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A blog for staff to post how-tos, tips, tricks, and other fun updates. 

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september 2020 bulletin

welcome to september's bulletin! if you're new, welcome to hpft! it's great to have you with us. we're a multi-fandom forum + archive with a harry potter lean, including a year-long house cup. we have a strong culture of support for other writers and feedback here, including a story help section, challenges, and reviewing events, so if you're a writer, you've come to the right place. a quick rundown to help you get started here on the forums: please post in the 'welcome to hpft

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Clarification on Bullying, Personal Attacks, and Harrassment

We've gotten questions and comments throughout the past few years around when exactly people will face consequences for offsite conflict and how we define personal attacks, bullying, and harassment. Since we're updating the rules to clarify a few other things, we wanted to write a blog post expanding on how the site defines these terms a little as well. We don't take involving the site in offsite conflicts lightly. Expecting people to follow our site rules any time they interact with anothe

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Wizarding Universiade Results

Welcome one and all to the closing ceremonies of the Wizarding Universiade. During this hallowed event-closing tradition, your Arbiters of Chaos will recount information about the universities’ performances in each event, as well as the information you’re all really here for - the announcement of the event’s ultimate victor!  As a reminder: Gryffindor: Universitas Corvi Hufflepuff: Universitas Persei Ravenclaw: Universitas Hydrae Slytherin: Universitas Lyrae

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August 2020 Bulletin

welcome to august's bulletin! if you're new, welcome to hpft! it's great to have you with us. we're a multi-fandom forum + archive with a harry potter lean, including a year-long house cup. we have a strong culture of support for other writers and feedback here, including a story help section, challenges, and reviewing events, so if you're a writer, you've come to the right place. a quick rundown to help you get started here on the forums: please post in the 'welcome to hpft' t

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July 2020 Bulletin

Welcome to HPFT's July Bulletin! If you're new, welcome to HPFT! It's awesome to have you with us. HPFanficTalk is a forum/archive - the forum is Harry Potter-themed (including a year-long house cup), but we talk about other fandoms, too, and the archive is multi-fandom/OF.   We have a strong culture of support for other writers and feedback here, including a story help section, challenges, and reviewing events, so if you're a writer, you've come to the right place. A quick run

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June 2020 Bulletin

Welcome to HPFT's June Bulletin! Applications for all staff, prefect, and house newsletter editor positions will be open from June 1 - June 10. There's no post count/join date limit, and you can apply for as many positions as you like - it's all on one application. A detailed rundown on how HPFT staffing works can be found +here, and you can find the application +here. If you're interested, please apply by midnight PST on June 10th. If you applied in April or May, you don

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May 2020 Bulletin

Welcome to HPFT's May Bulletin! If you're new, welcome to HPFT! It's awesome to have you with us. HPFanficTalk is a forum/archive - the forum is Harry Potter-themed (including a year-long house cup), but we talk about other fandoms, too, and the archive is multi-fandom/OF.   We have a strong culture of support for other writers and feedback here, including a story help section, challenges, and reviewing events, so if you're a writer, you've come to the right place. A quick rund

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FROGS 2020 Winners

We announced the winners of this year's FROGS on a +livestream earlier today - thank you so much to everyone who participated in the nominating, reviewing, and voting process, and to all of our wonderful members for participating in the community and posting your writing here.   We couldn't have this amazing community without all of you. ❤️ 💛 💙 💚 Now that we've told you who our winners and runners up are, it's time to reveal this year's limited edition set of chocolate frog cards! If you wa

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April 2020 Bulletin

Welcome to HPFT's April Bulletin! If you're new, welcome to HPFT! It's awesome to have you with us. HPFanficTalk is a forum/archive - the forum is Harry Potter-themed (including a year-long house cup), but we talk about other fandoms, too, and the archive is multi-fandom/OF.   We have a strong culture of support for other writers and feedback here, including a story help section, challenges, and reviewing events, so if you're a writer, you've come to the right place. A quick ru

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Centers for Magical Disease Control Results

Congratulations to everyone who participated in our Center for Magical Disease Control reviewing event! We hope that everyone is staying safe during the real life pandemic we have going on right now - we do want to clarify that we decided on the theme for the event long before the outbreak started, and we're sorry if anyone was upset by the theme along the way. Please stay safe during this time, and check in soon for some community building events we're going to do to try and help everyone throu

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March 2020 Bulletin

Welcome to HPFT's March Bulletin! If you're new, welcome to HPFT! It's awesome to have you with us. HPFanficTalk is a forum/archive - the forum is Harry Potter-themed (including a year-long house cup), but we talk about other fandoms, too, and the archive is multi-fandom/OF.   We have a strong culture of support for other writers and feedback here, including a story help section, challenges, and reviewing events, so if you're a writer, you've come to the right place. A quick ru

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February 2020 Bulletin

Welcome to HPFT's February Bulletin! If you're new, welcome to HPFT! It's awesome to have you with us. HPFanficTalk is a forum/archive - the forum is Harry Potter-themed (including a year-long house cup), but we talk about other fandoms, too, and the archive is multi-fandom/OF.   We have a strong culture of support for other writers and feedback here, including a story help section, challenges, and reviewing events, so if you're a writer, you've come to the right place. A quick

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Rager of the Decade Wrap-Up

There’s glitter all over the ground in the clearing, and some of the centaurs wander aimlessly, carrying their horseshoes in their human hands, clearly having not slept a wink. The rager of the decade has ended, and a new decade has dawned. But wait! Before you go, there are still a few things worth celebrating. 🥳 Over the course of the month, a whopping total of 769 gifts were exchanged in a total of 46 different wishlists. And while this wasn’t a House Cup competition, we love a good

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January 2020 Bulletin

Welcome to HPFT's January Bulletin! If you're new, welcome to HPFT! It's awesome to have you with us. HPFanficTalk is a forum/archive - the forum is Harry Potter-themed (including a year-long house cup), but we talk about other fandoms, too, and the archive is multi-fandom/OF.   We have a strong culture of support for other writers and feedback here, including a story help section, challenges, and reviewing events, so if you're a writer, you've come to the right place. A quick

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Escape from the Department of Mysteries Results

You’ve solved puzzles, you’ve unraveled riddles, you’ve told the tale of your escape and mapped your way out… but was it enough? Will the hooded figure show mercy on you after you regale him with the story of how you escaped his grasp?   ⌛ Time Room ⌛ It took five puzzles and a drabble (worth a combined total of 65 points) to break out of the Time Room. Completion of the room was worth an additional 50 points. Order of Finish (awarded as 100-75-50-25): Hufflepuff Gryffindor

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Personal Social Media Clarification

FanficTalk staff often use social media to promote or supplement activities that take place on the site (i.e., the archives or forums). All information necessary to fully participate in those activities can be found on either the site itself or our official social media accounts; it will not originate on any member's personal account. Many members of FFT (including staff and prefects) do choose to interact outside the site, particularly through their personal social media accounts. While so

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Clarification on "Safe Space"

We've gotten some questions lately about what we mean when we say that we want our site (including both our forums and our archive) to be inclusive/a safe space, so we'd like to offer a little clarification. When we say that we want to be a safe space, we mean that we want FFT to be a place where people can participate without being afraid that they will be attacked for who they are - especially if they belong to groups who are often attacked, invalidated, or even have their physical safety

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Archive FAQ

Joining FanficTalk's Archive Why should I join? Well, we're obviously a little biased, but we think we've got a great site here! Our community is full of enthusiastic and engaged members, and our staff are responsive to member input - whether it's concerns, ideas, or questions. If you're a writer who's looking for reviews/feedback in particular, we've also got a lot opportunities for you to get that. See spoiler tag below for details:     Ho

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November 2019 Bulletin

Welcome to HPFT's November bulletin! If you're new, welcome to HPFT! It's awesome to have you with us. HPFanficTalk is a forum/archive - the forum is Harry Potter-themed (including a year-long house cup), but we talk about other fandoms, too, and the archive is multi-fandom/OF.   We have a strong culture of support for other writers and feedback here, including a story help section, challenges, and reviewing events, so if you're a writer, you've come to the right place. A quick

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October 2019 Bulletin

Welcome to HPFT's October bulletin! If you're new, welcome to HPFT! It's awesome to have you with us. HPFanficTalk is a forum/archive - the forum is Harry Potter-themed (including a year-long house cup), but we talk about other fandoms, too, and the archive is multi-fandom/OF.   We have a strong culture of support for other writers and feedback here, including a story help section, challenges, and reviewing events, so if you're a writer, you've come to the right place. A quick

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September 2019 Bulletin

Welcome to HPFT's September bulletin! If you're new, welcome to HPFT! It's awesome to have you with us. HPFanficTalk is a forum/archive - the forum is Harry Potter-themed (including a year-long house cup), but we talk about other fandoms, too, and the archive is multi-fandom/OF.   We have a strong culture of support for other writers and feedback here, including a story help section, challenges, and reviewing events, so if you're a writer, you've come to the right place. A quick rund

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Finale From the Other Side

Finale From The Other Side We, grumpy cat and sibilant (aka hissing sound), the Communicants1 of the Wizard’s Council, are here to present the official proceedings of the 2019 Ministerial Election. Some journalists have levied accusations of voting tampering against us; we will use this official proclamation to provide the full and unquestionably truthful account of the election process, in accordance with the Wizarding Constitution of 1234. The Wizard’s Council - a mostly c

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August 2019 Bulletin

Welcome to HPFT's August bulletin, where you can find our monthly announcements (and graphics featuring the amazing Valkyrie and Jane 'Thor' Foster 😛)! If you're new, welcome to HPFT! It's awesome to have you with us. HPFanficTalk is a forum/archive - the forum is Harry Potter-themed (including a year-long house cup), but we talk about other fandoms, too, and the archive is multi-fandom/OF.   We have a strong culture of support for other writers and feedback here, including a story h

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July 2019 Bulletin

Welcome to HPFT's July's bulletin, where you can find all of our major monthly announcements, information about our house cup finale, and more! If you're new, welcome to HPFT! It's awesome to have you with us. HPFanficTalk is a forum/archive - the forum is Harry Potter-themed (including a year-long house cup), but we talk about other fandoms, too, and the archive is multi-fandom/OF.   We have a strong culture of support for other writers and feedback here, including a story help sect

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The Great Collab Results

From December to May this year, all four Houses participated in a massive writing collaboration, working in different teams with new themes and challenges every two months. After six months of hard work (and many, many words), the Great Collab of 2018-2019 has come to a close, and points have been tallied!    Round 1: New Beginnings A fitting theme for the start of a six-month-long adventure, yeah? For round 1, Gryffindor and Slytherin teamed up to form Team Frosty, and Hufflepuff an

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