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 and Ravenclaw banded together to make up Team Rudolph. Team Frosty received the challenge themes 'slow build' and 'vampirism', and Team Rudolph got 'space opera' and 'teen pregnancy.'

By the numbers...

Stories

Team Frosty
Gryffindor: 7 total (7 using challenge themes)
Slytherin: 10 total (10 using challenge themes)

Team Rudolph
Hufflepuff: 5 stories (3 using challenge themes)
Ravenclaw: 21 stories (15 using challenge themes)

Quality Points

In third place, Possibilitea for More by @belgian quaffle!

In second place, Bram Stoker Be Rollin' in His Grave RN: Human Conservation Reserve by @Rumpelstiltskin!

In first place, Rush of Blood by @nott theodore!

Round Winner

TEAM FROSTY (Gryffindor and Slytherin)!

Points Awarded

 Gryffindor: 435 points 
 Hufflepuff: 25 points 
 Ravenclaw: 255 points 
 Slytherin: 375 points 

 

Round 2: Back from the Brink

The second round saw Gryffindor unite with Ravenclaw as Team Cupid, and Hufflepuff team up with Slytherin as Team Hathor to tackle the theme 'back to the brink.' This round was particularly prolific for all houses - Team Cupid had the challenge themes of 'internalised oppression' and 'careers', while Team Hathor was working with 'time travel' and 'fate/prophecy.'

By the numbers...

Stories

Team Cupid
Gryffindor: 16.5 total (14.5 using challenge themes)
Ravenclaw: 15.5 total (11.5 using challenge themes)

Team Hathor
Hufflepuff: 7 stories (5 using challenge themes)
Slytherin: 19 stories (11 using challenge themes)

Quality Points

In third place, Lycanthropy by @facingthenorthwind!

In second place, Perforce by @Renacerá!

In first place, 3:27 AM by @poppunkpadfoot!

Round Winner

TEAM CUPID (Gryffindor and Ravenclaw)!

Points Awarded

 Gryffindor: 482.5 points 
 Hufflepuff: 210 points 
 Ravenclaw: 327.5 points 
 Slytherin: 245 points 

 

Round 3: Take Me Home

The final round of this year's Great Collab was all about coming back to where you belong (as well as, uh, the ~alternative~ interpretation of the phrase 'take me home'), and we had some wonderful stories come out of both Team Tulip - Gryffindor and Hufflepuff - and Team Bluestar - Ravenclaw and Slytherin. The challenge themes this time were 'sports' and 'magical creatures' for Team Tulip, and 'bullying' and 'infidelity' for Team Bluestar.

By the numbers...

Stories

Team Tulip
Gryffindor: 5 total (3 using challenge themes)
Hufflepuff: 3 total (2 using challenge themes)

Team Bluestar
Ravenclaw: 7 stories (5 using challenge themes)
Slytherin: 5 stories (3 using challenge themes)

Quality Points

In third place, My Girl by @Renacerá!

In second place, Reorienting by @sibilant!

In first place, Pax by @Aphoride!

Round Winner

TEAM BLUESTAR (Ravenclaw and Slytherin)!

Points Awarded

 Gryffindor: 100 points 
 Hufflepuff: 90 points 
 Ravenclaw: 535 points 
 Slytherin: 200 points 

 

The Final Results

In fourth place, receiving 350 points, HUFFLEPUFF!
In third place, receiving 820 points, SLYTHERIN!
In second place, receiving 1017.5 points, GRYFFINDOR!
And finally, the winners of this year's Great Collab, with 1117.5 points, RAVENCLAW!

 

Congratulations to all of you! 

 

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