The votes have been counted and the results of the April-May Trinkets are as follows -

Best Comedy

Best Drama

Best Romance

Best One-Shot

Best Completed

Best New Story

The Buried Gem of the month May was nominated by Tron. It is a story written by Velvethope back in July 2004 before HBP was published.

Two chapters make a short story that is heart-warming and sweet with a touch of sadness at the beginning. Percy leaves Ginny his most precious possession and Harry is ready and willing to help. Wonderful story. 

The Buried Gem 05-2019 is:

Percy's Gift by Velvethope.

Summary: Written for the HGFicafest on Live Journal. In the wake of Percy's death, Ginny finds out that her life is about to change. Will Harry offer to help her? Will she let him? First part is G but the rating is R for part two. 

Please tell us what you think about the story, just follow the 'comment' link at the bottom right, or follow this link to the HarryandGinny Reddit Sub.

If you want to nominate your favourite story for the Buried Gems, just send leave a comment here, or in Reddit Sub. The nominated stories should have been published on SIYE in 2010 or earlier, and they should be complete. As always, it would be nice if you could tell us with a few lines what you liked best about the story and why you recommend it.

For an overview of all Buried Gems we had so far, please follow this link.

Enjoy reading!

The voting is now open for the April - May Trinkets and there's certainly plenty of excellent stories for you to choose from in this round.  Please vote here -

http://www.siye.co.uk/trinkets.php 

The winners will be announced on 29th May

There's a first time for everything, right?  First kiss, first date, first prank, first time you say "I love you" - the world is your oyster with this challenge.  Write a story about one of Harry and/or Ginny's firsts.

The categories for judging will be Most Unexpected, Most Humourous, Best Overall, and the People's Choice Award.  All stories should be submitted by midnight 15th August, results will be posted on 1st September.  Thanks to happyhouri for suggesting this challenge.

Usual rules apply, multi chaptered stories must be completed.  All stories must be posted under the 2019-2 challenge category.

Anyone with questions please contact me.  Also remember to make suggestions for future challenges!

Phew, that was seriously close in all of the categories!  But without further ado I can announce the winners are as follows -

Most Unexpected

Of Splendour in the Grass by potterfan2008

Most Romantic

Snapshots by Danni Evans

Best Overall

Newly and Happily Impervious to Gossip by Kezzabear

People's Choice Award

Hanging by a Moment by Celtics534

Massive well done to everyone and thank you to the judges MJ, JG, SM, AM, SR, LG for taking the time to read and decide the winners.

Keep an eye out for the next challenge which will be announced in a few days time.  PS. It's never been done before...

Originally I wanted to present Sovrans The Meaning of One as the Buried Gem 04-2019. However, while The Meaning of One definitely is a Gem, I'm not so sure if it really is a Buried Gem as it is considered to be the mother of all soul bond stories. For this reason, I picked another of Sovrans stories as the next Buried Gem.

The Buried Gem 04-2019 is Sovrans one-shot Phoenix, written for the December Engagement Challenge (2006-6).

The summary is quite unspectacular: What does it take for the phoenix to rise from the ashes?

If you enjoy reading soul bond stories, I recommend reading The Meaning of One. You can find both parts on Sovrans user page.

If you enjoyed the topic of the today's Buried Gem, you ought to read any of the other stories written for the December Engagement Challenge (2006-6).

Please tell us what you think about the story, just follow the 'comment' link at the bottom right, or follow this link to the HarryandGinny Reddit Sub.

For an overview of all Buried Gems we had so far, please follow this link.

Enjoy reading!

After looking for so long like there would only be a few entries, a run of submissions has left us with eight wonderful stories for our judges to decide the winners of Best Overall, Most Unexpected, Most Romantic categories.  All the stories can be found here http://siye.co.uk/categories.php?catid=94

And that leaves you the job of deciding the winner of the People's Choice Award.  Please vote here http://siye.co.uk/trinkets.php?peopleschoice=Y

Winners will be announced on 1st May

Just a quick reminder that there's only a couple of weeks left to submit your story for the Best Time of our Lives challege which is as follows -

Harry said to Ginny that those few weeks while they were dating at Hogwarts was like something out of someone else's life.  Your challenge is to write a story set during those few weeks while they were together at Hogwarts.

Usual rules apply, submissions close midnight 15th April, results will be posted 1st May.  Categories for judging are Most Romantic, Most Unexpected, Best Overall, and People's Choice.

Feel free to comment with suggesions for the next challenge too!

The votes have been cast and counted and the winners of the latest round of Trinkets are as follows-

Best Comedy

Best Drama

Best Romance

Best One-Shot

Best Completed

Best New Story

Apologies for my tardiness this month, but the voting is now open for the latest round of trinkets. Results will be posted 31st March. Please vote here -

http://www.siye.co.uk/trinkets.php 

Today I present you a Buried Gem nominated by Pottermum. She recommended this story because it is beautifully written and brings up a topic that isn’t touched too often in fanfic, that what if Harry was impaired mentally after the battle. There are several where he is in a coma for days, weeks, months and years before waking, but not many where he will never again be a fully functional member of society.
Pottermum said she enjoyed the story mostly for the way Harry’s friends react around him. And of course, the Harry and Ginny moments.

The 3rd Buried Gem of the year 2019 is:

Teatime in the Garden by LadyTonks

Summary: It was almost teatime. Teatime was their favorite time. Ginny hoped that Hermione and Ron wouldn't stay long. She knew that they meant well, but they just didn't understand about Harry. Not many people did.

Please tell us what you think about the story, just follow the 'comment' link at the bottom right, or follow this link to the HarryandGinny Reddit Sub.

If you want to nominate your favourite story for the Buried Gems, just send an email to Gin110881@yahoo.com. The nominated stories should have been published on SIYE in 2010 or earlier, and they should be complete. As always, it would be nice if you could tell us with a few lines what you liked best about the story and why you recommend it.

For an overview of all Buried Gems we had so far, please follow this link.

Enjoy reading!

Ginny sighed with frustration as she dropped her quill onto the table in the Gryffindor common room where she was sat with Harry, Ron, and Hermione.  "I'm going to have to go down to the Library and get a book out before I can finish this Charms essay," she said with a smirk at Harry.

Catching on quickly, he stretched and said, "I'll come with you, I could do with a break."

Ron eyed the pair of them shrewedly as they got up, while Hermione only murmured her agreement as she scribbled furiously on a piece of parchment that was already hanging off the table.

As soon as they had clambered out of the portrait hole Harry pulled Ginny in for a kiss, ignoring the exclaimations of the Fat Lady behind them.  "I didn't expect Hermione to fall for that," chuckled Harry.

"Me neither," replied Ginny as they began to walk down the corridor hand in hand.  "How long do you think we have before she realises and decides to come looking for us?"

Harry thought for a moment.  "Maybe half an hour, longer if Ron annoys her and they start arguing."

"As per usual you mean.  I wish they'd just get on with it and admit they like each other."

"I know, I'm sure arguing is their way of flirting.  But enough about those two, do you fancy going for a walk down by the lake?"

"You read my mind," replied Ginny.

Harry said to Ginny that those few weeks while they were dating at Hogwarts was like something out of someone else's life.  Your challenge is to write a story set during those few weeks while they were together at Hogwarts.

Submissions close midnight 15th April. Any suggestions for future challenges are more than welcome, please either comment here or email me.

In today's edition of the Buried Gems, I present you a story nominated by ginnyweasley777. The story has won the award for the best Comedy back in November 2006, so be prepared for some fun, and probably, fluff.

The Buried Gem 02-2019 is:

Getting Over Harry Potter by cwarbeck

Summary:

When Ginny realises that she is firmly entrenched as Harry’s friend in the strictest, most platonic sense of the word, she is determined to banish any of her own definitely non-platonic sentiments once and for all. She comes up with a plan – an ingenious, infallible, perfect, foolproof plan – but how was it supposed to work if Harry seemed to be everywhere she looked?

I'll open a new thread for this story in the HarryandGinny Reddit Sub where you can tell us if you liked the, or simply follow the discussions there if don't want to register.

If you want to nominate your own favourite story for the Buried Gems, just send an email to Gin110881@yahoo.com. The nominated stories should have been published on SIYE in 2010 or earlier and they should be complete. As always, it would be nice if you could tell us with a few lines what you liked best about the story and why you recommend it.

For an overview of all Buried Gems, please follow this link.

Well, it was a close run thing again, so a massive well done to all authors, but the winners of the 2018 Annual DSTA's are as follows -

Best Comedy

Best Drama

Best Romance

Best One-Shot

Best Completed

Best New Story