October 2006 Challenge
"Back to School" Challenge
We had three lovely fics submitted for this challenge:
Hufflepuff: 20
Slytherin: 10
The overall point standings can be seen in our userinfo.
October Challengehp_gen_ch's October Challenge is "Missing Hallowe'en"!
From the Lexicon:
October 31, [1981/Y1] - Defeat of Voldemort; James and Lily Potter are killed.
October 31, [1991/Y11] - The Halloween Feast at Hogwarts is interrupted by a mountain troll. Ron, Harry, and Hermione become friends.
October 31, [1992/Y12] - After the Halloween Feast and Nearly Headless Nick's 500th Deathday party, Harry discovers the Basilisk's first victim: Mrs. Norris.
October 31, [1993/Y13] - Sirius Black breaks into Hogwarts and slashes the Fat Lady in an attempt to find Pettigrew.
October 31, [1994/Y14] - The Goblet of Fire selects the champions for the Triwizard Tournament -- Viktor Krum, Fleur Delacour, Cedric Diggory, and, to everyone's surprise, Harry Potter.
Despite this seeming pattern of dramatic events falling on Hallowe'en in the first four books, nothing of note seems to happen on this day in the fifth and sixth books. Well, at least it doesn't seem to happen to Harry. :) Your task for this month's challenge is write a story about a dramatic event that occurred on Hallowe'en during the year of Order of the Phoenix or Half-Blood Prince. It doesn't have to be about Harry; any character is fair game. The event doesn't need to be life-changing or emotionally scarring, but it does need to fit into existing canon.
Your 1000+ word, beta-read fics are due by midnight Pacific time on the 31st of October. Detailed posting format rules are available here or the community userinfo, and beta reading services may be found here. Please direct all questions to the Keeper of the Answers, imadra_blue (see her Q & A post). Have a wonderful October and good luck!
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The Abbess of Pain
Notice
I'm going to be cleaning out the memories in favour of using tags (memories will be used for challenge posts only)-- I'll update the links in the userinfo but this is just a heads-up in case you go looking for something and don't find it right away. I should have it all done by mid-week or so. ♥
We had three lovely fics submitted for this challenge:
- Ghost Story (Myrtle, G) by gm_weasley -- In which Myrtle decides what to do with her life death.
- Into a Cage of Lions (Neville, PG) by lyras -- Someone seems to have funny ideas about who's going to be head boy at Hogwarts next year.
- A Talisman toward Silver and Blue (Daphne Greengrass, PG-13) by oolsock -- Daphne learns that she is her own mistress before returning to Hogwarts as a student.
Hufflepuff: 20
Slytherin: 10
The overall point standings can be seen in our userinfo.
October Challengehp_gen_ch's October Challenge is "Missing Hallowe'en"!
From the Lexicon:
October 31, [1981/Y1] - Defeat of Voldemort; James and Lily Potter are killed.
October 31, [1991/Y11] - The Halloween Feast at Hogwarts is interrupted by a mountain troll. Ron, Harry, and Hermione become friends.
October 31, [1992/Y12] - After the Halloween Feast and Nearly Headless Nick's 500th Deathday party, Harry discovers the Basilisk's first victim: Mrs. Norris.
October 31, [1993/Y13] - Sirius Black breaks into Hogwarts and slashes the Fat Lady in an attempt to find Pettigrew.
October 31, [1994/Y14] - The Goblet of Fire selects the champions for the Triwizard Tournament -- Viktor Krum, Fleur Delacour, Cedric Diggory, and, to everyone's surprise, Harry Potter.
Despite this seeming pattern of dramatic events falling on Hallowe'en in the first four books, nothing of note seems to happen on this day in the fifth and sixth books. Well, at least it doesn't seem to happen to Harry. :) Your task for this month's challenge is write a story about a dramatic event that occurred on Hallowe'en during the year of Order of the Phoenix or Half-Blood Prince. It doesn't have to be about Harry; any character is fair game. The event doesn't need to be life-changing or emotionally scarring, but it does need to fit into existing canon.
Your 1000+ word, beta-read fics are due by midnight Pacific time on the 31st of October. Detailed posting format rules are available here or the community userinfo, and beta reading services may be found here. Please direct all questions to the Keeper of the Answers, imadra_blue (see her Q & A post). Have a wonderful October and good luck!
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The Abbess of Pain
Notice
I'm going to be cleaning out the memories in favour of using tags (memories will be used for challenge posts only)-- I'll update the links in the userinfo but this is just a heads-up in case you go looking for something and don't find it right away. I should have it all done by mid-week or so. ♥