The Daily Snitch – Sunday Edition, December 7, 2014
Joanne K. Rowling:
• The Pottermore Insider posted Art and a Poll for Hagrid's birthday.
Actors and Movies:
• Emma Thompson (Sybil Trelawney) and Brendan Gleeson (Alastor Moody) win at at the 2014 Moet British Independent Film Awards.
• PHOTOS of Emma Watson and Daniel Brühl filming scenes for the thriller 'Colonia Dignidad' in Argentina this weekend.
Challenges:
• hp_het_taboo has posted prompts for the Advent Prompt-a-thon: #1 Snow, #2 Gift and #3 Father Christmas in Costume.
Communities:
• lupin_snape posted a mod post for the Snupin Santa Fest.
• Submissions for the severus_fest 2015 are due on December 21!
Masterlists and Weekly Round-ups:
• hd_fanart posted the Reveal of the Harry/Draco Fanart Fest and Participant Banners.
• slythindor100 posted the 25 Days of Draco and Harry Week One Wrap-up.
• interhouse_fest posted the Week Five Round-up of the on-going Interhouse fest.
• mini_fest posted the Weekly Round-up #1 of this season's Mini Fest.
• snape_potter posted the Wrap-up for Week One of the Secret Snarry Swap.
• hd_owlpost posted the Week One Round-up of the Winter Fest.
• hd_erised posted the Weekly Round-up #1.
Editor's Choice Rec:
• Pilgrim's Lane by lydialeigh257 (1090 words, gen)
Summary: Before the war, before Him, it had been called Cottonfields, just Cottonfields. (The Potter's house in Godric's Hollow through the years, seen by Muggles.)
Resources:
• Schedule of Upcoming Events from December 7 through 13 at potterfests.
• Media References to Fanfic for the week ending December 6, 2014.
• The Severus Snape/ Harry Potter Prophet for November 30 to December 6.
General Fandom News:
• Organisation of Transformative Works: Newsletter #86.
• OTW Fannews: Featuring Fangirls
Nifty:
• icmezzo and sapphirescribe are hosting a community-sourced holiday rec list (all fandoms): Multi-Fandom Holiday Rec List (gdoc). Add your favourite holiday fanfic here.
• Using cremebunny's art, germankitty made adorable H/D and Draco icons.
• leviosa2016 started a buzzfeed with a mix of HP-themed listicles.
Searches:
• whimsicalnixie is searching for fic in which Draco is adopted/taken in by the Weasleys, Sirius, Remus, Tonks, another person, or the Order of the Phoenix.
• starfishstar is searching for a community that focuses on Hermione Granger.
Participate:
• writcraft is hosting a Seasonal Comment-a-thon.
Community Spotlight:
♥ dhr_advent – The Draco/Hermione Advent Calendar invites twenty-four authors and artists to create a short one-shot or fanart which is posted on each day leading up to Christmas.
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