welcome to october'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 or reader, 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 fanfictalk' topic +here to say that you've read over the rules and understand them. you can specify your house in that post or in our sorting ceremony +here - once you do, we'll sort you into the right group so you can see a common room that only people in your house are allowed to see. we encourage you to post in your common room and/or in our introductions forum +here to introduce yourself if you'd like, and you may also find our +faqs helpful.

enjoy your stay!

 

applications for all staff, prefect, and house newsletter editor positions will be open from october 1 - october 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 site staffing works can be found +here, and you can find the application +here.

if you applied in august or september, you don't need to apply again unless you'd like to apply for additional positions or change your answers - we'll still consider you this month. 

we're happy to welcome @victoria_anne to the auror team!

we're also sorry to say goodbye to @just.a.willow.tree, @Veritaserum27, and @singmetothesun who will be stepping down from the team. thank you for all your hard work, eva, beth, and kate!

you can see the results of the community coordinators' battleship event +here, and we've got some site updates you can check out +here and +here.

Our first Head Student this month is a long-time prefect/community coordinators, and between organizing events like September's battleship,  and the amazing stats she puts together afterward, she's been absolutely invaluable on the team. It's only natural that our first head student this month is...

@magemadi!

Our second Head Student this month has been a very welcoming and friendly presence on both the site and her common room. She was particularly active during our recent battleship event, where she left a lot of encouraging messages for other FFTers. Please give it up for...

@victoria_anne

Congratulations to you both! Please PM   @abhorsen. with your choice of story you'd like to have featured next month.

 

Our Order of Merlin recipient for October is a relatively recent addition to the staff team who has really taken her duties in stride, even though they're not always visible to members. @dreamshadow is one of our wonderful Moderators who, along with usual moderator tasks, dealt with all of the content being posted during Battleship: Hogwarts with ease. Jill writes great fic on the archives and also helps a lot with managing things like games and the Hear Ye, Hufflepuff newsletter in the 'Puff common room. Thanks for all of your hard work, Jill!

this calls for a toast, so pour the champagne by @tinyporcelainehorses

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Dudley Dursley reluctantly and somewhat awkwardly accepts an invitation to his cousin's wedding. While there, he meets Harry's friends, discovers some fascinating wizarding adult beverages - and meets Cho Chang, who has her own reasons to find herself out of place and drinking heavily at the wedding of Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley.

In the months to come, this unlikely encounter will make him rethink his attitudes towards the magical world, drastically change the course of both of their lives, and change Dudley's relationship with his family forever.

This month we're featuring winners of house and site awards, a recent head student story, and a couple staff picks!

          

congratulations, @Ameripuff, @aurevoir, @BookDinosaur, @Crimson Quill, @dottie-wan-kenobi, @down-in-flames, @Felpata_Lupin, @Hawksquill, @poppunkpadfoot, @Raspberry_cordelia, @sinnersandsapphics, and @tinyporcelainehorses!

 

October 5 - The Lovers-To-Friends Challenge by @just.a.willow.tree

October 12 - The Fluff Challenge by @la_topolina

October 14 - The TS8 At Midnight Challenge by @clevernotbrilliant

November 1 - The Bookshelf Challenge by @beyond the rain

November 8 - The Derry Girls Quote Challenge by @lebensmude

November 30 - The Time Travel Challenge by @dottie-wan-kenobi

November 30 - The Dirty Thirty Challenge by @MalfoysAngel

December 1 - The Text Me A Trope Challenge by @abhorsen.

December 18 - The Most Overused Line Challenge by @hotel california

3 - @potterfan310; @WanderWitch

4 - @Ineke

10 - @Professor McGonagall

11 - @FireOpal

12 - @GinnyPotter242; @Jayna; @MuggleMaybe

15 - @Emotional elements

16 - @Ameripuff; @LadyMarauder

19 - @Margaret

21 - @UnnamedMinorCharacter

25 - @cat!; @Levana

27 - @eloxcin

28 - @Ashley; @page thirteen.

29 - @Kaptain Knuts

30 - @Stardust.Soul; @WindingArrow

 

Bulletin compiled and written by @abhorsen. and @Ineke. Order of Merlin written by @magemadi. All graphics by @abhorsen.. Featured staff picks by @Ineke (the fifth house) and @crowsb4bros (wishing and hoping).