Fiction ) mood:: accomplished music:: "Twister"
Digest: 20 Jul 2008
posted: Sunday, 20 July 2008 @ 00.01
Digest for 13 July 2008 through 19 July 2008 Announcements:
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Summer
It's a slow summer, so there are no announcements this week.
Within the next week we will be announcing the Featured Stories poll and, possibly, the July/August Artist of the Month. |
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New fics:( Bad Moon Rising )( Hallowed Halls )( Remains of the Day )( Dark Tales )( The Broomshed )( Crossovers )( Non-Fiction ) mood:: blank
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: 29 Jun 2008
posted: Sunday, 29 June 2008 @ 00.53
Digest for 15 June 2008 through 28 June 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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New fics:( Bad Moon Rising )( Hallowed Halls )( Remains of the Day )( Dark Tales )( The Broomshed )( Crossovers )( Non-Fiction ) mood:: exhausted
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: 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 ![[info]](https://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) 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: 06 Apr 2008
posted: Sunday, 06 April 2008 @ 00.01
Digest for 31 March 2008 through 05 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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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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April 2008 Featured Artist
Congratulations to Chantelle Berg, our Featured Artist for April 2008! View her gallery by clicking on the banner and read our interview with her here. |
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April 2008 Featured Stories
Congratulations to all the authors! Please click the banner for links to the individual stories. |
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New fics:( Bad Moon Rising )( Hallowed Halls )( Remains of the Day )( Dark Tales )( The Broomshed )( Crossovers )( Non-Fiction ) mood:: headache music:: NPR's "Car Talk" podcast
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: 02 Mar 2008
posted: Sunday, 02 March 2008 @ 00.01
Digest for 24 February 2008 through 01 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.
- 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. |
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Featured Stories
Click the banner for links to the stories. |
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Featured Artist
Congratulations to ericahpfa for being our March 2008 Featured Artist!
Click the banner to see her gallery.
Read our interview with her here. |
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Editor's Choice
Congratulations to 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 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: 03 Feb 2008
posted: Sunday, 03 February 2008 @ 00.48
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 (deena_s) and Quidditch Coordinator Brumeux (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! |
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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: 16 Dec 2007
posted: Sunday, 16 December 2007 @ 03.15
Digest for 25 November 2007 through 15 December 2007 Announcements:
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Featured Stories
December's Featured Stories can be found here! Congratulations to everyone!
In January, we will put forth past monthly winners in our Featured Story of the Year poll. We will also hold a Featured Artist of the Year poll. Keep an eye out for both! |
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New Staff Members
Please give a warm welcome to all our new staff members!The Captains will try not to frighten them too much. |
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Charities
The December holidays are traditionally a time for giving. Please join us in donating to a few charities to help out those less fortunate.
Donate School Supplies -- please, if you choose this charity, let them know that you found out about them via The Quidditch Pitch.
Help rebuild the New Orleans Public Libraries |
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Editor's Choice
Congratulations to shieldmaiden!
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Featured Artist
Congratulations to glockgal!
The interview with November's Featured Artist, artisticentropy, is now available here. |
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Quaffle Talk
Episode 9: The One With All The Schooling is now available! More details about where to download the podcast are here |
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Monthly Challenge
Our December Challenge is a bit different from our usual challenges. This time it's a secret elf, secret drabble challenge. Further information can be found here, but hurry since all drabbles must be received by December 29th!
Also, congratulations to the winners of November's challenge, the Snapealicious Snapeabration: rickey_a, Hysterical Hystorial/abigail89 and tjwritter! |
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New fics:( Bad Moon Rising )( Hallowed Halls )( Remains of the Day )( Dark Tales )( The Broomshed )( Crossovers )( Non-Fiction )Hot topics:
= Writer's Resources
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:
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mood:: busy music:: NPR's Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me podast
Digest: 28 Oct 2007
posted: Sunday, 28 October 2007 @ 02.57
Digest for 21 October 2007 through 27 October 2007 Announcements:
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Featured Story and Featured Artist
Polls close Thursday, November 1 @ 7:59 p.m. EDT. |
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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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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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New fics:( Bad Moon Rising )( Hallowed Halls )( Remains of the Day )( Dark Tales )( The Broomshed )( Crossovers )( Non-Fiction )Hot topics:
= Owls From The Captains
= Quick Quill
= The Games We Play
= Quaffle Talk: Interview
= Quaffle Talk: Captain's Corner
= Quaffle Talk: Flying With The Canon
= Deathly Hallows: Chapter by Chapter Discussion - must be logged in to participate
= Deathly Hallows: Character Discussion - must be logged in to participate
= Writing the Perfect Sex Scene - must have Broomshed accessNew authors/registration:
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