Springtime Writing Event 2020 Results
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Springtime Writing Event Results
Welcome to the results blog for the Springtime Writing Event hosted by @magemadi and @down-in-flames! The objective for this writing event was simple: Members & staffers could submit up to three (3) 100 words (or less) drabbles about springtime. Drabbles could be written in the world of Harry Potter or as Original Fiction, and then the winners were decided by blind democratic vote of the members of HPFT!
We received 39 fantastic entries from 20 different members!
Prizes:
Entries - 5 House Cup points per entry (max 15 points per person)
3rd Place - 30 House Cup Points
2nd Place - 50 House Cup Points
1st Place - 70 House Cup Points
ENTRANTS:
- @VaguelyCreativeName - 2 entries = 10 HC points
- @ImaRavenclaw - 2 entries = 10 HC points
- @teh tarik - 3 entries = 15 HC points
- @RonsGirlFriday - 1 entry = 5 HC points
- @Zinnia Grey - 1 entry = 5 HC points
- @Rumpelstiltskin - 3 entries = 15 HC points
- @grumpy cat - 2 entries = 10 HC points
- @Bunbury - 3 entries = 15 HC points
- @felicis-purpure - 2 entries = 10 HC points
- Noelle Zingarella - 3 entries = 15 HC points
- @Renacerá - 2 entries = 10 HC points
- @Ravenclaw_scientist - 1 entry = 5 HC points
- @victoria_anne - 2 entries = 10 HC points
- @ShazaLupin - 1 entry = 5 HC points
- @Pixileanin - 1 entry = 5 HC points
- @potionspartner - 3 entries = 15 HC points
- @kuusi palaa - 2 entries = 10 HC points
- @just.a.willow.tree - 2 entries = 10 HC points
- @DanyFire - 1 entry = 5 HC points
- @juls - 2 entries = 10 HC points
Click here+ for a complete masterlist of all of the entries (listed by author in alphabetical order)!
WINNERS:
Third Place:
QuoteThere’s this square on my way to work. It’s small, tucked in between tall buildings, framed by rows of trees and a kebab shop. They do a food festival every now and again, so I’ll slow down when I go by on my bike because it’s busy, and also just to watch for a while. It’s a nice square; clean, but nothing special. But for a fortnight in spring, the trees burst into bloom overnight, and cloak the little square in soft clouds and seas of delicate pink, so amiss in an otherwise grey city. I missed that this year.
First Place (tie):
Quote"In spring, the ghosts that had been hibernating all winter came out of the walls. They looked like water stains peeling off the wallpaper and taking flight. Clouds oozing out of the skirting. They filled my airways and my mildewed lungs seized.
“Go on.” I opened the window, coughing. “Get out of here. Move out. Move on.”
They drifted away, an exodus of bodies sculpted from old phlegmy breath.
One of the ghosts turned to me. Half her head had caved in. Her face was patched with green mould. Mist fingers wound around my wrist.
“Aren’t you coming?” she said.
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QuoteSirius opened the window and breathed the fragrance of the flowering hawthorn outside. Behind him, someone sneezed.
“Close that at once!” cried Phineas Nigellus, his voice thick.
“Can’t, spring cleaning. Besides, Buckbeak needs the air.”
“Hang the brute! I’m your own flesh and blood.”
“More like oil and turpentine.”
“Really, you must close it! I can’t abide the pollen.”
“How can paintings have allergies?”
“It’s psychosomatic.”
“Excuse me?’
“Sorry, that’s a /big word/. It’s when a bodily malady originates in the soul.”
Sirius sighed. “Phineas, you don’t have a body. And jury’s still out on whether you have soul.”
He strode off, Phineas protesting in his wake.
Points Breakdown by House:
: 25
: 75 (45 + 30)
: 50
: 215 (75 + 70 + 70)
Congratulations to our winners! Thank you to everyone for participating, and for being willing to test out a new format for this writing event. We shall see all of you very soon for the 2019-2020 House Cup Finale!
If you would like to use your awards, please rehost and credit @down-in-flames @HPFT!
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credits:
draft: madi
graphics: taylor
event running: madi, taylor
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