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    Recommendations FAQ

    By abhorsen.

    How do I contribute to the rec section? To contribute, you'll need to start your own rec blog by going to "Create Blog" and then selecting whatever category you want to make recs in. If you want to recommend something that doesn't have its own subcategory yet or just want to keep everything within one blog, you can just select the broader "Recommendations" category.   How do I search for fics I want? You can click a tag directly in a rec, or you can go to +this link. Typ
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  • toomanycurls

    Black History Month: Essential Black Authors to Read | The Daily Show's List

    By toomanycurls

    One hallmark of any Black History Month is getting a reading list. More important than a reading list is knowing what people have thought of books or if they are planning to read any on a given list so:  Here is a list transcribed from Essential Black Authors to Read | The Daily Show. I'd love to know which people have read or are planning to read from this list or from any list on Black History Month.  STAMPED: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Ibram Kendi and Jason Reynolds  M
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  • crowsb4bros

    A Quick Tour of FFT for Beginners!

    By crowsb4bros

    Hello and welcome to FFT! We're so happy to have you!  We'd like to give new members a quick tour of our site! Before being able to post anything visible to other members, you need to be fully validated by our staff. To do so, please start at the Welcome to FanficTalk+ thread and read our rules and guidelines+. After you confirm that you've read them and agree, a staff member will validate your post and you'll be free to post across the forum. Once you do, we'd love for you to introduce you
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welcome to the november bulletin! if you're new, welcome to fanfictalk! it's great to have you with us. we're a multi-fandom forum + archive with 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. please make sure that you post in the 'welcome to fft' topic +here to say that you've read over the rules and understand them. you can reach out to any +s
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Sparkling Star Awards 2021

Sparkling Star Awards Results Welcome to the announcement blog for the results of our first annual Sparkling Star awards! ✨ ✨ ✨ Congratulations to the winners and finalists! If there are any errors or we missed something on one of your awards, please just let us know. If you would like to use your award, please rehost and credit crowsb4bros! Finalist Most Prolific Graphic Artist ? @something wicked ? @RogueSlytherin   Best Graphics Style ? @grum
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In the Spotlight

In the Spotlight | 25 October 2021

Welcome to the October edition of In the Spotlight! We've got a lot going on this month; get the scoop below.   Our staffer of the month for October is our very own CC @magemadi! I N T E R V I E W  | M A G E M A D I | What are you currently reading (fic or otherwise)? I am currently kind of in between books at the moment but hoping to start "Vicious" by E.B. Schwab shortly! What are you currently writing? Does DnD lore for two campaigns count? Actually am wo
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october '21 bulletin

welcome to the fall bulletin! thank you for for patience in our delay in getting this out. ? if you're new, welcome to fanfictalk! it's great to have you with us. we're a multi-fandom forum + archive with 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. please make sure that you post in the 'welcome to fft' topic +here to say that you've read over
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Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month | 1 October 2021

Latinx Heritage Month (officially Hispanic Heritage Month, but there are problems with the use of the word Hispanic in this context) (all links rated T) runs September 15 to October 15. It’s an official period of observance in the United States and specifically intended to recognize the contributions of the Hispanic and Latinx communities to US culture and achievements. FFT being a multinational community, not US-centric, it seemed like a better aim to recognize and uplift Latinx communitie
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In the Spotlight | 27 September 2021

Welcome to our In the Spotlight blog series, September edition! This month we are a bit shorter on the interview side of things due to a double feature for Staffer of the Month last month, but otherwise have our usual haul of interesting tidbits and fun things happening around the site! The September Story of the Month is No Wands, Please - We're Muggles by @PinsandKneazles I N T E R V I E W   W I T H   T H E    A U T H O R | P I N S A N D K N E A Z L E S | What was the in
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In The Spotlight | 31 August 2021

In the Spotlight | August 31st, 2021 Welcome to the August edition of In the Spotlight! We've got quite a fun roundup of interviews and news for you this month, so check it all out below   Two phenomenal staffers are our staffers of the month for August, the wonderful @maraudertimes and @ShazaLupin! I N T E R V I E W S | M A R A U D E R T I M E S |  What are you currently reading (fic or otherwise)? i recently finished zodiac academy: the awakening in t
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2021 Common Room Awards: Gryffindor | August 24th, 2021

2021 pride of gryffindor awards hello hello, and welcome to the 2021 pride of gryffindor awards! this year we had some absolutely amazing nominees and some stellar winners, so let's get right on into it!   best alternative format nominees: a wildly illogical scrapbook by @abhorsen plague doctor. lingering darkness by @grumpy cat project azkaban by @Unwritten Curse together we fight by @nott theodore   winner: a wildly illogical scrapbook by @abhorsen plague
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2021 Common Room Awards: Hufflepuff | August 10th, 2021

Common Room Awards: Hufflepuff | 10th August, 2021   Hello everyone and welcome to Hufflepuff's Golden Chalice Awards! We're so excited to announce the results as well as all the amazing stories that were nominated, you should definitely check them out if you haven't already!  To start, here are the numbers:  Nominations: 72 total nominations 33 unique stories 18 unique authors 7 unique nominators 14 categories - @Renacerá
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2021 HISS Awards| Slytherin House

Slytherin 2021 HISS AWARDS   We at Slytherin House are proud to announce this year's winners for the Honors in Slytherin Stories Awards. We want to congratulate all of our wonderful and talented authors and thank all those who participate year round in Slytherin House activities.    Now - without further ado - drum roll please! credit girl tyler for the image     The Winners!   Dramas: We All Have Our Reasons by @RogueSlytherin
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In the Spotlight | July 23 2021

In the Spotlight | July 23rd, 2021 Welcome to the seventh installment of our In the Spotlight blog series for 2021! In this blog, we're featuring interviews with site-wide award winners and sharing some highlights and news from around the forums and archives. Check it out below!   July's Staffer of the Month is one of our lovely admins, social media mavens, event coordinators, and archive validators, @crowsb4bros! I N T E R V I E W | C R O W S B 4 B R O S |
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2021 Common Room Awards: Ravenclaw | July 8th, 2021

2021 Common Room Awards: Ravenclaw Welcome to the first of four blogs where we will be sharing the winners of each of the Common Rooms' annual House awards that happened this spring/summer! First up is Ravenclaw House -- if you haven't checked out these stories yet, do so! We'll start with some quick stats ? Nominations: 46 total nominations 35 unique stories 19 unique authors 6 unique nominators 11 categories - @magemadi, @kuusi palaa
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july 2021 bulletin

welcome to july's bulletin! if you're new, welcome to fanfictalk! it's great to have you with us. we're a multi-fandom forum + archive with 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. please make sure that you post in the 'welcome to fft' topic +here to say that you've read over the rules and understand them. you can reach out to any +staff m
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ranks!

we have new ranks and also some badges! your ranks are on your profile picture on the forums and have fun names. you earn them for doing things on the forums. the point cutoffs are: newcomer: 0 points novice: 10 points apprentice: 25 points specialist: 50 points mentor: 75 points adept: 100 points mage: 250 points champion: 500 points master: 750 points sorcerer: 1,000 points archmage: 2,500 points grand
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In the Spotlight | 29 June 2021

In the Spotlight | June 29th, 2021 Welcome to the June edition of our monthly blog series In the Spotlight where we highlight site-wide award winners and give some brief news updates, along with spotlighting some new things being posted around the forums and the archives! Happy Pride month to all of our LGBTQIA+ community, and we hope you all are staying safe and cool where weather is being abnormal for you.   June's Staffer of the Month is the ever cool and mysteriou
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Potpourri Series

Pride in Media | June 21st, 2021

Earlier this month we asked for your favorite depictions of queer characters on Twitter+ and wow did you all come with some fantastic answers ready! Books were recommended the most, with TV shows following close behind, so head over to your local library and/or streaming service to dive into these media! ?️‍?   Books  Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo Jesper Fayhe Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell Prince Kiem Count Jainan Red White and Royal Blue by Casey McQu
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A Quick Tour of FFT for Beginners!

Hello and welcome to FFT! We're so happy to have you!  We'd like to give new members a quick tour of our site! Before being able to post anything visible to other members, you need to be fully validated by our staff. To do so, please start at the Welcome to FanficTalk+ thread and read our rules and guidelines+. After you confirm that you've read them and agree, a staff member will validate your post and you'll be free to post across the forum. Once you do, we'd love for you to introduce you
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june 2021 bulletin

we're including both may and june in here. we're so sorry about missing last month; your friendly neighborhood branwen got slightly swamped and burned out, and it is entirely her fault. ? if you're new, welcome to fanfictalk! it's great to have you with us. we're a multi-fandom forum + archive with 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.
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In the Spotlight | May 22nd, 2021

It's the May edition of the In the Spotlight blog series! Check out interviews with site-wide award winners and some of the new and interesting things happening around the site below May's Staffer of the Month is one of our lovely moderators and event coordinators, @victoria_anne! I N T E R V I E W | V I C T O R I A _ A N N E |   The site-wide Story of the Month for May is for gold by @blackballet! I N T E R V I E W   W I T H   T H E   A U T H O R | B
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In the Spotlight | 22 April 2021

Welcome to the April In the Spotlight! Featuring sitewide award winners and some news from around the forums and archives. Read on for interviews and other fun things!   April's Staffer of the Month is one of our lovely moderators, @dreamshadow! I N T E R V I E W | D R E A M S H A D O W |   April's members of the month are the bright and lovely @frogballet and @frogberry_cordelia! I N T E R V I E W S | B L A C K B A L L E T | | R A S P B E R R Y
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april 2021 bulletin

thank you all so much for your patience with how late we're getting this out this month - some of us have been swamped by other things recently. ? they're credited at the bottom as well, but a huge top line thank you to ineke, madi, and taylor for jumping in to help finish it up. ? if you're new, welcome to fanfic talk! it's great to have you with us. we're a multi-fandom forum + archive with a strong culture of support for other writers and feedback here, including a story help sect
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golden ink awards 2021

thank you all for your patience! we're going to announce the winners at the top of the blog, but this year i decided to get kind of extra and make personalized awards for every finalist as well as our winners, so rather than include them throughout, i've just put them at the bottom of the post, organized alphabetically by username. ? y'all are incredible.   best action adventure: ? planetary boundaries by @lilypadi ? project azkaban by @Unwritten Curse ? the fifth house by @Amerip
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Women's History Month Highlights | April 1st, 2021

Welcome to the second installment of the 2021 Potpourri Series! In honor of Women's History Month we decided to highlight and commemorate some wonderful women who are/were leaders/activists/pioneers/innovators/and legendary in their fields. We hope you are as inspired by these women as we have been!   [A L I C E  B A L L] 1892-1916 Alice Ball (M. Sc.) was the first woman and first Black person to receive a Master's degree from the University of Hawaii, and was the schoo
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