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Happy Birthday Daniel!
It is just past midnight, July 23rd in Hogsmeade and throughout the British Isles. That means that we may now begin the celebrations for Daniel Radcliffe's nineteenth birthday! You remember him--the young chap that looks just like Harry. Due to continued repairs to the SIYE ballrooms, the party has been moved to Duncannon's Pub in the Ottery St. Catchpole. Yes, complimentary tango lessons will be provided. No, I don't believe that Daniel is going to bring the horse.
Spenser Hemmingway on 2008.07.22 - 07:25PM (5 Comments)
And The Winners Are….
OH MERLIN! WOW! Domino, please stand up.
Witches and wizards, in the history of SIYE Challenges, this has been far and wide the best Challenge we have ever had on many fronts. Our average Challenge generated 14 stories, our best being 28. This Challenge took us to 35 entries. This includes numerous authors entering for the first time. Also, theses were not your typical one-shots. Some were multi-chaptered stories for maximum story telling.
And on the judging side, which was not easy by any imagination, we had 20 judges committed to reading and judging which were the best to be awarded the coveted title of Best Overall, Time Travel, Adventure, and Parenting. Numerous judges expressed more stories, that were not nominated, for other consideration, such as a Humorous or Romantic category or Honorable Mention. I took these factors into consideration after tallying up the votes. So we have two Honorable Mentions.
Finally, on a personal note, I did not come up with this Challenge. A SIYE member and posted author came up with this suggestion and sent it to me for consideration. He had a whole first chapter already written for review. Apparently, you all agreed with me that it was a great Challenge suggestion due to the overwhelming response it received. So, please raise your Butterbeers and a round of cheer for Domino and his creative suggestion. Here! Here!
Two stories are given Honorable Mention status due to comments by the judges and the fact that they drew some of the most votes but not in any one category to win. ”Five Things, Harry” by muggle_born
and ”Oops!” by Tearlit
The winning stories are now prominently listed in our Featured Stories section. Those of you that have multiple chapters or need to do some editing may continue at this time. The Challenge category is back open. If your story is completed, please ensure it is edited and YES, as completed.
The 2008-4 Challenge is coming very soon. You need to start making your future plans now.
I would like to thank my many judges who worked hard for this Challenge: AR, AS, BG, CP, CQ, CW, DP, IV, JM, JM, KC, KG, LL, MG, MH, NS, SH, WC, Z, and ZA. You know who you are. Thank you very much for all that reading and judging.
PS: Some authors have asked if I would tell them how well they did in the judging. If you wish, e-mail me and I will tell you your results.
PPS: back to the future, kids vs parents, and coming to a living room near you. Everybody loves to have relatives drop in unexpectedly.
Sir Ollivander on 2008.07.20 - 01:04PM (14 Comments)
Twin Travel Challenge Update #3
Today, normally on the 15th of the month, you would expect the winners of the latest Challenge posted. However, since we had 35 stories submitted, it will take our judges quite a while to read all those stories and then judge them for the four categories available. So, once the deadline came June 30, the judges were given 19 days to read and choose their nominations for the title of Best Overall, Adventure, Time Travel, and Parenthood. The winning stories will be posted on July 20, five days later than normal.
To date, six judges have completed their work and submitted their nominations. It appears that five stories are begining to break out of the pack as some of the better-written stories for the four categories. But this could change as more judges submit their nominations to me. You all will have to wait five more days for this record-breaking Challenge to finally end. The best of luck to all who entered.
Sir Ollivander on 2008.07.15 - 07:21PM (15 Comments)
SIYE Down Time
Hello...we are now back up. We had a issue with the hosts SQL server that affected us. This has been fixed and we are fully functional again. Sorry about the downtime.
It has been decided that the position of Chief Archivist should be an Administrator position. Therefore, Megs (DQBunny) who was serving as Chief Archivist is now the Administrator of Archivists and the Chief Archivist position is dissolved.
In addition, it has become necessary to move Stacey (Something Flowery) and John (Justanotherfan21) to Emeritus Administrator status. Until further notice, they will not be active members of the SIYE Staff
These changes are reflected on the Staff Directory which has been updated and is located under the "Extras" link. The staff page lists all the members of the SIYE Staff and also lists the e-mails of each Admin. We invite you to e-mail one or more of us if you have a concern we can address, an idea you'd like to share with us, or for any other reason.
As for me personally, I have been inaccessible for about two years, but I am now available and welcome your e-mails. Just as each Admin does, I look forward to hearing from you when there is something we can help you with.
Lord Dreadnault on 2008.07.02 - 10:21PM (8 Comments)
Twin Travel Challenge (2008-3) Closed
A NEW WORLD’S RECORD!!!
SIYE’s 27th Challenge, “Twin Travel,” has received 35 story submissions, breaking the record of 28 stories by “Muggle Picnic (2005-2). All thanks to Domino’s brilliant suggestion. And, by the way, the deadline is here and the current Challenge is now closed. The judges have a lot of reading to do.
Judges
Since the beginning of Challenges, judges have always been anonymous. They have been “invited” to be a judge in a variety of ways, some examples are: being in the Top 25 for hits, winning a DSTA award, or having numerous stories posted on SIYE. I even had an open invitation once.
Judges have been encouraged to leave a Review when they judge a story. But to say they read your story for judging purposes is totally voluntary. To do so would expose himself or herself as a judge. Judges vary with every Challenge but I do have some excellent regulars. So, if you know a judge, please give them your thanks. If you don’t know one, feel secure in that they are out there and working hard judging your Challenge submissions. Some of the SIYE staff are routinely judges. So you probably know at least one or two.
Due to the overwhelming response to this Challenge, the judges will have 19 days to read and nominate their choices for Best Overall, Adventure, Time Travel, and Parenthood. So stay tuned for July 20th when all their hard word is revealed and the winners are posted.
Sir Ollivander on 2008.07.01 - 07:06AM (13 Comments)
Twin Travel Challenge Update #2
Forever the parents, Arthur used an Engorgement Charm to change the size of Ginny’s bed in her room and Molly transfigured a pair of old pajamas of Ron and Ginny’s for the children to wear. Then Harry and Ginny, acting as the real parents, put the children down for the evening. Ginny got them in bed and kissed each one on the cheek. Harry actually tucked them in under the blanket and kissed each on the forehead. The two waited a while till the children actually fell asleep, and then they stepped out and closed the door.
On the landing outside Ginny’s bedroom, the two stood quietly for a few moments, lost in their own thoughts. Harry eventually broke the silence.
The two young teenagers looked at each other. Harry noticed Ginny was biting her lower lip and he knew what that meant.
“You look as nervous as I feel,” he told her.
“Well, er…this all changes things a bit. A lot further in our...uh…relationship than I expected” she barely got out.
“Come here,” he said opening up his arms to her. Ginny slowly wrapped her own arms around Harry as they hugged closer than they have in the past. “I’m still coming to grips with what all this means for us.”
“Yeah.” She replied. “But it’s a good thing.”
21 stories!!! “Woo-Hoo!!! The Challenge story can be told in many different ways. This is just one suggestion to get your mind to start thinking of ideas.
Sir Ollivander on 2008.06.20 - 05:10PM (12 Comments)
A Quick Challenge Update
1. Stories over 10,000 words are discouraged but not prohibited. It is not a fixed limit. You can write a one million word story if you want. We just like to keep them within reason because the judges have to read all of them.
17 stories so far and a half month still left before the deadline. Fantastic!!!!
Sir Ollivander on 2008.06.14 - 10:36PM (9 Comments)
Twin Travel Challenge Update #1
“Harry and Ginny are married!” Ron said. He pinched his arm and then yelled in pain.
“That’s what happens when you pinch yourself,” Hermione said, unsympathetically.
“They’re married, Hermione, they have children,” Ron said, turning to her.
“Well, of course they are,” Hermione, answered. “Aren’t they beautiful?” she said, “I’m an aunt, Ron, and you’re an uncle. Isn’t that cool?” Hermione, now that she was over the shock, was looking excitedly at Ron. He recognized that look. It was the research look, combined with sheer happiness.
“You know what this means, don’t you Ron?” Hermione asked. Ron shook his head.
“It means we survive. We all do. Harry’s alive in the future, and he and Ginny are happy, he’s alive,” Hermione started jumping up and down in excitement. Ron looked rather excited as the implications reached him as well. He reached for Hermione and hugged her tightly, unselfconsciously for the first time ever.
In just ten days, SIYE already has 11 stories posted, some with multiple chapters. This Challenge is off to a great start. The Challenge story can be told in many different ways. This is just one suggestion (Domino’s actually) to get your mind to start thinking of ideas.
Sir Ollivander on 2008.06.10 - 08:08AM (2 Comments)
E-mail Notifications Working Again
The e-mail notifications have been fixed. All of you should be receiving the notifications without any problems, and they should be properly titled/formatted.
If you experience any problems, let me know.
Edit: All the skins have been updated to match the "HarryGinny" skin. If you have any trouble with them, again feel free to contact me.
Ginny Weasley was tall, good-looking and slightly tomboyish. She was also my best friend (Apart from Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, of course). It's funny how small things seem to make such a big difference in your life. Rating: G Category: Post-OotP, Post-OotP Genre: Fluff, Humor Words: 4134 Chapters: 1 Published: 2004.09.07 Updated: 2004.09.07 Hits: 1167 Reviews: 25
What if everything that happened in Chamber of Secrets through Half-Blood Prince was all an elaborate dream? James and Lily Potter, watching their son from a distance, are convinced that he won’t live to see the end of his second year at Hogwarts, so they decide to help him in the only way they can: by sending him a dream that will change his life forever. *** Rating is “R” more as a precaution than anything.Rating: R Category: Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe Genre: Action/Adventure, Angst, Drama, Fluff, General, Romance Warnings: Dark Fiction, Death, Sexual Situations, Violence Words: Chapters: 11 Published: 2007.11.20 Updated: 2008.07.24 Status: Work in Progress Hits: 32950 Reviews: 341
After his final defeat of Voldemort, Harry Potter wakes up to a strange new world.Rating: PG-13 Category: Post-DH/AB, Post-DH/AB Genre: Drama, Romance Warnings: Sexual Situations Words: Chapters: 6 Published: 2008.06.23 Updated: 2008.07.24 Status: Work in Progress Hits: 4602 Reviews: 59
Harry Potter realized that he was falling in love with Ginny Weasley, he wanted to find a way of asking her out without falling under the wrath of Ron and the other brothers. 4th year adventure onwards, characters may be out of character with canon.Rating: R Category: Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe Genre: Romance Warnings: Death, Mild Sexual Situations, Violence Words: Chapters: 18 Published: 2008.06.15 Updated: 2008.07.24 Status: Work in Progress Hits: 16695 Reviews: 154
At Christmastime at home in the Burrow, a year after Harry and his followers defeated Voldemort, Ginny struggles with what she feels is right and wrong, the death of her brother, her deep love for Harry, and day to day life in her last year at Hogwarts.Rating: PG-13 Category: Post-DH/AB, Post-DH/AB Genre: General, Romance Words: Chapters: 1 Published: 2008.07.22 Updated: 2008.07.24 Status: Work in Progress Hits: 378 Reviews: 3
This is a story where a prophecy was made about Molly Weasley's daughter before she had children. The story will cover from Ginny Weasley's birth to Harry's arrival at Hogwarts. Ginny and Harry won't be interactive characters until probably the third or four chapter.Rating: PG-13 Category: Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe Genre: Action/Adventure, Drama, Humor Warnings: Disturbing Imagery, Mild Language, Violence Words: Chapters: 1 Published: 2008.07.22 Updated: 2008.07.22 Status: Work in Progress Hits: 676 Reviews: 15
A weekend trip to the mysterious Rose Cottage leads to Ginny's second pregnancy and Hermione's first. Join the Potters and Weasleys as they take on “The Next Great Adventure” while they anticipate the births of Albus Potter and Rose Weasley. NOW COMPLETE!Rating: R Category: Post-DH/AB, Post-DH/AB Genre: Drama, Humor, Romance Warnings: Sexual Situations Words: Chapters: 26 Published: 2008.01.25 Updated: 2008.07.22 Status: Completed Hits: 32405 Reviews: 506
This is the sequel to my previous story, Harry Potter and the Twists of Fate, starting off a few hours after the last chapter. Harry and his friends are now aware of the part they will play in the coming war. Can their friendship and love hold them together or will they allow jealousy and uncertainty to pull them apart, allowing Voldemort to win? Rating: R Category: Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe Genre: Action/Adventure, Drama, Romance Warnings: Extreme Language, Sexual Situations Words: Chapters: 33 Published: 2007.02.12 Updated: 2008.07.22 Status: Work in Progress Hits: 40673 Reviews: 293
Moving on, strange dreams, mysterious newcomers, Death Eaters, the Veil of Shadows, and a little bit of life, laughter and love. Join Harry, Ginny, Ron and Hermione for their last year at Hogwarts - and the first year of the rest of their lives as they learn that just because Voldemort's gone doesn't mean life's going to be easy!Rating: R Category: Post-DH/AB, Post-DH/AB Genre: Action/Adventure, Drama, Fluff, General, Romance Warnings: Death, Extreme Language, Sexual Situations, Violence Words: Chapters: 20 Published: 2007.09.08 Updated: 2008.07.22 Status: Work in Progress Hits: 33691 Reviews: 170
** Winner of Parenthood in the “Twin Travel” Challenge **NOW COMPLETE - Harry and Ginny wouldn't do that to their own children, would they? Why yes, they would. But the joke might just be on them. Written for the Twin Travel Challenge.Rating: G Category: Pre-OotP, Pre-OotP Genre: Comedy, Humor, Romance Words: 9973 Chapters: 4 Published: 2008.06.05 Updated: 2008.06.10 Status: Completed Hits: 5491 Reviews: 73
** Winner of Best Overall in the “Twin Travel” Challenge **Harry and Ginny's twins from the future, James and Lily, arrive in the summer before fifth year. Stranded by the loss of the artifact that brought them, the powerful young twins wreak havoc on the timeline.Rating: PG Category: Twin Travel Challenge (2008-3), Twin Travel Challenge (2008-3) Genre: Drama, Humor Warnings: Mild Language Words: 28978 Chapters: 4 Published: 2008.06.09 Updated: 2008.06.30 Status: Completed Hits: 6691 Reviews: 72
** Winner of Adventure in the “Twin Travel” Challenge **For Arthur and Molly Weasley becoming grandparents was the last thing on their minds--no what happened at the Burrow that afternoon would have had to have been. Great Scott! How will everyone deal with this new challenge? Of course Harry and Ginny will make great parents. They shop at Wizardmart all the time.Rating: G Category: Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe Genre: Action/Adventure, Fluff, Humor Words: 9558 Chapters: 1 Published: 2008.06.14 Updated: 2008.06.14 Status: Completed Hits: 1413 Reviews: 9
** Honorable Mention in the “Twin Travel” Challenge ** When Lily and James vanish from the Burrow on Christmas Eve, Harry is the only one not frightfully concerned. In fact, he's been looking forward to this for quite some time.Rating: PG Category: Twin Travel Challenge (2008-3), Twin Travel Challenge (2008-3) Genre: Drama, Fluff, Humor Warnings: Mild Language Words: 10972 Chapters: 1 Published: 2008.06.26 Updated: 2008.06.27 Status: Completed Hits: 2086 Reviews: 31
** Winner of Time Travel in the “Twin Travel” Challenge **When the Time Capsule V2010 lands in the Burrow's living room, Ginny and Harry have absolutely no idea what doors that wondrous device will open before them. Rating: PG Category: Pre-OotP, Pre-OotP Genre: Action/Adventure, Drama, General, Humor, Romance Warnings: Death Words: 7582 Chapters: 1 Published: 2008.06.30 Updated: 2008.06.30 Status: Completed Hits: 1124 Reviews: 17
