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: 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: 08 Jun 2008
posted: Sunday, 08 June 2008 @ 01.15
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.- 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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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: 20 Apr 2008
posted: Sunday, 20 April 2008 @ 01.00
Digest for 13 April 2008 through 19 April 2008 Announcements:
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Quaffle Talk, Episode 11: The One With The Fabulous Pick-Up Lines
In this episode, the Captains discuss Albus Dumbledore and go places reasonable people just wouldn't go. From there, they move onto a discussion of Naughty Lines From Our Favorite Characters... and continue to move into scary places. We end with site news, a closing word and, for the first time, gag reel!
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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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Site Down Time
We did have some down time this weekend due to hackers. Please note that if anyone finds these hackers, let The Captains know so that we may feed them to the penguins that took over the Pitch a few weeks ago. Those penguins are becoming very restless and the noise is really driving making The Captains more crazy -- which is not a good thing.
If you're still having any difficulties accessing the site, please 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:: sleepy
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: 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 ![[info]](https://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) 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:
( New authors/registration )
mood:: busy music:: NPR's Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me podast
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