ONLY 9 DAYS LEFT TO SUBMIT YOUR WORKS FOR THE OPENING GAMES FREE-FOR-ALL CHALLENGE!

Definitions

• DRABBLE: Exactly 100 word story with no more than 15 words for title.
  
• FICLET: No more than 500 word story, no less than 100 words, with no more than 15 word title.
  
• DRAWBLE: A quick drawing or sketch, taking no more than an hour to create, with no more than 15 words for a title.
  
• LIMERICK: A light humorous, nonsensical, or bawdy verse/poem of five lines usually with the rhyme scheme a/a/b/b/a.
  

Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to submit to the Snarry Games (to be posted during the Opening Games) any or all of the above, using the challenge parameters.

We will be accepting said Drabbles/Drawbles/Ficlets/Limericks until JUNE 15, 2009.


The CHALLENGE:

We are starting to get in some excellent submissions, folks! We will start posting them after June 15. COME ON OVER AND PLAY!

OFFICIAL OPENING GAMES FREE-FOR-ALL CHALLENGE for the 2009 MIXED SNARRY GAMES

Definitions

• DRABBLE: Exactly 100 word story with no more than 15 words for title.
  
• FICLET: No more than 500 word story, no less than 100 words, with no more than 15 word title.
  
• DRAWBLE: A quick drawing or sketch, taking no more than an hour to create, with no more than 15 words for a title.
  
• LIMERICK: A light humorous, nonsensical, or bawdy verse/poem of five lines usually with the rhyme scheme a/a/b/b/a.
  

Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to submit to the Snarry Games (to be posted during the Opening Games) any or all of the above, using the challenge parameters as set out below.

We will be accepting said Drabbles/Drawbles/Ficlets/Limericks until JUNE 15, 2009.

The CHALLENGE:

You must place Severus Snape and Harry Potter together in one of the following Scenarios, using at least ONE of EACH* of the (A) Things, (B) Places, and (C) Actions:

( CHALLENGE PARAMETERS )



( FAQs )

REMEMBER: Above all else, have fun!

Good luck!


Questions? Comments? Ask here or email the Mod Squad at snarry [DOT] mod [AT] gmail [DOT] com.

*FIRES STARTING GUN*

( We give you the Master List of the Prompts and Genres for the 2009 Mixed Snarry Games )

Any questions? You can find our standard FAQs here, and we will be posting more as these Mixed Games grow closer.

You can support your favourite authors, artists and teams by using our 2009 Graphics.

Feel free to peruse our previous Games: 2006 Fic Masterlist and 2006 Art Masterlist, and our 2007 Fic Masterlist and 2007 Art Masterlist and finally, our 2008 Fic Masterlist and 2008 Art Masterlist.

♥Thank you to ponderosa121 for the beautiful 2009 Art, and to swtalmnd for the graphics, banners, and icons and to xingou the graphics, banners, icons and 2009 Layout!

We will not be idle while the Champions are furiously working towards the August, 2009 posting dates, please stay tuned for details on our 2009 Opening Games Drawbles and Drabbles festival for everyone to take part in!

And if you just can't wait until then for more Snarry, we recommend you go check out the Snarry-a-Thon Master List, with all new Snarry, both art and fic!


On that note....

LET THE GAMES BEGIN!

Inspired by Veridian Dair's earlier Harry, They Are Doing It Again! crack art, Chrysos gifts us with what she imagines goes on with Harry and Snape's friends as they get ready for the abusefun that the Snarry Games Champions have twice a year.

Presenting:

Crack!Art Title: Hagrid and Dumbledore want to vote, too ...
Artist: Chrysos
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: G, none.







( Dragon Season! Phoenix Season! Dragon! Phoenix! )


Thank you, chrysos!



THE SNARRY GAMES BEGINS POSTING TOMORROW!


Stay tuned for some more opening Games stuff, including a special Opening Games Tribute to both teams.

We received a couple of lovely gift arts for the Games opening, and we share one with you now to herald the one week countdown to the Snarry Art Games!

This one was sent in by Veridian Dair, her take on 'What Harry and Snape really feel about the Snarry Games' scenario, which always makes the Mod Squad snicker.

(Dial Up users beware of large image under cut!)

Crack!Art Title: Harry, They Are Doing It Again!
Artist: Veridian Dair
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: PG-13, nope







( I'd like a piece of this! )


Thank you, veridian_dair!

ONE WEEK LEFT! Stay tuned for more Champion interviews, another lovely gift art, and maybe some dirt on the mod squad. *g*

Opening Games Crack!Art, Part XII.

Previous Games Champion, crimson_vipera, thinks that Harry + Snape + children = disaster. At least for Dumbledore. *snicker*

Crack!Art Title: Missing Pieces
Artist: crimson_vipera
Genre(s): Hurt/Comfort (Crack)
Prompt(s): Puzzle, Portrait
Rating: G
Artist Notes/Media used/Thanks/Disclaimers: Colour pencils on notebook paper, borrowed scanner. Huge thanks to Joanna for letting me use her scanner. My mobile's camera is useless with this kind of thing. This isn't really crack... Just something I've did with my mums favourite photo when I was five... Kids have the most curious ideas...







( Reparo! REPARO! DAMMIT! )


Thank you, crimson_vipera!


Tomorrow we go back to our regularly scheduled entries. There will be more Champion Interviews posted against FOUS'S (Fics of Unusual Size). *g*

Opening Games Crack!Art, Part XI.

Previous Games Champion, majmunka sent us a little fanart for a favourite story, in which Harry wonders if he is at an oasis, or not.

Crack!Art Title:Not Quite So Thirsty
Artist: Majmunka
Genre(s):Postwar, Crack
Prompt(s):Hunger
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: PG-13, nope
Artist Notes/Media used/Thanks/Disclaimers: Quote and scene from Reconciling Lily's Eyes by persepolis130 (hottest ugly/dirty!Snape fic ever). I hope she forgives me for the muggle clothing.







( Not Quite So Thirsty by Majmunka )


Thank you, majmunka!

Stay tuned for more Crack!Art and Champion Interviews to be posted opposite the lengthy Team Dragon and Team Phoenix entries coming up!

As a special treat, our Official 2008 Artist, tripperfunster, has given us an Opening Games Crack Art to really start us off. This one really needs no title. Hee.

Dial-Up users beware of large image under the cut!







( 2008 Snarry Games - CAN YOU HANDLE THE HEAT? )

Thank you, tripperfunster!

The remaining Crack Art and Champion Interviews that have not yet been posted will be used during the Games - don't worry if you haven't seen yours yet.

In a few hours, we will post the obligatory Poll FAQs and Games Rules. Directly after that, we will begin with our first ENTRY IN THE 2008 SNARRY GAMES!

Stay tuned!

Opening Games Crack Art the IX - The one in which Glock proves that Snape and Harry's love is eternal and undying. And how Snarry Fans LAFF at BOOK 7. It means nothing! *MWAH*

Crack!Art Title: Reason #5804
Artist: glockgal
Email:glockgal[@]gmail
Genre(s): Humour
Prompt(s): Hunger...Deathly Hallows? Comedy of Errors? Flesh Memory?
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: zombies!
Artist Notes/Media used/Thanks/Disclaimers: LOL ILU GUYS, but especially djin7. HEEE.






( NOM NOM NOM )

Thank you, glockgal!

There's more Champion Interviews and Crack!Art to come - but thanks to the IJ outage, we are behind, so we may be doubling up or holding on to some for those days between large fic posts. Stay tuned, because the Games begins posting in TWO DAYS.

Opening Games Crack!Art the VIII - with which we get the real story of Severus Snape's haircare dilemmas, and how it's all Harry's fault. And btw, Snape has no ass.


Crack!Art Title: Stick Figure Theatre Presents...
Artist: amand_r
Genre(s): SRS CRK BZNZ
Prompt(s): Puzzles
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: None. Stick figures?
Artist Notes/Media used/Thanks/Disclaimers: CRK IZ SRS BZNSS.






( ENGORGIO! )


Thank you, amand_r!

Coming up, more of the Champion Interviews! (don't forget to check out the comment porn) and even more Crack!Art!

Opening Games Crack!Art the VII - the one in which Zephre makes sure we know that Snarry is indeed, timeless - and that forced bonding was not just a good idea, it was the law... *g*


Crack!Art Title: The Snape-Potter Wedding Portrait
Artist: zephre
Email: zephrene AT gmail DOT com
Genre(s): Alternate Reality, Romance
Prompt(s): Portrait
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: PG, implied mpreg
Artist Notes/Media used/Thanks/Disclaimers: This is a spoof of Jan van Eyck's Arnolfini Wedding portrait, which can be seen here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Arnolfini_Portrait. Medium: Photoshop with tablet. The original painting sure isn't mine, the characters aren't mine, but I mashed them together out of love. ;)







( Shotgun wedding: a case of wife or death... )

Thank you, zephre!!

Stay tuned for more Champion Interviews and Opening Games Crack!Art!

The Snarry Games begin posting in two weeks!

Opening Games Crack!Art the VI - where Venturous points out how perfectly matched our Harry and Snape are for the nekkid tango...


Crack!Art Title:Learning to Dance
Artist: venturous
Genre(s): Romance, Humour
Prompt(s): Learning to Dance
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: NWS for manbits
Artist Notes/Media used: Photoshop CS3 and tablet
Disclaimers everybody is over 18 years of age
thanks to all the Games mods and writers for the world class entertainment!







( L'amour est un oiseau rebelle que nul ne peut apprivoiser )

Thank you, venturous! Stay tuned for more Champion Interviews and Opening Games Crack!Art!

Opening Games Crack!Art V - Where Accioslash fully utilizes the Alternate Reality genre, showing us a place and time where Severus and Harry have never been before...

Crack!Art Title: "Comedians Sev Doeworthy and Larry Harry, the Cable Guy."
Artist: accioslash
E-mail: allinda @ tusco{dot}net
Genre(s): Humor/Crack; Alternate Reality
Prompt(s): Career Change
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: Let's see....[G] Severus with a Mullet, Americanized usage of the word "git", and HP characters in the United States. Also, no smut.
Artist Notes/Media used/Thanks/Disclaimers: To quote Larry Harry, "Lord, I Apologize." Oh, and I don't own Jeff Foxworthy, Larry, the Cable Guy, Harry Potter or Severus Snape though Sev Doeworthy is all miiiiiiiiine. No harm or infringement intended.








( You Might Be a dunderhead if... )

Thank you, accioslash!!

Stay tuned for more Champion Interviews and Opening Games CrackArt!

Opening Games Crack!Art IV - the one in which a brave newcomer points out that Severus Snape on a tropical vacation is an oxymoron. Please give a warm welcome to a new artist to our Games, plantinshadows!!

Crack!Art Title: On Holiday
Artist: plantinshadows
Genre(s): Postwar, Humour&/or Crack
Prompt(s): Vacation
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: PG-13, no warnings apart from slight nudity
Artist Notes/Media used/Thanks/Disclaimers: When reading Snarry fics, again and again tropical islands are favoured location wise, especially if Harry and Severus are on their Honeymoon. I very much tried to imagine Severus jumping around the beach uninhibited in nothing else than swimming trunks... I failed. So, this is where my imagination led me...







( We're gonna need a bigger boat... )

Thank you, plantinshadows!

Stay tuned for more Champion Interviews and Opening Games Crack!Art!

Opening Games Crack!Art III - The one in which Swtalmnd proves once and for all that Snarry is Canon - if you know where to look. *g*


Crack!Art Title: Sexual Frustration: The Real Root of All Evil
Artist: Amy (swtalmnd)
Genre(s): Canon ("[Harry] was on all fours again on Snape's office floor...")
Prompt(s): Prohibition, Root of All Evil
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: PG but not necessarily work safe.
Artist Notes/Media used/Thanks/Disclaimers: Blame djin7. Seriously.






( Sexual Frustration: The *Real* Root of All Evil )


Thank you, swtalmnd! Stay tuned for more Champion Interviews and Opening Games Crack!Art.

Having been inspired by fellow Teammate BethBethBeth's 2008 Interview, Shadow gives us her version of "My Little Snape" (tm) Hee.


Crack!Art Title: When Snape Woke Up
Artist: shadowess
Email:
Genre(s): Humour/Crack and Alternate Reality
Prompt(s): Silver
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: Rated: G ...Girl!Harry, Horse!Severus and no sex
Artist Notes/Media used/Thanks/Disclaimers: This was inspired by BethH's interview where she said (And sometimes, changing the future is merely a question of Future By Fiat: "When Snape wakes up, he's a pony and Harry is the 13 year old girl who loves him!")




( Little Harriet always wanted her very own pony... )

Thank you, shadowess! Stay tuned for more Champion Interviews and Crack!Art! The Snarry Games begins posting in 5 weeks!

Opening Games Crack!Art, Part I.


Today, V gives us an example of the signs that your lover is addicted to internet porn!

Crack!Art Title: I'm Glad We Have This New Technology
Artist: c'est moi cnary_crem_dght!
Genre(s): Crack (Art), AU
Prompt(s): Menage a Trois
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: Crack. PG ish?
Artist Notes/Media used/Thanks/Disclaimers:mmm I caught mention of this a few days ago and because I had some time to kill, I decided to draw something. :B Please excuse my odd sense of humor.








( 1. During foreplay, he's continuously double-clicking your prostate... )


Thank you, cnary_crem_dght!

Coming up, more of the Champion Interviews! which include comment porn, as well as more Crack!Art!

OPENING GAMES CRACK!ART!

In 2007, the Summer Art Games Champions from the year prior graced us with a hilarious collection of Opening Games Crack!Art to keep us occupied during our wait for the Winter Author Games posting to begin.

This year, we invite both the previous Champions as well as any artist who wishes to try their hand at Snarry Crack!Art.

( Here's what you need to do: )

*FIRES STARTING GUN*

( We give you the Master List of the Prompts and Genres for the 2008 Winter Games )

Any questions? You can find our standard FAQs here, and we will be posting more as the Games grow closer.

You can support your favourite authors and teams by using our 2008 Graphics.

Feel free to peruse our 2006 and 2007 Snarry Games Entries, both author and artist, from Teams Romance and Angst, and Teams Wartime and Postwar. 2007 Summer Art Games can be found on insane journal here: Team Angst, and here: Team Romance.

♥Thank you to tripperfunster for the beautiful 2008 Art, and to swtalmnd for the graphics and banners, and to pervart and xingou for the icons! Very soon we will have the new layout up, courtesy of xingou and tripperfunster.

We will not be idle while the authors write furiously for the April posting dates, please stay tuned for our Champion Interviews, and details on our 2008 Opening Games Crack!Art festival!

We also have a new affiliate we will be announcing shortly!

On that note....

LET THE GAMES BEGIN!

Original poster: snarrymod

Opening Games Crack Art, XIII

corvus_coronis has graciously sent in even more crack. Many of you enjoyed her Snagini. Today we bring you her adaptation of Snarry-Meets-Equus.


Snequus
By corvus_coronis
Snape & Harry, R




Warnings/Ratings: R for nudity and implied bestiality (we think she's obsessed), warning for CRACK. Also, angst...we think. As usual, dial-up users beware.







( At least I galloped - when did you? )
Title: Mornings Like These
Author: corvus_coronis
Team: Team Postwar
Characters Severus Snape/Harry Potter
Genre/s: Romance/Hurt-Comfort
Prompt: Diversion
Rating: NC 17
Summary: Why Harry believes that Snape is still with him, regardless of what the others might think.
Warnings: Masturbation, crack!, Possibly a little bit of implied necro (?)
Disclaimer: The characters in this story belong to J.K. Rowling, not me.
Author's notes: Closing drabble for snarry_games 2007. This is meant to be a follow-up to my Team Postwar fic Amphisbaena, so it will make better sense if you read that one first. Thanks to accio_kilt for the beta.

( Mornings Like These )

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Title: Elegant
Author: corvus_coronis
Team: Team Postwar
Characters Severus Snape/Harry Potter
Genre/s: Romance
Prompt: Phoenix Tears
Rating: PG
Summary: Harry almost forgot how much he’d missed the feel of Severus’s hands. Severus didn’t realise how much he’d missed using them.
Warnings: Mention of (past) partial animal transformation, implied (past) bestiality.
Disclaimer: The characters in this story belong to J.K. Rowling, not me.
Author's notes: Closing drabble for snarry_games 2007. This is meant to be a follow-up to my opening games ‘Snequus’ crack!art here, so it will make better sense if you read that one first. Thanks to accio_kilt for the beta.

( Elegant )

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Title: Lamia Parts
Author: corvus_coronis
Team: Team Postwar
Characters Severus Snape/Harry Potter
Genre/s: Hurt-Comfort/Angst
Prompt: Cold War
Rating: PG
Summary: Life as a bi-gendered Lamia isn’t always easy. Neither is life with one.
Warnings: Implied past mpreg, implied bestiality.
Disclaimer: The characters in this story belong to J.K. Rowling, not me.
Author's notes: Closing drabble for snarry_games 2007. This is meant to be a follow-up to my opening games ‘Snagini’ crack!art comic here, so it will make better sense if you read that one first. Thanks to accio_kilt for the beta.

( Lamia Parts )

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Title: Relic
Author: corvus_coronis
Team: Team Postwar
Characters Severus Snape/Harry Potter
Genre/s: Humour/Romance
Prompt: Relic
Rating: PG
Summary: Nearly losing someone can make one appreciate them more.
Warnings: Implied old age.
Disclaimer: The characters in this story belong to J.K. Rowling, not me.
Author's notes: Closing drabble for snarry_games 2007. This is meant to be a follow-up to One More Inch, my Team Angst pinch hit art from the previous round of the games, so it will make better sense if you see that one first. Thanks to accio_kilt for the beta.

( Relic )



Thank you, corvus_coronis!

Coming up tomorrow, more Champion Interviews!