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    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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    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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    Recommendations FAQ

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    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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In the Spotlight

In the Spotlight | September 25th, 2019

Welcome to the September edition of the Prefect's In the Spotlight Blog! We've got an Order of Merlin advertisement, interviews from Head Students, the Story of the Month recipient, and Common Room monthly award winners. We hope you're all recovering from the House Cup Opener, and we'll be getting those results to you as soon as possible. We are also working on a Prefect-related survey (based around things like our blog posts, challenges, etc.) and will have that available to you soon, so k
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Common Room Awards: Hufflepuff House I September 15 2019

2019 Common Room Awards: Hufflepuff Edition Hello and welcome to the 4th and final installment of this year's Prefect coverage of your HPFT house awards. In this installment, we will be covering The Golden Chalice Awards hosted by Hufflepuff House. Before we get to what you came here for, We would like to issue a special thank you to @LadyL8 @MuggleMaybe and @FireCrest for putting this year's award season together and hosting the Puff-A-Palooza event to get us hyped up about this year
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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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In the Spotlight | August 26th

Welcome to the August Edition of the Prefect's In the Spotlight blog post! We have all the usual goodness piled in -- from the Order of Merlin Interviews, to the Story of the Month Review Column, to House happenings. We hope you've been enjoying your Summer break after a long, fun House Cup year, and we'd like to wish everyone the best of luck with the upcoming year! May it be filled with fun and festivities and absolutely no riddles *fingers crossed* .   The amazing coordinator
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Event Results

Common Room Awards: Gryffindor House | August 17th 2019

2019 COMMON ROOM AWARDS: GRYFFINDOR EDITION Welcome back to the third instalment of of this year's mini-series, recapping the annual awards each House runs through the Spring!  This time we'll be looking at the Pride of Gryffindor Awards, also known as the POGs. Below we'll be taking a look at all the nominees and winners of this year's awards! We also had a team of our Gryffindor Staffers, @down-in-flames, @TidalDragon, @Chemical_Pixie and @belgian quaffle, announce the winners in a l
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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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Common Room Awards: Slytherin House | August 2nd 2019

2019 Common Room Awards: Slytherin Edition Hello! Come on in and enjoy installment # 2 of of this year's mini-series, recapping the annual awards each House runs during the springtime! For this installment, we're checking out the My Father Will Hear About These Awards (otherwise known as the MFWHATAs) from Slytherin House. For this, we'll be listing all the nominees and winners of this year's awards! You can also check out the livestream on the HPFT YouTube page +here if you want to see @to
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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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In the Spotlight-July 25, 2019

Welcome to another installment of the Prefects' In the Spotlight blog series! We're featuring interviews with the usual monthly award winners and common room spotlights as well. This is the final week of the House Cup Finale as well, so everyone has been extremely busy with that, and we are all anticipating the results!  The fantastic @Veritaserum27 was the recipient of the Order of Merlin for July!  I N T E R V I E W  If there was only one forum that you could post in on HP
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Common Room Awards: Ravenclaw House | July 8th, 2019

2019 COMMON ROOM AWARDS: RAVENCLAW EDITION Welcome to the first installment of this year's mini-series on the annual awards each House runs during the spring of every year! To start off, we're taking a look at the Nargles Awards from Ravenclaw House with a complete list of all finalists and the winners for each category! If you'd like to see the livestream announcing the winners, please check out the link here+ on the HPFT YouTube page.  This year there were 11 categories that the 'Cla
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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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In the Spotlight | June 26th

Welcome to the June Edition of the Prefects' In the Spotlight blog. While we are covering most of the usual in this edition, many of the Houses were hosting their Common Room Awards. Because of this, some of the Houses in the Common Room Section don't have a feature this month, as they were busy with their awards. We're currently now in the midst of the HPFT House Cup Finale for the 2018-2019 year, and we wish each House the best of luck. Remember to have a fun! We also have a special featu
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Potpourri Series

Proud and Loud | 7th June 2019

Welcome to another of our biweekly blog series! In this edition, we're celebrating Pride month all across the globe! We've rounded up some of our favorite queer and LGTBQA+ fics from the archives, some recent LGBTQA+ news, and also some personal stories and information about being a part of the LGBTQA+ community! Always be your authentic self if it's safe to do so -- and remember that there's nothing to be ashamed of. ❤️?????   Since our blog post last year celebrating Pride mont
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June 2019 Bulletin

Welcome to HPFT's June's bulletin, where you can find all of our major monthly announcements, information about house yearly awards, 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 secti
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In the Spotlight | May 22nd, 2019

Welcome to the May edition of In the Spotlight, the Prefect's monthly blog series! In this episode we've got lots of fun things like the usual interviews with our Order of Merlin and Head Student recipients! There's also a review column for the site-wide story of the month and an interview with the author. Don't forget to check out the House News for each of the members and stories of the month for each House, and read all the way to the end to see who won last month's Monthly Dilemma raffle and
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The Prefects' Four of a Kind Challenge Results | May 7 2019

The Prefect's Four of a Kind Spring Writing Challenge Results The entries were dark, twisted, and inexplicable just as the subjects of each of the prompt cards were themselves. From a focus on a setting to a mysterious character, each of these pieces had it all and weaved an intricate plotline with all of the given prompts. If you haven't read these entries yet, you really should: Sea Change by @crestwood Der Traumfanger by @Aphoride Lady in Black by @Tanda (StarFeather
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FROGS 2019 Winners

We've announced our winners of this year's FROGS awards on a livestream +here - thank you so much to everyone who tuned in to watch us share the results! HPFT is home to so many talented and dedicated members, and whether or not you were won an award or were able to participate in this year's FROGS, this community wouldn't be the same without you. Thank you so, so much for everything you do. ❤️ Now that you know who won, it's time to reveal this year's special, limited edition set of chocol
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May 2019 Bulletin

Welcome to HPFT's May's bulletin, where you can find all of our major monthly announcements, information about house yearly awards, 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 sectio
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In the Spotlight | April 27th, 2019

Welcome to the April edition of the Prefects' In the Spotlight Blog. We've got all the usual madness and chaos this month, decorated to the brim for Springtime! Check out some interviews with the Order of Merlin and Head Student recipients! As per usual, we're featuring a review column for April's Sitewide Story of the Month as well as an interview with the author! Also, don't forget to read until the end to find out who won last month's Monthly Dilemma raffle and check out the new question! We
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The Greatest Ships to Ever Sink | April 9th, 2019

APRIL 8TH, 2019 | THE GREATEST SHIPS TO EVER SINK Welcome to another installment of the Prefects' biweekly blog series! This time, we're looking at some of those ships that people love to, well, love, but also to sink. Read on to see how we rated some classics and some new ones from fandoms outside of Harry Potter! Let us know what other ships you think are great to sink!  Ship Name: Bellamort Characters Involved: Bellatrix Lestrange x Lord Voldemort Ship Rating (out of
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April 2019 Bulletin

Welcome to HPFT's April's bulletin, where you can find all of our major monthly announcements, updates on staff changes, 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 section, challeng
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In the Spotlight | 21st March

Welcome to the March edition of In the Spotlight, where we sit down with those stories and authors and people that were stellar last month! We'd also like to wish you all a happy spring equinox, and for those of you still with the snow, for it to melt soon! In this edition, we're featuring our usual fantastic shenanigans and the recently started Monthly Dilemma. Due to the FROGS happening last month, we declined to hold Story of the Month in February, so that section is absent this month. The FR
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