hecticity:

I have worked all afternoon to match people up, and your assignments have been sent out early. I chose to send them now instead of on the 15th for two reasons:

1) the fest is small, and some people were difficult to assign. However, I did manage to give everyone assignment with at least ONE pairing or combination that they are able to write.
2) Extra time to write is always a good thing, yes?

Remember: if your assignment includes a request for a pairing/genre/kink that you listed among your squicks, you do not have to write that pairing/genre/kink. At the very minimum, you should include ONE of the requested pairings, ONE requested tradition, and as many of the other requests (pairings, wishes, kinks, etc) as you can or would like to.

Please REPLY TO YOUR ASSIGNMENT EMAIL by February 15th. IF you have a problem with your assignment please notify me immediately and I will do my best to assist you, although do keep in mind that rearranging assignments may not be possible. If that is the case, I apologize in advance.

OTHER IMPORTANT THINGS TO REMEMBER:
- Your submission is due on April 15th
- It must be at least 2500 words long, and in .doc or .txt format
- You must include ALL html in your fic, I will not add it for you

Thank you all! I'm looking forward to hearing back from all of you. :)

hecticity:

As it is now February 11th where I am, sign-ups are officially CLOSED. Thank you so very much to everyone that signed up! I am looking forward to running this fest. :)

Expect your assignment in your email inbox by February 15th!

hecticity:

Due to a limited number of sign-ups so far, the deadline to sign up for the 2009 HP Traditions Fest has been extended until February 10. I don't mind running a small fest, but it would still be awesome to have more fic to read. So let your friends know that they still have time to sign up! :D

As for the rest of the schedule, the assignments may be a few days delayed in being sent out due to the extension, but no more than the 10 extra days given to sign up. I won't be changing the submissions date because most people don't start that early anyway, but I will keep that in mind when I get requests for extensions.

Thank you!

hecticity:

This is a reminder to sign up for HP Traditions 2009! The last day to sign up is January 31st - that's two days from now.

Any word of mouth advertising you want to spread around would be appreciated. :)

Signups are here.

hecticity:

Happy New Year, everyone! It's time to sign up for your favorite fest. Signups will be open from January 1 to January 31.

Signups are also open at the mirror community on LiveJournal, but please only sign up ONCE. Don't forget to read the rules.

<b>username (lj and/or ij - please specify):</b> <b>email address:</b> <b>Are you over 18?</b> <b>Do you want us to post your fic if the recipient drops out? *</b> <b>Would you be willing to do a pinch-hit if needed?</b> <b>Are you willing write het?</b> <b>Are you willing write slash?</b> <b>Are you willing write femmeslash?</b> <b>Are you willing write gen?</b> <b>3-10 preferred characters/pairings (remember that you can request slash, femmeslash, het and/or gen):</b> <b>Wishlist of kinks or special elements you'd like included:</b> <b>Squicks or characters/pairings you don't want in your fic:</b> <b>3-5 traditions or rituals that you are interested in:</b> <b>Any pairings aside from the ones you've listed that you are able to write:</b> <b>Any pairings you won't write: **</b> <b>Any kinks or squicks you won't write:</b> <b>What genres can you/do you like to write?</b> <b>What genres can't you/don't you write?</b>

NB: Incomplete sign up sheets will NOT be accepted.

*We will attempt to reassign all fics to a recipient or pinch-hitter, but it may not be possible

**Please be specific. It doesn't matter how long your signup sheet ends up being as long as it has every detail possible in it so that we can better match your request.

hecticity:

Hi all! I have some good news for you: jairissa and I have decided to run this fest again in 2009. :D

Just like this year, the 2009 schedule will be as follows:
January 1 - Signups open.
January 31 - Signups close if maximum number isn't reached.
February 15 - Assignments sent out.
April 15 - Fics due.
May 1 - Posting starts.
May 31 - Posting finishes.

If you participated last year and did not complete your assignment, you will not be accepted into this year's fest, as per the rule posted last year: Please note that if you drop out or fail to complete your assignment you will not only not be welcome back next year, you will also not receive your gift and your name will be posted publicly at the end of the fest. Yes, we DO know who you are.

( Rules for Traditions 2009, PLEASE READ CAREFULLY )

If you have any questions, please refer to the FAQ (below). If your question is not answered, feel free to leave a comment here or contact the moderators at traditionsmods@gmail.com (note the change from last year. Gmail did something strange to the old account).

( Frequently Asked Questions )

sappholococcus:

Sorry this has been so long in coming. There was one more gift, but the author and I have both had some busy personal stuff going on lately. I've made an executive decision to post the reveal without the gift, since the gift is for me, and I hate to leave you hanging around wondering who wrote your gifts and wanting to be able to show yours off. I'm sure I'll get my gift eventually.

My deepest apologies for all the problems with this exchange this year, it could not be helped. I will be modding again next year from the very beginning, and hopefully will be able to keep it running more smoothly. I hope you enjoyed the fest, and that you will be participating again next year!

( Drumroll, please )

A similar masterlist can be found here on Livejournal. Feel free to repost your stories and show them off, now! You can also reply to your comments, if you haven't done so already.

Thank you so much for your incredible work. An extra special thank you to our pinch hitters, bean120001, catalinacat, and dark_adrenalynn! We couldn't have done it without you. ♥

Please let me know if anything on the list is incorrect, I will fix it as soon as possible. Feedback is welcomed at hp.traditions@gmail.com or in the comments.

sappholococcus:

Title: The Well
Author: dark_adrenalynn
Gift For: melfinatheblue
Pairing(s): Lucius/Narcissa
Summary: A sacred well frames Narcissa's life at Malfoy Manor, and the war.
Rating: light R
Notes: I am sorry for how long this took, I had to write it twice because of a googledocs error. Thanks to hecticity for beta-ing and pushing me to finish.

Read it here or at Livejournal, and be sure to leave feedback for all of our lovely participants!

( The Well )

sappholococcus:

Just checking in to make sure everyone knows that the fest is not dead and I haven't disappeared off the face of the planet. I have in fact been around and prodding our pinch-hitters regularly, bribing where necessary, and things SHOULD with any luck be finishing up this week.

Sorry for the delay; sometimes you just can't hurry the writing process. I hope you all are enjoying what's been posted so far and stick around for the reveal!

sappholococcus:

Hey guys and gals,

You're wonderful to take on the pinch-hits, but I really need those in soon. I've put the fest on hiatus for a week now, and it'd be great if we could finish with a bang, mmkay? So send them in ASAP. Please.

♥ Annalisa

sappholococcus:

I had really hoped to avoid this, but hp_traditions will be going on posting hiatus until the last gifters get their fics in. Seems like real life troubles are popping up everywhere with everyone, and understandably, writing can't always be a top priority.

Please enjoy everything that's been posted so far, and my best wishes of luck to those still working on their stories. Thanks to everyone else for being patient. ♥

sappholococcus:

Apologies to melfinatheblue, your gift was meant to be posted today but your gifter managed to contact someone who contacted me to tell me that her power's been out for a while. There are only three gifts left (this one, plus two that I have been promised will be in this week), so I'm posting my co-mod's gift now instead of going on posting hiatus.

Title: Spring Awakening
Author: ragdoll
Gift For: jairissa
Pairing(s): Harry Potter/Nymphadora Tonks
Summary: As the Weasleys' May Day celebration draws near, Harry decides to follow his heart and pursue his partner in the Auror's Department, Nymphadora Tonks
Rating: Hard R/NC-17
Warnings: Mention of canon characters' deaths

Author's notes: This is for jairissa who asked for many things including: laughter, discoveries, foreplay, alcohol, flowers, characters in love at all times, happy endings, flangst, humour, romance, EWE" and was more than happy to let the EWE extend several pages back so that I could let Tonks live happily ever after. . I hope this turned out to be close to what you wanted, jairissa, and that you feel better soon!

Thanks to my wonder betas and cheerleaders, specifically S., K., R. and E. without whom - and my undying gratitude to the mods for giving me the time to write this story properly.

Read it here or at Livejournal, and be sure to leave feedback for all of our lovely participants!

( Spring Awakening )

sappholococcus:

Title: Moonlight Marauders
Author: lesyeuxverts00
Gift For: all pinch hitters and fest participants!
Pairing(s): Remus/Sirius
Summary: The full moon finally reveals the feelings Remus and Sirius have for each other. But as graduation from Hogwarts looms in front of them, they fight themselves and the time they have left to tell each other how they feel.
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Nothing really extreme. There is some stroking.
Author's notes: (if any) Thanks to andy_star for the quick beta and to wannabedesigner for having a look as well. This was my first attempt at writing the Marauders. I hope it was a good one.

Read it here or at Livejournal, and be sure to leave feedback for all of our lovely participants!

( All good things must come to an end... )

sappholococcus:

Just in case you wanted to know, assuming the last few submissions get in this weekend as they're meant to, posting will end June 15th and the reveal will be posted on the 18th.

This message brought to you by a mod that is incredibly grateful to the lovely pinch-hitters who got their work in early, and to everyone that's been leaving feedback to appreciate our participants' hard work! ♥♥

sappholococcus:

Title: Potions Master
Author: bean120001
Gift For: tattooedsappho
Pairing(s): Severus/Hermione
Rating: NC-17
Summary: Hermione has finally finished her Potions Mastery and a thank you gift to Severus triggers an interesting revelation.
Warnings: A little oral sex, sex, nothing too crazy.
Word Count: 5600ish
Beta: Hecticity (our darling mod)

Read it here or at Livejournal, and be sure to leave feedback for all of our lovely participants!

( Potions Master )

sappholococcus:

Title: Unsung
Author: ???
Gift for: riot_grrrl_ria
Pairing: Ginny/Luna
Rating: PG
Word Count: ~3200
Summary: Ginny is slipping through the cracks in her carefully constructed reality.
Warnings: not epilogue compliant in that Ginny is not with Harry.
Author's notes: First of all, thanks to my beta, who will be credited after the reveal. All characters belong to JKR, &tc; title and quoted lyrics (only a few lines: this is not a songfic) are Vanessa Carlton's. To my giftee: I'm sorry to have this in for you so late, but I hope you enjoy it.

About the traditions you requested and the way I used them: I included Buddhist meditation and moon symbolism, taking the interpretation of the tarot moon card: the Moon is all about visions and illusions, madness, genius and poetry. This is a card that has to do with sleep, and so with both dreams and nightmares. It is a scary card in that it warns that there might be hidden enemies, tricks and falsehoods. But it should also be remembered that this is a card of great creativity, of powerful magic, primal feelings and intuition (quoted from this page). However, drawing from my own experience with meditation, I used it as an almost customizable tradition, something that's different for everyone, and not necessarily needing to follow strict rules or techniques. They were... Luna- and Ginny-ified to fit the plot, is what I'm trying to say, essentially.

Read it here or at Livejournal, and be sure to leave feedback for all of our lovely participants!

( Unsung )

sappholococcus:

Title: Sempre Catena
Author: catalinacat
Gift For: angelofdreams13
Pairing(s): Draco/Hermione
Summary: There are some enchantments that were meant to be forgotten. And stay that way.
Rating: R
Warnings: none that I can think of
Author's notes: (if any) You asked for "summoning rituals, mental connection/Legillimency-related rituals, or Dark Magic rituals." I kind of combined the "Dark Magic" with "Legillimency" and somehow came up with this! I had lots of fun writing it, so I hope you enjoy it, too!

Read it here or at Livejournal, and be sure to leave feedback for all of our lovely participants!

( Sempre Catena )

sappholococcus:

Title: Samhain Magic, Part 3
Author: ???
Gift For: pinch hitters (and all of our lovely participants)!
Pairing(s): Severus/Hermione and Draco/Harry
Summary: Harry, Draco, Hermione and Severus are trying to figure out what Dumbledore had planned for them, in case Voldemort ever attacked the school. Unfortunately he's dead and didn't leave any clues behind. It's decided that they will have to go to the source and ask the man himself. Includes themes from Samhain traditions and ancient magic.
Rating: NC-17 for sexual content and nudity
Warnings: rimming (tiny bit), oral, m/m, het, voyeurism, anal
Author's notes: This is an exchange fic for midnightdesire, who expressed an interest in Samhain and old magic, so this is my first attempt at writing about those topics. This is AU, since I haven't yet finished the series (bad fan, I know) and I want to keep Snape around a bit longer. :)
Word Count: 25,000ish
Beta: Thanks to greenwizard for all of his hard work! I've never used his services before this fic, so don't think you can figure out who I am from his name! :D He was awesome and edited the heck out of this baby. He was also the inspiration for the ritual aspects of the fic, so thank you Mr. D. If there are still boo-boos, it's because I was editing up to the last minute and making changes.

Part 1
Part 2

( Samhain Magic, Part 3 )

sappholococcus:

Title: Samhain Magic, Part 2
Author: ???
Gift For: pinch hitters (and all of our lovely participants)!
Pairing(s): Severus/Hermione and Draco/Harry
Summary: Harry, Draco, Hermione and Severus are trying to figure out what Dumbledore had planned for them, in case Voldemort ever attacked the school. Unfortunately he's dead and didn't leave any clues behind. It's decided that they will have to go to the source and ask the man himself. Includes themes from Samhain traditions and ancient magic.
Rating: NC-17 for sexual content and nudity
Warnings: rimming (tiny bit), oral, m/m, het, voyeurism, anal
Author's notes: This is an exchange fic for midnightdesire, who expressed an interest in Samhain and old magic, so this is my first attempt at writing about those topics. This is AU, since I haven't yet finished the series (bad fan, I know) and I want to keep Snape around a bit longer. :)
Word Count: 25,000ish
Beta: Thanks to greenwizard for all of his hard work! I've never used his services before this fic, so don't think you can figure out who I am from his name! :D He was awesome and edited the heck out of this baby. He was also the inspiration for the ritual aspects of the fic, so thank you Mr. D. If there are still boo-boos, it's because I was editing up to the last minute and making changes.

Part 1

( Samhain Magic, Part 2 )

sappholococcus:

Mod note: I was forced to post this in multiple parts; I hope that I chose places to cut into chapters that the author doesn't think is TOO horrible. :)

Title: Samhain Magic
Author: bean120001
Gift For: pinch hitters (and all of our lovely participants)!
Pairing(s): Severus/Hermione and Draco/Harry
Summary: Harry, Draco, Hermione and Severus are trying to figure out what Dumbledore had planned for them, in case Voldemort ever attacked the school. Unfortunately he's dead and didn't leave any clues behind. It's decided that they will have to go to the source and ask the man himself. Includes themes from Samhain traditions and ancient magic.
Rating: NC-17 for sexual content and nudity
Warnings: rimming (tiny bit), oral, m/m, het, voyeurism, anal
Author's notes: This is an exchange fic for midnightdesire, who expressed an interest in Samhain and old magic, so this is my first attempt at writing about those topics. This is AU, since I haven't yet finished the series (bad fan, I know) and I want to keep Snape around a bit longer. :)
Word Count: 25,000ish
Beta: Thanks to greenwizard for all of his hard work! I've never used his services before this fic, so don't think you can figure out who I am from his name! :D He was awesome and edited the heck out of this baby. He was also the inspiration for the ritual aspects of the fic, so thank you Mr. D. If there are still boo-boos, it's because I was editing up to the last minute and making changes.

Read it here or at Livejournal, and be sure to leave feedback for all of our lovely participants!

( Samhain Magic )