Holiday and Diversity Writing Challenge Winners!!
Last month we ran our first ever prize based writing competition with a theme of Holiday and Diversity!
We had 9 entries! Here are all the entries!
- And the World Went On by mannoy/malfoy
- Chai, Dancing, and a Friend in the Wee Hours of the Morning by 800 Words of Heaven
- First Lit, Last Burning (M) by MuggleMaybe
- in the dawn, we shall enter the splendid cities. (M) by Aphoride
- Overhauling Hogwarts by Nykizta
- Peppermint (M) by sapphicsunrise
- red luck by just.a.willow.tree
- Untitled, Undefined by Inara Alora/hufflepuffhunny7
- war & mint by sihaya
Staff and prefects read through every entry and graded them based on:
- Overall quality (25%)
- Integration of first line (20%)
- Use of theme (30%)
- Spelling/Grammar (15%)
- Originality (10%)
We had very well written, fun to read stories. I highly recommend you read through them!
For those who get first in their house, they will receive:
Those who get second will receive:
Now finally --- the winners
@MuggleMaybe for First Lit, Last Burning!
Summary: Anthony has always loved celebrating Hanukkah with his family. This year, with war darkening the world around him, he finds new meaning in the festivasl of lights.
Why it's great: Renee did an amazing job writing about Ernie and Anthony's relationship during Deathly Hallows with a beautiful depiction of Hanukkah. Everyone who has read this story just falls in love with the beautifully complex story about love, hope, and letting the light shine.
@just.a.willow.tree for red luck!!
Summary: I never realized how much I loved the scent of peppermint, until it was three
days till Christmas break and Rose still hadn’t asked me to visit her family.
Why it's great: This story is so heartfelt as it explores coming out to a homophobic parent with the excitement of Chinese New Year. It's a great story of love, bravery, and family.
@sapphicsunrise for Peppermint!
Summary: Ginny always smelled of peppermint.
Why it's great: Ginny/Luna with past hetero relationship hangups with a first declaration of love for each other???? How could we not?
@Aphoride for in the dawn, we shall enter the splendid cities!!
Summary:
Advent is a time for hoping, for waiting, for believing; a time when gods descend to the earth, and the celestial is made temporal.
A shame then, that Grantaire believed in nothing but Enjolras.
Or, Grantaire lit four red candles, one each Sunday of Advent; each time, he was visited by a god: a god who performed miracles.
Why it's great: Laura's writing is an art more often than not and this story is not an exception.
@800 words of heaven for Chai, Dancing, and a Friend in the Wee Hours of the morning!
Summary: It had sounded like a good idea at the time.
Why it's great: Neville and Hannah are impossible not to love. If you've followed the Chai series, this will be a wonderfully delightful next story to read. Hannah and Neville are wonderfully written with the awkward nature you'd expect to see from Neville with a wonderful inclusion of Diwali.
The admins want to take this opportunity to gift the extra prizes as follows:
@TidalDragon -- You are a rickstar staffer and do such an amazing job with Gryffindor house. We appreciate you so much and want you to have a Gryffindor notebook and folder as a token of that heartfelt gratitude and appreciation.
@nott theodore -- Sian left a ton of reviews through the snowball fight and has left the most reviews out of all of her house! and third overall on the site. For that dedication to authors and for leaving just the best reviews, we'd like to give you a Gryffie spiral notebook.
@RoxiMalfoy -- You're new to staff but have jumped in with such enthusiasm and dedication that we wanted to give you a Snake spiral notebook to show our love.
Congrats everyone and thank you for participating!!
Please PM me with an address and name to send your awards to!
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