Hogsmeade, Fan art #1, 2nd place: You, my friend, are a photographer for the Quibbler, and holy shizzit did you ever take the scandalous photo of the year! Matter of fact, so great is its outrage, it has earned a spot on the front page and has an accompanying feature story proudly written by the Grand Mistress of Wizarding Nefariousness, Rita ( Read more... )

Hogsmeade, Fiction #1, 2nd place: Assuming the last book uses the same timeline as previous ones, by the time Book Seven takes place, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone would already have been published in the UK, meaning not only that characters in the books could theoretically be exposed to their own story-- but that they could also, joy of ( Read more... )

Harry stood outside Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place in the dark, staring, not quite able to make himself go in yet. He fingered the Time Turner on his neck nervously, looking about for any Muggles out for a midnight stroll.

Harry and the others had been tracking the Horcruxes down, one by one, and the locket was the last one they needed to find ( Read more... )

Hogsmeade, Drabble # 1, 2nd place: Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to write exactly 100 words - no more, no less - on one of the objets d’art in the Hogwarts Castle. You may choose any artwork you like, and take any approach you like. Who was the one-eyed witch? Why did Barnabas the Barmy want an all-troll ballet? Did Sir Cadogan ( Read more... )

3rd place, Essay Contest #1, Hogsmeade: Put on your Sorting (Elite) Hat and write a detailed sorting vote for a character in the books. Pick any character you like, and write a vote as if the character had applied to ( Read more... )

Leonardo da Vinci was a master painter, inventor, scientist, mathematician, sculptor, architect, musician, writer -- and yes, Wizard. What seems so obious to the Wizarding World was only guessed at in the vaguest sense by those around him. Many of his contemporaries suspected him of magic. Indeed, to those around him, “he seemed to them rather ( Read more... )