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!

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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: 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: 04 May 2008

Digest for 27 April 2008 through 03 May 2008

Announcements:
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Monthly Challenge Poll

Rebirth - April 2008 challenge

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]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 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: 10 Feb 2008

Digest for 03 February 2008 through 09 February 2008

Announcements:
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Featured Artist of the Month
Congratulations to [info]maria_abagnale for being our February 2008 Featured Artist!


Click the banner to view her gallery.
Read our interview with her here.

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Editor's Choice Interviews


Read the interview with her here.


Read the interview with her here.

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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 [info]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 )
 
music:: Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me podcast


Digest: 28 Oct 2007

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 access


New authors/registration:
New authors/registration )
 
music:: Independence Day


Digest: 09 Sep 2007

Digest for 02 September 2007 through 08 September 2007

Announcements:
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Happy Birthday
Happy birthday on September 4th to Captain Trisha!

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New fics:
Bad Moon Rising )

Hallowed Halls )

Remains of the Day )

Dark Tales )

The Broomshed )

Crossovers )

Non-Fiction )

Hot topics:
= Flying with the Canon
= Captain's Corner
= Quaffle Talk Interviews
= Site News


New authors/registration:
New authors/registration )