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And The Winners Areâ€¦.

Baby, itâ€™s warm here at SIYE. Our first ever Challenge songfic and we got the third highest entries for a Challenge. Who knew?! Well, that made for a busy Challenge, having to read all those stories. We even had some new SIYE members participate which is very appreciated. Especially for one that will find her name listed for all to see and read her first story on SIYE. And now, the resultsâ€¦

The award for being Simply The Best goes to:
â€Bring Me In From The Coldâ€ by elaithin

The award for A Fine Romance goes to:
â€Just A Hopeless Romanticâ€ by werekitten

The award for Makinâ€™ â€˜Em Laugh goes to:
â€An Icy Receptionâ€ by lilyevans_Jan30

The award for the Superlative Achievement For Creative Adaptation Of The Assigned Text, a tie, goes to:
â€Brass Monkeysâ€ by Spenser Hemmingway
and
â€Magical Melodious Momentsâ€ by jennyelf

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.

For those of you who wondered where the bonus phrases came from:
â€œI forgot to mention one little thingâ€ - Santa Baby, Eartha Kitt
â€œSomebody was spreading rumoursâ€; â€œWhy was I humming, as if I knewâ€ - I Could Only Whisper Your Name, Harry Connick Jr
â€œThereâ€™s nothing more dangerous than a boy with charmâ€ - Candyman, Christina Aguilera
â€œThere was dancing, and singing, and moving to the groovingâ€ - Play That Funky Music, Wild Cherry
â€œIf you ever change your mind, about leaving... leaving me behindâ€ - Bring It On Home, Sam Cooke
â€œHit him, Ginny, one more timeâ€ - that ghastly song by Britney Spears

The 2008-2 Challenge is leaving the station on time. You donâ€™t want to be late your first date...er... day.

I would like to thank my eight judges for this Challenge; AP, AR, AS, DS, EB, LL, NSL, 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: songfic, cold, frank, loesser, baby, and practice your wintery scales. Bad weather, you know.

Sir Ollivander on 2008.03.15 - 09:19AM ()

Comments

Miss Dreadnault came out of the woodwork on 2008.03.15 - 12:15PM to say:

Congrats to all the winners, and also to all those who participated!

lilyevans_Jan30 came out of the woodwork on 2008.03.15 - 12:20PM to say:

Thank you so much to all the judges for this honor - I was really excited to see my name posted this morning, particularly because the competition was so strong with many wonderful entries. I am glad I could make so many of you laugh and now I am definitely inspired to continue writing and posting here. Congrats to all the winners!

jennyelf came out of the woodwork on 2008.03.15 - 01:10PM to say:

I must say that I am quite astonished to see my story on the list. I had to rush downstairs and show my husband that my story was there. Congratulations to all the winners! All of the stories were great.

Spenser Hemmingway came out of the woodwork on 2008.03.15 - 01:20PM to say:

I never suspected that the bonus phrases came from songs. It's fantastic! I did utilize Eartha Kitt, but with another jazz tune.

I am thrilled to have placed in the Adaption Catagory. That one struck me as the most challenging; I was simply hoping for humor perhaps.

Ginny Train? Sir Ollivander has given too much away this time. It's going to be a Rocky parody where Ginny trains to box Voldemort, wins and in the end dumps Harry for Adrian [Quinn]. It's so obvious! Am I ever wrong? Eric B.

lilyevans_Jan30 came out of the woodwork on 2008.03.15 - 01:38PM to say:

Eric B. - LOL about the next challenge I went to school in Philly and doing the Rocky thing up the steps of the Philadelphia art museum in the buff was a favorite frat-boy hazing activity. (imagining Voldy naked and running up the steps while Ginny screams at him from behind). Oh my.

werekitten came out of the woodwork on 2008.03.15 - 06:40PM to say:

Congrats, everyone! All the stories were amazing!

harmoine came out of the woodwork on 2008.03.15 - 08:52PM to say:

congratulations to all the winners. Well Done

Penny Flamel came out of the woodwork on 2008.03.15 - 09:59PM to say:

Congratulations to everybody! The stories were great, and it was a fun Challenge.

Speaking of which, my amazing genius mind has close to figuring out what the next challenge is! Barrier no anglia plus Ginny train, means Ginny needs to get to Hogwarts for some engagement, misses the train and there's no flying car! Ah well, I guess we'll have to wait and see...

I will now go and lock myself in a dark closet and cry over not winning...

LittleMissEvil came out of the woodwork on 2008.03.16 - 01:13AM to say:

Congrats To All The Winners! I wish I was here for the challenge, but I just got my internet back on friday. Ayone Miss me in the last 15 months( I was Fire_N_ice_Suks) P.S. I made that account a long time ago. please don't judge me the for the immaturity in my bio in that account . I've grown up a lot since then.

LittleMissEvil came out of the woodwork on 2008.03.16 - 01:13AM to say:

Pps. are we in GMT on this site?

LittleMissEvil came out of the woodwork on 2008.03.16 - 01:17AM to say:

sorry, back again, but I was wondreing what the name of that, really long, good fanfic was called. It was the most popular one at the end of 2006. does anyone know what it was called?

quinn came out of the woodwork on 2008.03.16 - 09:00AM to say:

Congratulations to all of the winners! This was an awesome challenge. Great job all.

elaithin came out of the woodwork on 2008.03.16 - 12:15PM to say:

Holy crap! I didn't think I'd.. y'know.. win anything. Very, very cool! Thanks, folks! - Patrick

Victor Aagaard came out of the woodwork on 2008.03.17 - 05:42AM to say:

Congrats to all the winners! And what a good challenge!

Victor Aagaard came out of the woodwork on 2008.03.17 - 05:42AM to say:

And also all the people who participated. Closed tag.

elaithin came out of the woodwork on 2008.03.17 - 09:22AM to say:

And now I've embarrassed myself. Erm. Sorry about that - thanks for closing it. - Patrick

Se7en Sins came out of the woodwork on 2008.03.18 - 02:02PM to say:

Hey question here, my chapter 3 of Dawn of a million souls has been validated but didnt appear in recently added... anyone have an idea what could have happened?

hjp74 came out of the woodwork on 2008.03.18 - 03:57PM to say:

a big well done to all the winners in what was the most stongly contested challenge event for a long time plus the inculison of so meny new authors is a great sign that evan though the book are over fan fiction is still going storng & attracting new talent all the time & iam now relly lokking forward to the next challenge James

Spenser Hemmingway came out of the woodwork on 2008.03.18 - 06:25PM to say:

I was wrong! There I admitted it! It's a sad day in Muddville... The new Challenge does involve Ginny, but she's training for NASCAR. In the middle of the Hogsmeade Five-Hundred Voldemort with his Beanie Botts' Yugo Team car forces Ginny's high-performance Ford Anglia off the track. There is no barrier protection, and the flaming mass is heading straight for a large group of New York Yankee ballplayers! Hmm...wait a minute... No, Harry has to save them as well as Ginny. This time I'm right! Eric B.

Penny Flamel came out of the woodwork on 2008.03.18 - 07:49PM to say:

NASCAR, Hogsmeade 500, Yankee ballplayers...The makings of an amazing Challenge. I'm sure Spenser Hemmingway's speculations will be spot on this time.

jennyelf came out of the woodwork on 2008.03.18 - 10:17PM to say:

Spenser- no, no, Ginny is training for the Wizard Olympics. She must arrive at the Opening ceremonies on time, but unfortunately, they have erected a barrier around the arena that only Anglias can get through, but alas, the Weasley's Anglia is still in the forbidden forest. Whatever shall Ginny do?

lilyevans_Jan30 came out of the woodwork on 2008.03.19 - 06:38AM to say:

No, no no. There is no train involved at all. The Station refers to the Wizarding Wireless radio station you silly gooses! Harry decides to give up on being an Auror and wants to start a singing career. Ginny is going to be his manager. Voldemort is going to be the newest shock jock D.J. and have Harry on his show. He just needs to grow his hair out so he looks like Howard Stern. We have to figure out who his other guests will be.

Torak came out of the woodwork on 2008.03.19 - 07:28AM to say:

Well, she got her daddy's car and she cruised through the pumpkin pie stand now
seems she forgot all about the library like she told her old man now
and with the wireless blasting goes cruising just as fast as she can now
and she'll have FUN, FUN, FUN 'til her daddy takes the Anglia away

Well, the girls can't stand her 'cause she beat them to Harry now
She makes the Hogsmeade 500 look like a gobstone contest with twigs now
A lot of guys try to catch her but she leads 'em on a wild hog chase now
and she'll have FUN, FUN, FUN 'til her daddy takes the Anglia away

Well you knew all along that your dad was gettin wise to you now
And since he took your set of keys you've been thinking that your fun is all through now
But you can hop on my broom cause we got a lot of things to do now
and we'll have FUN, FUN, FUN now that Arthur took the Anglia away

Sir Ollivander came out of the woodwork on 2008.03.19 - 08:51AM to say:

Oh Merlin?! I created a monster. Gotta cut back on the 24 oz. Jamoican double mocha with extra sugar, extra French vanilla.

Spenser Hemmingway came out of the woodwork on 2008.03.19 - 10:26AM to say:

She's real fine Ginny's Anglia!
She's real fine Ginny's Anglia!
Her Anglia!

Well she saved her Sickles and she saved her Knuts,
(Giddy up, giddy up Anglia)
And she patched up the holes in her drag racin' chutes,
(Giddy up, giddy up Anglia)
Then she went to buy a brand new Anglia.
(Anglia, Anglia)
Giddy up, giddy up Anglia!

Nothing can catch her,
Nothing can touch her Anglia,
Anglia, ooooh!
(Giddy up, giddy up Anglia)

When she takes her to the track she always shines.
(Giddy up, giddy up Anglia) She always turns in the fastest times.
(Giddy up, giddy up Anglia)
Ginny's four-speed, dual-quad, posi-traction Anglia!
(Anglia, Anglia, Anglia)

Giddy up, giddy up Anglia!
Giddy up, giddy up Anglia!

Nothing can catch her,
Nothing can touch her Anglia!
(Anglia, Anglia, Anglia)
Giddy up Anglia!

He's right. No more than two pots a day now of Burundian Kowtowing Dark-Roast coffee. I promise.

Torak came out of the woodwork on 2008.03.19 - 11:07AM to say:

I'm just trying to figure out how I managed to cram "Anglia" into two syllables. For the benefit of anyone trying to sing that, sing "Anglia" as "Angley". And some of the lines are kinda tonguetwistey. Oh, and the "beat them to Harry" line needs an extra few syllables. In the meantime...

She's getting bugged swooping up and down the same old pitch
she's got to find a new field where the teams are hip.
Her buddies and her are getting real well known,
yeah, the Slyth'rins know them and they leave 'em alone

They get around... well, they have to. You know why?

Because if everybody had a broomstick
across the ol' UK
then everybody'd be chasing
like Ginny Weasle-ay.
You'd see them wearing their match robes
elbow and kneepads too
conjured windproof goggles...
Quidditch league UK.

They're playing quidditch at Hogsmeade
(inside, outside, quidditch games)
Carlisle and Birmingham
(inside, outside, quidditch games)
London, Crewe and Stirling
(inside, outside, quidditch games)
and down in Hartlepool
(inside, outside, quidditch games)
All over the Midlands
(inside, outside, quidditch games)
and up in Glasgow too...
Everybody's play'n quidditch
Quidditch league UK

They'll all be planning out a ruse
Cannons and Harpies too
They're waxing down their broomsticks
they can't wait for June
They'll all be gone for the summer
they're on tour to stay
Playing Loughborough and Camden,
Quidditch League UK...

lilyevans_Jan30 came out of the woodwork on 2008.03.19 - 11:48AM to say:

My morning decaf skinny cinnamon dolce latte is not inspiring me to any more than a chorus - Everyone, put on your star-spangled bandanas and sing along: I love you for your Ford Anglia, Ripped leather seats Missing half a door and filled up with moss and peat. Flyin' through the air, Cruisin' out of sight O'er the Forbidden Forest on a Saturday night. Ginny, well, you know just what I want to do in the back of your Ford Anglia, Ford Anglia. Anyone up for a good "Born in the Old UK?" lilyevans_Jan30

Spenser Hemmingway came out of the woodwork on 2008.03.19 - 12:22PM to say:

It's that pretty young from the Quidditch team!

The pretty young witch from the Quidditch team,
(Go Ginny, go Ginny, go Ginny, go)
Thinks a broom's just right, or so it would seem.
(Go Ginny, go Ginny, go Ginny, go)
'Cause parked in the forest near school grounds
Her antique, super-charged Anglia is found.

And everybody's sayin' there's no one as mean
As the pretty young witch from the Quidditch team.
She flies like Seeker, but she drives like a witch.
She's a terror on and off Hogwarts' Quidditch pitch!

It's the pretty young witch from the Quidditch team!
If you want to race her...if you think you must,
(Go Ginny, go Ginny, go Ginny, go)
She'll give you a length, but then you'll eat her dust.
(Go Ginny, go Ginny, go Ginny, go)
She's gonna get detention with Madame Hooch soon,
'Cause she drives that car like she flies her broom.

(Go Ginny, go Ginny, go Ginny, go)
(Go Ginny, go Ginny, go Ginny, go)
The wizards come to court her from miles around,
But she'll Bogey Bat 'em, then she'll turn 'em down.

Go Ginny, go Ginny, go Ginny go!

Torak came out of the woodwork on 2008.03.19 - 01:56PM to say:

Ginny's Lament

Stupid Harry, you're a real mean guy
I'd like to clip your broom so you can't fly
I'm in love and it's a crying shame
and I know that you're the one to blame.
Hey hey, set me free -
Stupid Harry, stop picking on me

I can't do my potions and I can't hex straight,
I see you every morning 'bout a half past eight.
I'm acting like Romilda Vane
and wondering if I'm insane
Hey hey, set me free -
Harry Potter, stop picking on me

You mixed me up real good
right from the very start
just chuck that sodding butter dish
at somebody else's heart...

You've got me jumping like a flobberworm
and I would chase you from here to Quirm
if it meant I'd get a little time
to snog you all night and just make you mine
Hey hey, set me free...
Stupid Harry, stop picking on me.
Hey hey, set me free...
Dammit Harry, stop picking on me.

- - -

But of course, it would be unfair if Harry didn't get to reply, right? So imagine a rocking piano intro in the key of G, and off we go...

Just take those muggle records off the shelf
I'll sit and listen to them by myself.
She's not coming 'til six o'clock
I need distractions like rock and roll.

Just like that old-school rock and roll
the kind that always swings Hogwarts' soul
I reminisce about yule balls of old
with that old-school rock and roll...

Shoobedoo...

(Yeah, I kinda ran out of ideas there... I've never been good at filks.)

Spenser Hemmingway came out of the woodwork on 2008.03.20 - 10:09PM to say:

I liked it Torak, but now I have this picture of Harry sliding across the hardwood floor in his socks and underwear. Ginny would appreciate that more.

Now we have to imagine who is going to man the Anglia's pit crew during Ginny's race. Spenser isn't permitted near tools, Seamus might ignite the fuel supply, Hermione won't put the owner's manual down...I think the twins are mechanically inclined aren't they? I know! Professor McGonagall used to run to run that garage in Gasoline Alley during her summer breaks.

Spenser Hemmingway came out of the woodwork on 2008.03.26 - 11:38AM to say:

I am an evil, evil man! I couldn't wait for the Challenge and had to do my Anglia story. Kowabunga Harry!