Today we recognize the hard-won achievement and dedication of artists and their teams who strive for excellence in fanart and Snarry. I know that every Champion worked hard for the good of their team and they all deserve highest marks for their efforts. We were all lucky to have won something during these Games.

However, in the competition we set out to do, the Snarry Games Judges (you, the readers) have voted to score these teams, both having shown up to these Games with the most stellar of performances, allowing one to edge out the other for Gold.

Ladies and gentlemen, our GOLD MEDAL WINNERS, with a total of 859 out of a possible 972 points:


Team Romance!





Congratulations to our 2007 Snarry Art Games Gold Medal Winners!



( Romance )


And our SILVER MEDAL WINNERS, with a total of 845 out of a possible 972 points:



Team Angst!


Congratulations to our 2007 Snarry Games Silver Medal Winners!


( Angst )

Title: Unbound by Gravity
Artist: swtalmnd
Team: Romance
Genre(s): Fanon
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: HARD R -- Drag mouse over space if you wish to know: *underwater 69, fish voyeurism*
Artist's Notes/Thank yous/Fanfiction used: Many thanks to dementordelta for letting me use her fic The World As It Is for my inspiration. Thanks also to my whole team, especially lizardspots, for encouragement and beta help!
Media used: Oil paints on 30"x40" canvas
Archiving/Usage permission, including the Tribute Video (only after the polls have closed and medals have been awarded): WTP and Video OK, all others ask.


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( They tumbled, spinning, unbound by gravity, licking, tasting, sucking more, carried adrift between air and light and the seductive sway of fronds and the skittish play of brightly colored fish. )

Title: Positioning Study No. 32
Artist: I Got Tired of Waiting igtow
Team: Romance
Genre(s): Alternate Universe, Hurt/Comfort
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: PG
Artist's Notes: From Epithalalium, Part III, The Beginning of Forever. Sometimes the sketches just make the words flow better. My thanks to the Snarry Games Mods. Woo Hoo! What a ride!
Media used: Pencil and Moleskine Sketchbook; Pocket Artist for some minor touch-ups.
Archiving/Usage permission, including the Tribute Video (only after the polls have closed and medals have been awarded): Sure. Would like to know about anything/where else, though.


Mod note: This is a last minute pinch brought to you by the most excellent record keeper of this year's Games, I Got Tired of Waiting. We ended up short one entry in the nth hour, and she came through for us, and Team Romance. Thank you, IGToW! ♥






( As I said last night, you won't be so easily rid of me... )

Title: The Dreaming Spires
Artist: trekkiegrrrl
Team: Romance
Genre(s): Fanon
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: R. No special kinks other than Snarry itself ;o)
Artist's Notes/Thank you's/Fanfiction used: Dementor Delta's The Dreaming Spires
Media used: CGI, Poser + Photoshop.
Archiving/Usage permission, including the Tribute Video (only after the polls have closed and medals have been awarded): Probably yes. Please ask.






( The Dreaming Spires, by TrekkiGrrrl. )

Title: O-miai (An Arranged Marriage)
Artist: chaosraven, with a pinch-hit for scarah, who was unable to participate in this year's Games. Thank you, Chaosraven!
Team: Romance
Email: chaosraven at gmail
Genre(s): AU
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: G. Gay marriage, period clothing.
Artist's Notes: O-miai is the name for a Japanese marriage interview. Traditionally, it involves the prospective bride and groom, as well as their parents, in a very formal situation. I've obviously modified that to a scandalous private meeting. One of my favorite "romantic clichés" is for the partners in an arranged relationship to truly fall in love, and that's what I was trying to portray. It may be their first meeting, but "Eiri" and "Seijirou" have a special connection.
Media used: Painter
Archiving/Usage permission, including the Tribute Video (only after the polls have closed and medals have been awarded): With credit, any creative commons attribution usage is okay.








( Hai. Chikaimasu. )

Title: The Elder Wand
Artist: undunoops. This is a pinch hit for Team Romance, as kerfect was unable to participate in this year's Games. Thank you, Undun!
Team: Romance
Email: undunoops@yahoo.com
Genre(s): fanon/humour
Rating: PG
Artist's Notes/Thank yous/Fanfiction used: Thanks, Mods, for the awesome undertaking of hosting these Games! When the call went out for a pinch hit I had this idea pop into my head, so I decided to run with it. It’s completely corny. I should probably apologise here…Link to: http://undunoops.insanejournal.com/4688.html#cutid1
Media used: I thought I was using a charcoal pencil, turns out I picked up black pastel by mistake. Smudging roolz!
Archiving/Usage permission, including the Tribute Video (only after the polls have closed and medals have been awarded): okay for video – anything else, just ask.





( The Elder Wand, by Undun )

Title: Silent Offer
Artist: orionnoire
Team: Romance
Genre(s): Postwar & AU
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: G
Artist's Notes: "Harry took off the Invisibility Cloak and looked down upon the man he hated, whose widening black eyes found Harry as he tried to speak. Harry bent over him; and rapidly tore pieces of his t-shirt to staunch the bloody wound."(Bloomsbury 528) After the battle, an exhausted Harry goes back to the Shack. Snape is still asleep. Surely, a little nap can’t hurt anything…
Media used: Sharpie, watercolors, pencil
Archiving/Usage permission, including the Tribute Video (only after the polls have closed and medals have been awarded): Sure for the video. For anything else, please ask first.








( If I am dreaming, let me never awake. If I am awake, let me never sleep. )

Title: Bear Back?
Artist: ursus
Team: Romance
Email: returnlostmarbles at yahoo dot com
Genre(s): Humor/Crack
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: G .
Artist's Notes: Ongoing joke about the term "Bare back" and it's misinterpretations dealing with real bears (both in the animal community and the gay community).
Media used: Photoshop and illustrator.
Archiving/Usage permission, including the Tribute Video (only after the polls have closed and medals have been awarded): Video: okay, everything else : ask before hand.








( Bear Back? by Ursus )

Title: August
Artist: Ad Baculum, gnomad (Adbaculum's 2006 Interview is here.)
Team: Romance
Genre: Fanon
Rating: G
Artist's Notes: Thank you to swtalmnd and rubyrosered for looking it over for me. This is the final scene from mia_ugly's excellent Snarry Games fic, Night Watch.
Media used: Tablet and Photoshop
Archiving/Usage permission, including the Tribute Video (only after the polls have closed and medals have been awarded): Ok for tribute video and direct Games related stuff. Please don't archive without asking first, however.



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( Something shines briefly in Potter's half-starved face, something hot as naked flame, as deep as honey. I could love you, Snape thinks to himself, feeling the words as if they were chiselled into his very bones, I could love you.--Night Watch )

Title: Waiting
Artist: Acidburn (ac1d6urn)
Team: Romance
Genre: AU (Alternate Universe/Reality)
Rating: R
Artist's Notes: I wanted to draw a story that fits between the lines of canon. All quotes come from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. The rest of the dialogue and storyline is a collaboration with Sinick; She gave me a story to illustrate.
Media used: Pencil sketches, OpenCanvas, Photoshop.
Archiving/Usage permission, including the Tribute Video (only after the polls have closed and medals have been awarded): OK for icons and tribute video.


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( I'll be waiting... )

Title: Tea Time
Artist:a_belladonna
Team: Team Romance
Genre(s): AU, hurt/comfort
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: G, no warnings (Other than it being AU, of course...)
Artist's Notes: There really wasn't much to think about, this piece just had to be drawn. ;) How things could have turned out...
Media used: Ink and watercolours
Archiving/Usage permission, including the Tribute Video (only after the polls have closed and medals have been awarded): Other places than WTP and Tribute Video: Please ask first.







( Tea Time by A_Belladonna )

Title: Stability
Artist: tripperfunster. This is a pinch hit for Team Romance, as frek was unable to participate in this year's Games. Thank you, Tripp!
Team: Team Romance
Genre(s): Fanon, Hurt/comfort
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: G
Artist's Notes: Most fics seem to have Snape giving comfort to Harry, but I quite like it when it's the other way 'round. A special thanks to glockgal. *wink*
Media used: Graphite, photoshop sepia filter
Archiving/Usage permission, including the Tribute Video (only after the polls have closed and medals have been awarded): Permission to post anywhere ya please!

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( Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul. )

Title: The Silver Doe (I know, not very original :P)
Artist: _hibiscus_.
Team: Team Romance, like what!
Genre(s): Canon & Wartime
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: PG, for a little tummy action.
Artist's Notes: Thanks to the mods of the Snarry Games for being such good hosts and for being so understanding. And, thanks to the bestest Team Romance in the world for the beta and concrit of the art. Hope we win again!
Media used: Pencil, black marker, Photoshop
Archiving/Usage permission, including the Tribute Video (only after the polls have closed and medals have been awarded): Yes to archiving, icons, etc. But please let me know when you do!








( 'Harry stared at the creature, filled with wonder, not at her strangeness, but at her inexplicable familiarity.' )

( CHAMPION INTERVIEW #21 , Team Romance member, Crimson_Vipera! )



Thank you, crimson_vipera! We're thrilled to host your net debut!

Title: The Wedding Vows
Artist: crimson_vipera. 2007 Interview to be posted in conjunction here.
Team: Team Romance
E-mail: crimson.vipera AT gmail.com
Genre(s): Postwar
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: PG, Drag mouse over space if you wish to know * implied M-preg, main character (natural) death *
Artist's Notes: This took me long, but with RL being as it is nowadays it's miracle I've finished it at all. It went from totally unrealistic plan of 10 boards, to slightly more realistic 5 and ended up being three (rather hastily finished). All in all, I even quite like it. My mother (and my beta. Thanks, by the way=}) made me realise I should probably write it: there's nothing wrong with the perspective in the second drawing. It's how I see wizarding houses. I feel that they should somehow show the unpredictability of the magic that pulses in them. Anyway, it's my artist's license=}And last, but not the least: thank you, Team Romance, for the support. You're brilliant. Thank You Mods for bearing with me and my chronic inability to keep to deadlines.
Media used: watercolours, pencils, watercolour pencils, dry chalk, black markers, OpenCanvas
Archiving/Usage permission, including the Tribute Video (only after the polls have closed and medals have been awarded): Promised to wikdsushi as a get well gift. Please don't use it unless she gives You an OK.
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( To Have and To Hold, For Richer, For Poorer )

Title:"And Pharaoh Dreamed"
Artist: snakeysnape
Team: Romance
Genre(s): Alternate Universe/Reality
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: G
Media used: Rendered in Poser, assembled in PhotoPaint/Paint Shop Pro.
Archiving/Usage permission, including the Tribute Video (only after the polls have closed and medals have been awarded): Yes, you may indeed archive my art and use it in the tribute video. Permission is also given for making icons from it, provided I'm properly credited.





(  And Pharaoh Dreamed by SnakeySnape )

Title: After it All
Artist: andreanna Andreanna's 2007 interview is here.
Team: Team Romance
Genre(s): Hurt/Comfort and Fanon
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: G, so very G.
Artist's Notes: A big thank you to Stellahobbit's The Care of Infants. This story's simple descriptions inspire in heart and mind. And another big thank you to djin7 for trackin' her down and making this fest possible. And a last thank you to the members of Team Romance; your criticism and encouragement is always welcome :D!
Media: OpenCanvas, tablet
Archiving/Usage permission, including the Tribute Video (only after the polls have closed and medals have been awarded): Yes, but please ask first :)








( Feeling like a man approaching death, Snape sat down carefully. )

Title:Sssh Harry, I've Got You.
Artist: tripperfunster
Team: Romance, baby!
Genre(s): Fanon Subgenre: Hurt/comfort
Rating/Warnings/Kinks G
AN: This is from the stellar fic Oubliette, by Raewhit (aka Joanwilder). It totally pwns the internets in my humble opinion.
Media used: Chalk Pastel and a hint 'o' photoshop
Archiving/Usage permission, including the Tribute Video (only after the polls have closed and medals have been awarded): Permission to post anywhere ya please!






(  It's reflexive, what I do next. In my defense, I can truly swear that I do it without thinking. )

Title: Harry Potter and the Scenes from Canon
Artist: umbrus (Umbrus' 2007 Interview here.)
Team: Team Romance
Email: umbrus dot lian at gmail.com
Genre(s): canon and crack/humor
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: pg and crack!?
Artist's Notes/Thank you's/Fanfiction used: I do not own Harry Potter, if I did the books would end very differently. I also do not make any money from this, don't sue me you won't get anything from this poor uni student.
As one of my genres is canon I sketched different scenes from the books, anything that is a part of a panel is from the books (including the quotes) with a book name and page number associated with it. I'm only playing with what's already there. Thanks, hugs, cookies and Snapey leers goes out to these wonderful persons who made comments and helped me make these pages what they are. Thank you Tripperfunster, rumpelstiltskin, redpiratemel and my very very nice but unfortunately non-snarry friend! Much love to all of you.

Um… comment! I love hearing what other people think!
Media used: pencil, markers and Photoshop
Archiving/Usage permission, including the Tribute Video (only after the polls have closed and medals have been awarded): yes but I want to know what and where just e-mail or comment on my journal somewhere.

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( Harry Potter and the Scenes from Canon by Umbrus of Team Romance )

Title: Victory (or: Die Voldemort! Die!!!!!)
Artist: sealcat
Team: Romance
E-mail: sealcatATgmailDOTcom
Genre(s): AU, wartime
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: PG-13 *because of some violent, Er..., fake characters death at beginning? Strange looking Voldemort?!*
Artist's Notes: Many thanks to Djin and Snarry Game mods!! For some reason, I couldn't finish on time, and they give me extensions to have the chance to finish. Thank you!!!! (+Hugs)
Media used: Gouache (Opaque watercolour) , Black ink, lots of heavyweight watercolour papers....
Archiving/Usage permission, including the Tribute Video (only after the polls have closed and medals have been awarded): Tribute Video and Icons are ok, but please let me know where it will go if going to archive them~

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( Victory by Sealcat )