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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

Announcements:
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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: 19 Oct 2008

Digest for 05 October 2008 through 18 October 2008

Announcements:
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Featured Stories Poll

Featured Story Poll
Polls close Monday, 27 October 2008 at 11:59 p.m. EDT.
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Editor's Choice

Untraditional Traditions by madam_minnie
Click the banner to read [info]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

Featured Stories for October 2008
Click the banner for links to all the stories.  Congratulations!
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September Monthly Challenge Winner

September 2008 Challenge Winner
Congratulations to Nathaniel!  Click on the banner to read his story!
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October/November Monthly Challenge

October 2008 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

2008 Secret Elf Exchange
Click the banner for all the details.
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New fics:
Bad Moon Rising )

Hallowed Halls )

Remains of the Day )

Dark Tales )

The Broomshed )

Crossovers )

Non-Fiction )
 
mood:: busy


Digest: 31 Aug 2008

Digest for 03 August 2008 through 30 August 2008

Sorry there was no digest two weeks ago, but I was in a place without internet.  It was tragic.

Announcements:
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Editor's Choice, Featured Stories, and Featured Artist
Editor's Choice for both August and September will be announced soon, as well the Featured Stories and Featured Artist for September.

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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 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: 06 Jul 2008

Digest for 29 June 2008 through 05 July 2008

Announcements:
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Monthly Challenge Poll

June 2008 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

Featured Stories for July 2008
Click the banner for links to all the stories.
Congratulations!

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Editor's Choice

Editor's Choice for July 2008
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

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: 08 Jun 2008

Digest for 01 June 2008 through 07 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.

  1. You may submit stories at any time.
  2. Submissions will be processed Saturday through Wednesday.  All approvals or rejections will happen only during that time period.
  3. 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: 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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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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Featured Artist of the Month


Congratulations to elspethelf, our Featured Artist for May and June 2008!  View her gallery by clicking on the banner and read our interview with her here.

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Happy Birthday
The Captains would like to wish Captain Minnie a very happy birthday on Monday, June 9!  Have a mojito on us.

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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:: Radiohead - "High and Dry"


Digest: 25 May 2008

Digest for 18 May 2008 through 24 May 2008

Announcements:
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Featured Artist and Stories

Vote for June 2008's Featured Stories
Poll will close Tuesday, 27 May 2008 @ 11:59 p.m. EDT

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Galleries
Our galleries are currently offline while we rebuild them.  We have every intention of having them back by the end of the month, at which time we'll announce the Featured Artist for May and June.  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 )
 


Digest: 27 Apr 2008

Digest for 20 April 2008 through 26 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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Featured Artist and Stories

Vote for May 2008's Featured Stories


Vote for May 2008's Featured Artist


Poll will close Wednesday, 30 April 2008 @ 11:59 p.m. EDT

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New fics:
Bad Moon Rising )

Hallowed Halls )

Remains of the Day )

Dark Tales )

The Broomshed )

Crossovers )

Non-Fiction )
 
mood:: busy
music:: The Wallflowers || One Headlight


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: 06 Apr 2008

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 [info]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

Featured Stories for April 2008

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