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

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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

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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: 03 Feb 2008

Digest for 27 January 2008 through 02 February 2008

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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!

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New fics:
Bad Moon Rising )

Hallowed Halls )

Remains of the Day )

Dark Tales )

The Broomshed )

Crossovers )

Non-Fiction )