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!
June 2009
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Digest: 13 Jul 2008
posted: Sunday, 13 July 2008 @ 00.01
Digest for 06 July 2008 through 12 July 2008 Announcements:
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Monthly Challenge
Congratulations, Risie! |
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Editor's Choice
Click the banner to read the fic, and read our interview with IamShadow here. |
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New fics:( Bad Moon Rising )( Hallowed Halls )( Remains of the Day )( Dark Tales )( The Broomshed )( Crossovers )( Non-Fiction ) mood:: tired
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: 25 May 2008
posted: Sunday, 25 May 2008 @ 00.36
Digest for 18 May 2008 through 24 May 2008 Announcements:
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Featured Artist and 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: 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 ![[info]](https://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) 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: 30 Mar 2008
posted: Sunday, 30 March 2008 @ 00.15
Digest for 23 March 2008 through 29 March 2008 Announcements:
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Maintenance
The Quidditch Pitch will be down from 9:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, 2 April 2008. We expect no problems as this is just routine maintenance. |
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Ron-a-Thon Fundraiser
Our Fundraiser was an amazing success! Thank you to everyone who participated, from the authors and artists to those who bid anytime during the last two weeks (even those who outbid me for the artist I bid for).
With the funds raised, we've already renewed our accounts for three years, which should take us right through to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II in May 2011.
The Captains cannot express how much our readers and fans mean to us, especially when they help us with such an outpouring of support, both verbally and financially. We're overwhelmed by your generosity. |
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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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Monthly Challenge Winner
Congratulations to maple_mahogany! You can click the banner to read the winning story, Three Indecent Acts. |
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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:: tired
Digest: 17 Feb 2008
posted: Saturday, 16 February 2008 @ 22.22
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 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 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: 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:
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