Post-Hogwarts [242] All stories that take place after Harry would have completed his 7th year at Hogwarts, or graduated, but has nothing to do with book 7.
Post-DH/AB [340] All Canon stories that take place after DH was released and continues after the last chapter where the final battle ends.
Post-DH/PM [59] All Canon stories that take place after DH was released and picks up at the Epilogue or after, Harry & Ginny married with children.
Post-OotP [1205] All canon stories that take place after OotP was released.
Post-HBP [918] All canon stories that take place after HBP was released.
Pre-OotP [128] All Canon stories that take place before OotP was released.
SIYE Challenges [460] Stories written in reponse to a SIYE Challenge or contest.
Holidays [28] Stories centered around the observance of a cultural or religious holiday such as Christmas, Halloween, Valentines Day, etc. This does not include vacations, breaks, trips, etc .
Trophy Room Stories and Authors that have been recipients of Silver Trinket Awards
The site is now accepting nominations for the March/April Silver Trinkets. Only stories posted/updated in March and April are eligbile to win.
RLS
Lord Dreadnault on 2010.03.10 - 07:41PM (9 Comments)
Final Reminder
Votes for the Jan/Feb Silver Trinkets will be tallied and winners announced on Wednesday, 10 March 2010. Please remember to vote for your favorites today (8 March) or tomorrow (9 March) if you have not already. Looking at the running totals, I can say that it only takes a few votes to make a difference.
Thank you for your participation,
RLS
Lord Dreadnault on 2010.03.08 - 11:24AM (0 Comments)
Facebook and/or Twitter for SIYE?
There has been discussion among the staff about the possiblity of creating a Facebook page or Twitter account for SIYE. I think we have hashed it out about as much as we can go without feedback from the users of the site.
So, we the staff wish to know what you, the authors and readers of SIYE think about the idea. Is this something a good amount of people would participate in? Is it worth the bother? If it did happen, what things would you want to see going on? If SIYE starts tweeting stuff, do you want news or story updates or both?
Please let us know what you think.
Thank you all and please remember to cast your votes for the Silver Trinkets.
Robert L. Scott
President, SIYE
Lord Dreadnault on 2010.03.02 - 03:26PM (32 Comments)
You’re Having My Baby Challenge (2010-1) Closed
Well, by now we all know Mrs. Potter is going to have a baby. There are eleven stories that tell us that. Paul Anka would be proud. Now is the time for the judges to pick up their score sheets and start reading all the entries. Remember, they are looking for Best Overall, Romance, Husband/Wife Discussion, and Best Celebration categories. The winners will be posted on Monday, March 15, 2010.
Recent Comments concerning the Challenges have resulted in the conditions of the next Challenge to be less strict hopefully leading to more creative stories still based on the Challenge story plot. The Challenges are not being overhauled but just “loosened” a bit. They are still a Challenge after all.
Sir Ollivander on 2010.03.01 - 05:42PM (3 Comments)
Silver Trinket Voting
Nominations for the Jan/Feb 2010 Silver Trinkets have been closed and the voting opened. The ballots may be accessed via your account pages. Please have your votes in before 10 March 2010. At that point, the votes will be tallied and winners announced.
Good luck and congratulations to all,
Robert L. Scott
President, SIYE
Lord Dreadnault on 2010.03.01 - 09:18AM (0 Comments)
2010 Annual Fund Drive Concluded
I believe that we have reached a point where we may conclude our fund drive. During the past week, generous donors have contributed $559.75 to the site. I would like to thank those generous people on behalf of our readers and authors. This would not be possible without you.
By way of information for those who have requested more details, I provide the following facts. It costs approximately $1200 a year to maintain the site itself. The staff provides its services on a volunteer basis. Because we do not advertise nor charge fees, it is necessary to turn to donations for the hosting fees. After renewing SIYE's contract last year I concluded that it would (1) put SIYE in a more secure position and (2) put me through a significantly smaller amount of stress if SIYE held it's fund drives twice a year. (That's really my main job as President--scrambling to make sure SIYE stays online.) The combined results of this fund drive and the previous fund drive leave SIYE with enough to pay our hosting and have some left over to bolster us next year.
If you have further questions, feel free to contact me. I will do my best to satisfy you.
If you missed this fund drive and are heartbroken, we do accept donations year-round.
Now . . . other business. The staff is concerned that a lot of things in the fan fiction world seem to be on the decline in general. We want to know what we can do to help make this site a better place. We also wouldn't mind hearing what you think we do well. Feel free to comment on this post or e-mail us via the contact information on the staff page.
Thank you all,
Robert L. Scott President, SIYE
Lord Dreadnault on 2010.02.23 - 12:18AM (28 Comments)
Last DSTA Nomination Reminder
Only one week left to nominate your favorite stories that have published or updated since January 1st. Nominations for January/February DSTAs reopened on January 10th and will close next Sunday, February 28th.
To date, 128 users have nominated stories, which is fabulous! However, please remember that only the top ten stories that garner the most nominations will make it to the voting round. If you haven't nominated your favorite because well, gee, they were nominated already, please nominate them again. With the some of the categories having as many as 34 stories nominated, one nomination could change the ballot. So as you read, be sure to nominate if you feel the story's a good one!
As Harry got home, he went around the house and placed his packages at the back door. Then went around again and entered in through the front door. Ginny was sitting in the living room as he expected. After a few minutes of relaxing with her, he spoke up.
“I’m a bit hungry. I’ll make dinner tonight, okay?”
“You go right ahead. I’ll just sit right here and wait.”
That was just what he wanted to hear. Once in the kitchen, he opened the back door and brought in his packages and started on dinner.
About forty-five minutes later…, “Ginny, dinner’s ready.”
The first thing she noticed when she entered the dining room was all the candles. They were everywhere. On the dining table, with an elegant red and white table setting was two long red candles bracketing a single, long stem, red rose in a tall narrow vase. Out of place, was an opened parchment on the plate at her normal seat at the table.
Just another hint as to how this Challenge can be written.
Sir Ollivander on 2010.02.20 - 01:27PM (0 Comments)
2010 Annual Fund Drive
Yet again, the time to pay our annual hosting bill is fast approaching. SIYE does not advertise or charge admittance. Consequently, we must turn to raising donations for the site to function because we have no income. Thanks to the 2009 Semi-Annual Fundraiser, we are better off than we normally are at this time, but we are still short of what we need to ensure that the site remains online and able to function, etc.
Therefore, we’re asking for you to find it in your heart to donate to our cause if you can afford to and are willing. Even the smallest donation makes a difference and will be greatly appreciated by SIYE’s patrons, authors, etc. All donations go toward the continued functioning of the site. The staff and I provide our time and skills for free.
If you are interested in helping out, please click the link below to donate via PayPal. We thank you for your generosity and continued support.
Lord Dreadnault on 2010.02.16 - 05:32PM (5 Comments)
You're Having My Baby Challenge Update #1
Not exactly impossible but highly unusual, the post owl landed on the top of Harry’s cubicle at work. St. Mungo’s emblem on it made it look important so Harry opened it up immediately. Once he realized what he was reading, he gave out a Woo-Hoo. What few Aurors there were in the room looked up to see what the commotion was all about. Harry just looked at his "in" basket, the calendar, then his supervisor’s open door.
“I request to have the rest of the day and tomorrow off, please. The only assignment I have is the McDermott case and that’s just background material for next month.”
“I take it that’s what all the hollering was all about?” his supervisor asked.
“Yes. I got some good news about Ginny and we need to do some celebrating.” Harry replied.
“Okay. I want to see you Monday morning, bright and early, and ready to hit that file.”
His supervisor barely heard the acknowledgement as Harry ran back to his desk to put everything away to leave. On his way out the door, his mind kept running through a list he was trying to put together…
1) Get flowers, big, red roses.
2) Honeydukes Chocolate Bon-Bons.
No, wait…
1) Dinner reservations at that Muggle restaurant she likes.
2) Hotel reservations at the beach resort they visited last year………..
This is one start on a good Challenge story. And I haven’t even started singing yet. Got any better ideas out there?
Sir Ollivander on 2010.02.10 - 07:02PM (2 Comments)
SiYe Summer 2005 Challenge. Ginny is in jail and needs help. Who does she run to? And why is she there?Rating: PG-13 Category: Summer Challenge (2005-4), Summer Challenge (2005-4) Genre: Fluff, Drama Words: 1251 Chapters: 1 Published: 2005.07.26 Updated: 2005.07.28 Hits: 1272 Reviews: 4
The story of "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince", but told from the perspective of Ginny Weasley. (Note: I've updated the genre of this story to "Romance/Comedy", since characterizing it as a Rom-Com seemed more applicable than characterizing it as a Drama.)Rating: PG Category: Post-OotP, Post-OotP Genre: Comedy, General, Romance Words: Chapters: 15 Published: 2009.03.04 Updated: 2010.03.15 Status: Work in Progress Hits: 14881 Reviews: 191
After Harry Potter leaves Hogwarts - and Ginny - she was left, alone, at Hogwarts, with just Neville and Luna to bring back Dumbledore's Army and to try and do their best to uphold Snape's regime. But then again...being the Chosen One's ex-girlfriend has to cause a little trouble. DH from Ginny's POV. Rating: PG-13 Category: Post-HBP, Post-HBP Genre: Action/Adventure, Angst, Drama, General, Humor, Romance, Tragedy Warnings: Dark Fiction, Death, Extreme Language, Sexual Situations, Violence, Violence/Physical Abuse Words: Chapters: 17 Published: 2009.03.15 Updated: 2010.03.15 Status: Work in Progress Hits: 8537 Reviews: 61
It was an unwritten rule at the Burrow that Ginny liked to take a nice, long hot bath in the evenings before she went to bed. It was the one time in the day that no one ever barged in on her without knocking. Anyway, until a late summer’s night before she turned sixteen.Rating: PG-13 Category: Post-HBP, Post-HBP Genre: Angst, Drama, Fluff, Romance Words: Chapters: 1 Published: 2010.03.13 Updated: 2010.03.14 Status: Completed Hits: 1249 Reviews: 11
After the war Harry Potter faces his greatest challenge ever - Life.Rating: PG Category: Post-DH/AB, Post-DH/AB Genre: Drama, Romance Words: Chapters: 1 Published: 2010.03.13 Updated: 2010.03.14 Status: Work in Progress Hits: 353 Reviews: 5
‘Win a date with Ginny Weasley!’ the advert in Quidditch Illustrated magazine announced in big, bold letters that were impossible to ignore. It was all a bit ridiculous, in Harry’s opinion, but after a frustrating year spent trying (and failing) to work up enough nerve to tell Ginny he wanted her back, perhaps this was the opportunity he had been waiting for. Now all he needed to do was actually win the damn thing!Rating: PG-13 Category: Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe Genre: Humor Warnings: Mild Language Words: Chapters: 1 Published: 2010.03.13 Updated: 2010.03.13 Status: Work in Progress Hits: 1201 Reviews: 41
Ginny thinks she'll never talk to Harry again, not after what he did to betray her. But what if Fate throws them together? Rating: R Category: Post-HBP, Post-HBP Genre: Action/Adventure, Angst, Romance Warnings: Mild Language, Mild Sexual Situations, Negative Alcohol Use Words: Chapters: 11 Published: 2008.06.06 Updated: 2010.03.13 Status: Work in Progress Hits: 15603 Reviews: 184
A deal is made. The vampires have come out of hiding to join the war. Which side are they on? Join Harry as he travels through his final years(5-7) and learns more these possible adversaries, or allies.Rating: R Category: Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe Genre: Warnings: Death Words: Chapters: 1 Published: 2010.03.12 Updated: 2010.03.13 Status: Work in Progress Hits: 255 Reviews: 2
The war is a nightmare of the past. Harry can finally look toward the future and to living the life he once thought he would never have- a normal life of peace and happiness shared with Ginny. But all too soon, he finds himself pitted against someone on a deadly quest for revenge. Rating: R Category: Post-DH/AB, Post-DH/AB Genre: Action/Adventure, General, Romance Warnings: Death, Mild Language, Mild Sexual Situations, Violence Words: Chapters: 10 Published: 2009.09.27 Updated: 2010.03.13 Status: Work in Progress Hits: 7239 Reviews: 49
** Winner of Best Overall, Drama and Stealth (3-way tie) in the Tri-Wizard Tournament Challenge **It was Christmas Eve…or at least a Christmas Eve—there have been so many throughout time and timelines. One wintry season would pay host to a Yule Ball, a mysterious fourth Triwizard task, an army of much taller elves, a strange, yet familiar older gentleman, more than a few surprises, and, if everyone is lucky, one or two of Ginny’s famous moonberry pies. Read on good friends! There’s mischief to manage…one last time.Rating: PG Category: Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe Genre: Action/Adventure, Fluff Words: 12816 Chapters: 1 Published: 2009.12.25 Updated: 2009.12.25 Status: Completed Hits: 1408 Reviews: 8
** Winner of Best Stealth (3-way tie) in the Tri-Wizard Tournament Challenge **Harry and other Tri-Wizard Tournament Champions face a Mystery Task.Rating: G Category: Tri-Wizard Tournament Challenge (2009-6), Tri-Wizard Tournament Challenge (2009-6) Genre: Drama, General Words: 3284 Chapters: 1 Published: 2009.12.30 Updated: 2010.01.01 Status: Completed Hits: 731 Reviews: 8
** Winner of Best Stealth (3-way tie) and Best Daring in the Tri-Wizard Tournament Challenge **Harry had another task thrust upon him during the Tri-Wizard Tournament at the same time that the Yule Ball was announced. How would he fare with the mystery task as well as the one of asking one Ginny Weasley to join him at the Yule Ball? *part of "The Promise" universe*Rating: G Category: Tri-Wizard Tournament Challenge (2009-6), Tri-Wizard Tournament Challenge (2009-6) Genre: Action/Adventure, Drama, Fluff, General Words: 8343 Chapters: 1 Published: 2009.12.31 Updated: 2009.12.31 Status: Completed Hits: 1241 Reviews: 7
