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MoM Open House (2-2006) Challenge
To help foster better public relations, the Ministry of Magic (MoM) will hold an Open House. Most of the Aurors in the Magical Law Enforcement Department (MLE) know of Harry Potter and his group known as the DA. So, with permission, the MLE Department will do their Open House with the DA on Hogwarts school grounds.



The author's challenge is to write a story to include:



1) The setting up of booths for displays, hands-on use of equipment, demonstrations, entertainments, contests, seating, and/or refreshments.


2) A stage or platform for combat demonstrations and audience participation or challenges.


3) A sign-up list for the public to get either one-on-one training or challenge a MLE or DA member.


4) The wizarding public is invited. But Voldemort is not.


5) Two new spells and two new Dark Magic detection devices are introduced.


6) The time frame is the spring of Harry's 6th or 7th school year.



Rules:



1. All general submission rules apply. Huge stories over 10,000 words are discouraged but not prohibited. R-rated stories are allowed but discouraged. Judges are not required to read stories over 10,000 words or any R-rated stories.


2. All entries must be submitted under MoM Open House (2-2006) sub-category under SIYE Challenge and be submitted by midnight EST (GMT-5), April 15, 2006. But I don't get out of bed at midnight just to close the Challenge.


3. Multiple chapters are allowed as long as all the requirements are in the chapter(s) that are submitted by the deadline.


4. The categories for judging are Best Overall, Adventure, Humor, and introducing, Ingenuity.



Bonus phrases for extra creativity are the following. Using any or all of them is not required. A good, creative story will always count much stronger than any bonus.



· I thought I saw that on a spy movie.

· Now he is someone I want to go up against.

· Is that really legal?

· That's physically impossible.

· Now here's a fraud in the making.

· -one more secret out of the bag.

Sir Ollivander on 2006.03.15 - 07:07PM ()

Comments



bibliophile19 came out of the woodwork on 2006.03.15 - 08:30PM to say:

excellent... the plot bunnies are breeding like mad already... Mwahahaha... :-)



DQBunny came out of the woodwork on 2006.03.15 - 08:50PM to say:

What a great challenge! It will be hard to keep it within 10,000 words.



Dead Cows came out of the woodwork on 2006.03.15 - 10:16PM to say:

Sweeeet- Ingenuity- according to LD- ingenious... can do. Dead Cows is (not a gramatical error) back- *a.k.a cori_b



Torak came out of the woodwork on 2006.03.16 - 08:36AM to say:

I've got just the thing....



mooglelover333 came out of the woodwork on 2006.03.17 - 08:50PM to say:

So, Harry/Ginny must be included, correct?



ChickenIsGood came out of the woodwork on 2006.03.18 - 02:10AM to say:

Once again I am forced to wish I wasn't passed with the creativity gene.



Torak came out of the woodwork on 2006.03.18 - 04:32AM to say:

Mooglelover: Of course H/G must be included - it's an H/G site, and that is one of the basic prerequisites for submitting fics.



Sir Ollivander came out of the woodwork on 2006.03.18 - 11:16AM to say:

Mooglelover333 - yes, Harry & Ginny must be included in the story. Standard rules always apply.



cori_b came out of the woodwork on 2006.03.18 - 08:52PM to say:

yeserm, is it just me, or does no one know that the contest is up?



Sir Ollivander came out of the woodwork on 2006.03.18 - 09:33PM to say:

Cori_b - you may be right. There are two news articles above the Challenge announcement. Readers may not realize they have to scroll down to read the Challenge.



cori_b came out of the woodwork on 2006.03.19 - 11:32AM to say:

hmmm....



Ginebra Wood came out of the woodwork on 2006.03.19 - 04:25PM to say:

Yes Cori was rigth I´m noticed the challenge this morning!



cori_b came out of the woodwork on 2006.03.19 - 05:26PM to say:

WEll, now its cleared up



Saint Paul came out of the woodwork on 2006.03.20 - 03:20AM to say:

I'm tempted to enter this one, but I have a bad streak of writer's block when it comes to challenge fics. Hopefully this one will change it.



xaphania came out of the woodwork on 2006.03.20 - 01:48PM to say:

This may be a really stupid question, but what is an open house? Is it like an open day? I'm thinking perhaps we have a different way of saying it in England...thanks!



Sir Ollivander came out of the woodwork on 2006.03.20 - 02:39PM to say:

Xaphania - no, that is not a stupid question. Open-House is a term used in the United States. It's describes a time when a school or business or other organization opens its doors to the public to let them see how the business or organization is run or how it operates.

There are usually:
" Tours throughout the various parts of the buildings and/or plant operations.
" Demonstrations of equipment running or working, or showing off of people skills.
" People explaining what their job or position is, or explaining a procedure.
" Some times the public can put their "hands-on" the equipment and make it run or do something, like in manufacturing. They are usually allowed to keep the item or whatever they made or processed as a souvenir.
" Refreshments are normally available (it keeps the people happy). Maybe a company picnic, BBQ, or brazier.
" Sometimes there are give-aways, like promotional products, the people can take home with them.




DQBunny came out of the woodwork on 2006.03.20 - 11:21PM to say:

Give-aways...thanks, Sir Ollivander! That's a stroke of inspiration right there!



Torak came out of the woodwork on 2006.04.02 - 10:04PM to say:

I like this challenge... but given my schedule these last couple of weeks, it's starting to look as though I'm going to miss a challenge for the first time since I joined SIYE. We shall see...


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