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: 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: 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: 11 Nov 2007
posted: Sunday, 11 November 2007 @ 02.13
Digest for 04 November 2007 through 10 November 2007 Announcements:
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Weekly Features
+ The winner for last week's challenge has been announced here. Our graphics monkeys will have a banner for rospberry soon.
+ This week's challenge details can be found here. |
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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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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?
= Drabble Challenge Winners
= This week's drabble challengeNew authors/registration:
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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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music:: Independence Day
Digest: 21 Oct 2007
posted: Sunday, 21 October 2007 @ 02.15
Digest for 07 October 2007 through 20 October 2007 Announcements:
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Hiring
We're hiring!!! We've now reached the 10,000 plus membership and we need to expand our staff. If you're interested please take a look at our Applications Page! |
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Donate
As the Quidditch Pitch has grown so have our expense 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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Pimping Ourselves
We'd love if you'd all take a few minutes to vote for us at the Fan Fiction Directory.
Also please vote for the other wonderful sites advertised there also!
You can also submit your vote here for the Quidditch Pitch!
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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
= Deathly Hallows - Character Discussion
= Deathly Hallows - Chapter by Chapter Discussion
= Essays and News
= The Games We PlayNew authors/registration:
( New authors/registration )
music:: NPR's Wait Wait Don't Tell Me podcast
Digest: 07 Oct 2007
posted: Sunday, 07 October 2007 @ 00.01
Digest: 30 Sep 2007
posted: Sunday, 30 September 2007 @ 00.01
Digest for 16 September 2007 through 29 September 2007 Announcements:
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Quaffle Talk
Episode 8 contains a discussion by The Captains about Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, predictions by five of our Miniature Captains and our sometimes serious, mostly silly Captain's Corner segment, What Else Could Have Been a Horcrux?
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Featured Stories Poll
Our Featured Stories poll is ready for your vote. Please click the banner to participate!
Polls will be open until Tuesday, 2 October 2007 @ 1159 EDT. |
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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, or Parvati Patil 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 and Parvati has become Abraxas Malfoy. Ernie Macmillian has been turning up more frequently than usual lately, but The Captains aren't sure who he's impersonating. If you have any difficulties, please don't hesitate to contact The Captains. |
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10,000
We hit 10,000 members this week, a month shy of our second birthday! Thank you to everyone for being part of this site. |
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New fics:( Bad Moon Rising )( Hallowed Halls )( Remains of the Day )( Dark Tales )( The Broomshed )( Crossovers )( Non-Fiction )New authors/registration:
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Digest: 16 Sep 2007
posted: Sunday, 16 September 2007 @ 00.51
Digest for 09 September 2007 through 15 September 2007 Announcements:
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Monthly Challenge
The Quidditch Pitch and Fiction Alley are teaming up to bring you a Back to School challenge!
Please click the banner to see all entry and eligibility guidelines. We hope to have great participation! |
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Editor's Choice
Editor's Choice for September 2007 is "Can't Take the Sky" by Cluegirl. Please take a moment to read and review. |
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New fics:( Bad Moon Rising )( Hallowed Halls )( Remains of the Day )( Dark Tales )( The Broomshed )( Crossovers )( Non-Fiction )New authors/registration:
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