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Writer’s Duel: Last Days of School
May 2006, Summer Challenge

School days, school days, dear old golden rule days…
As the school year approaches its end, we felt the need to celebrate and prepare ourselves for a writing filled summer. Summer is the busiest time of year here at HPFF, and some of the best stories hosted on our site were inspired by the muses of the summer holiday.

This is a Duel to help you relieve some of those end of term stresses and prepare your quills for summer. Take the challenge and compete against your fellow authors for the Quidditch Cup, well not really the Quidditch Cup, but a $25 e-certificate is just as amazing. As always, there will be three categories and the nine stories with the highest number of votes will be featured on the Duel Archive and move on to the final round.

The Categories

Challenge 1: Story Must Be Titled-- “Saying Goodbye.” It can be from the point of view of any wizard or witch and from any time period. The only catch is it has to be canon-- no Original Characters.

Challenge 2: End of Term Mayhem-- Write a story about the last day(s) of school. Be creative and don’t forget to include plenty of maraudering.

Challenge 3: Your Story Must Include the Following Phrases-- NEWTs, Blooming Daisy Allergy, Graduation, Ministry Career Opportunities and Drowning Sea Serpent

Make it real and make it believable. You can draw inspiration from fanfictions, Harry Potter resources sites and most certainly the Harry Potter books themselves. This isn't something you want to rush. Take your time and proofread your work. There is a thread in the competition section of the forum if you would like to request a beta reader.

Grand Prize

A $25 Amazon.com E-Certificate

Dates

Submissions Start: Wednesday, May 17th at 11:59 pm GMT (6:59 EST, 4:59 Pacific)

Submissions Close:Saturday, May 27nd at 11:59 pm GMT (6:59 EST, 4:59 Pacific)

Voting Begins: Sunday, May 28th

Voting Ends: Saturday, June 3rd

Winners Announced: Sunday, June 4th

Completed entries are to be submitted to ‘competition(at)harrypotterfanfiction.com'
Please include your story document, title, challenge number, e-mail address and penname.

Please read and review all the Rules of the competition before submitting your entry

Rules and Regulations

Don't Forget to Check out the Following Links

HTML tutorial
Sample Submission
Submission Checklist
Writer's Duel Discussion Via the Forum

Disclaimer: If you have any questions regarding the ToS or the Writer's Duel Rules, please visit our Trouble Ticket. Former staff members of HPFF or The Phoenix Feather are not eligible to win.

# posted by LogicalRaven @ 12:00 PM