Wiki nagging

ChristyCorr
June 21st, 2008
7 comments

Hey there!

Summer holidays have probably already started for most of you--which means you may have time to spare! If so, why not hop on over to Unknowable Room's Harry Potter wiki encyclopaedia and edit an article or two? We can always use new contributors! :)

Hourglass Results

Oxymoron
June 02nd, 2008
8 comments

Hourglass Results: Popular Vote and Admins' Choice

The final results for Hourglass 2008 are in! You can find the winners of the popular vote and the admins' choices here. Winners are welcome to grab their banners.

Popular Vote: All users of UR were welcome to vote for the best one-shot and the best multi-chaptered fic among the winners of the first round.

Admins' Choice: The UR admins picked a winner from each category.

Congratulations to all the winners!

Hourglass 2008 results

ChristyCorr
May 12th, 2008
10 comments

Hourglass Awards results are in!

Click here to see the first, second and third place winners of this year's Hourglass Awards. Winners are more than welcome to grab the banners in that same page—made by the wonderful Juli—and use them anywhere.

Thank you all for nominating and judging this cycle! Special thanks, as usual, goes to Kerstin, our resident Arithmancer Admin, who came up with the formulae that calculated the results. :)

Which were your favourites among the winners? Click here to rate this year's contestants; a popular vote award will be presented to the highest-rated fic!

Final Hourglass reminder

ChristyCorr
May 09th, 2008
9 comments

EDIT: Voting is now over. We will announce the results tomorrow; all members will then elect their favourite multi-chaptered fic and one-shot among the winners. Once again, thanks for voting!

*

Hey, Hourglass judges! I hope all you procrastinators have been having fun cramming a lot of fic-reading these past few days *grins*

Final reminder: Hourglass votes are due tomorrow, May 10th, at 11:59 PM, PDT (California time, GMT -8). If you are unable to finish your given categories by then, do try to rate as many fics as you can—every vote counts!

Thanks for participating <3

Hourglass maintenance

ChristyCorr
April 01st, 2008
14 comments

Edit, April 24th: Hourglass judges: please hurry up and send in your votes! Remember, you can only do so until May 10th—that's only two weeks away! :)

*

The deadline for joining the Hourglass judging pool and for nominating fics for Hourglass is now over; judges, please rate all fics in the categories you selected by clicking on this link. You have until May 10th to finish voting.

In addition to removing the nominating and volunteering forms from the Hourglass pages, we have renamed the Best Romance Fic category "Best Het Romance Fic" (as opposed to the other romance category, which is Best Slash Romance Fic). Naming the het category simply "Romance" was a mere oversight on our part; it predated the creation of the Slash category, and was meant to include fics of both genres. However, we feel that the new name is clearer and more appropriate, and we apologise to anyone who may have felt offended by our blunder. :)

Hourglass

Oxymoron
March 17th, 2008
20 comments

Attention Hourglass Judges!

You can start judging now. Go here.

You have until May 10 to finish judging. Please do not vote on the "Which fic would you choose to win this category?" question until March 31. Maybe your favourite fic has not been nominated yet!

Nominations will remain open until March 31. Go and nominate your favourite fics here. Also, you can still volunteer to join the judging pool.

Looking for more information on the Hourglass Awards?

Check our Hourglass page and the list of all nominated fics (no login required). If you have any questions, email us at hourglass@unknowableroom.org.

Have fun judging!

Hourglass 2008

ChristyCorr
March 04th, 2008
21 comments

UPDATE: We have added new categories for AU (Alternate Universe) and NC-17 fanfiction.

Hello, everybody! Things have been quiet for a while now, and I apologise for that, but I bring good news!

You can now nominate your favourite fics for the 2008 cycle of the Hourglass Awards here!

Nominations end on March 31st. If you wish to add your name to the Hourglass judging pool, click here! Judges will have from March 31st to May 10th to judge the fics in the categories they have been assigned to.

A few simple rules:

1. Hourglass is open to all corners of the fandom—all ships, all eras. We aren't trying to honour the best UR fics. Check your LiveJournal flists, your favourite fanfiction rec sites, other archives and forums! We're looking for diversity, and the Awards are an opportunity to spotlight fics that many of us may not yet have had the chance to read.

2. Fics nominated last year cannot be nominated again. I will edit this post with a full list of last years' fics, but the form to which I linked above will in all likelihood point out the error if you attempt to nominate one such fic.

3. You cannot nominate your own fics.

4. We have seven categories this year:
a) Best Romance Fic: Any fic prominently featuring a male/female romance.
b) Best Slash Romance Fic: Fics that feature slash relationships either between males or females.
c) Best Drama Fic: Fics should have their ups and downs here and be capable of leaving a feeling of timelessness and excitement on the audience.
d) Best Angst Fic: These fics are different from dramas in that they are at times hopeless and without a happy ending. They should probe the darkest layers of the fandom, leaving a dark impression left on the audience.
e) Best Comedy or Parody Fic: In a nutshell, fics that have the main goal of making people laugh or fics that satirize common fanon clichés, other fics, or even canon itself.
f) Best Gen Fic: Fics that do not feature romance with prominence—character studies, usually somewhat introspective. Friendship fics may also be nominated in this category.
g) Best Drabble or Drabble Collection: Brilliance in brevity! Fics in this category should have no more than one thousand words (per drabble, in case of a collection of them), and use every single one of them in a way that leaves the reader flabbergasted and in wonder.

If you have any more questions, feel free to contact me, or send an email to hourglass at unkowableroom.org. Happy nominating!

Time Extention

twinsuns
January 30th, 2008
2 comments

Attention judges for this cycle of the Scrivenshaft Challenges!

You have a few extra days to get your results in--please have them in by 11:59pm CST on Sunday Feb 3rd!

*loves*
Erin

Reveals

ChristyCorr
January 10th, 2008
6 comments

Fic Exchange reveals!

- Oh What a Tangled Web We Weave, a gift to Runi (Eos), was written by Sarah (andromeda311).

- Only Thread, a gift to Sarah (andromeda311), was written by Sara (insanguinare).

- We did not receive Sara's fic, which was scheduled to be written by Sarina (sarinileni).

- A Ribbon of Black, a gift to Sarina (sarinileni), was written by Sarah (rubytuesday).

- Falcon vs. Roo, a gift to Sarah (rubytuesday), was written by Tash (PirateSmile).

- Differences, a gift to Tash (PirateSmile), was written by Trish (cherrychalk).

- Terminal, a gift to Trish (cherrychalk), was written by Narcissa.

- Benefit of the Doubt, a gift to Narcissa, was written by Kerstin (Oxymoron), after complications with the original author, Ash (worstangel).

- The Best Christmas Gift, a gift to Ash (worstangel), was written by Pam (luminous_star).

- Pushing and Shoving, a gift to Pam (luminous_star), was written by Prachi (Twilts).

- Earplugs, a gift to Prachi (Twilts), was written by Rachel (lilydarling).

- Like Father, Like Son, a gift to Rachel (lilydarling), was written by Diana (DianaPrallon).

- Faith, a gift to Diana (DianaPrallon), was written by Lily (Lady_Apocalymon).

- A Pair of Earmuffs, A Frozen Lake and a Renegate Mistletoe, a gift to Lily (Lady_Apocalymon), was written by Becky (obsessed_much).

- Cloudy Opportunities, a gift to Becky (obsessed_much), was written by Lindsay (lark), after complications with the original author, Tamara.

- Joyeux Noël, a gift to Tamara, was written by Kenzie (kenziegirl).

- and but for the sky, a gift to Kenzie (kenziegirl), was written by Angel (WinglessFlight), after complications with the original author, Juli (Musetta).

- The Path of Indiscretion, a gift to Juli (Musetta), was written by Elli (koonelli)

- Atonement, a gift to Elli (koonelli), was written by Chris (ChristyCorr).

- The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore, a gift to Chris (ChristyCorr), was written by Sarah (andromeda311), after complications with the original author, Salome (vituperat).

- Leaving, a gift to Salome (vituperat), was written by Kerstin (Oxymoron).

- Five Reasons Why Minerva McGonagall Decided Not to Date Tom Riddle, a gift to Kerstin (Oxymoron), was written by Sam (ThundersShadow).

- Stupid Albeit Pretty Words, a gift to Sam (ThundersShadow), was written by Kirsten (satirise).

- Thirteen Steps to the End of the World, a gift to Kirsten (satirise), was written by Kali (thirty2flavors).

- The Final Stage, a gift to Kali (thirty2flavors), was written by Miranda (AnotherDreamer).

- Mrs. Scamander's All Right, a gift to Miranda (AnotherDreamer), was written by Allison (outrageouslyso).

- Aftermath of Idiocy, a gift to Allison (outrageouslyso), was written by Crys (Crystalline).

- Be a Man, a gift to Crys (Crystalline), was written by Lindsay (lark), after complications with the original author, Laura (LovelyLily). However, Laura handed in the first half of her fic yesterday; it can be found here.

- Twisted Reality, a gift to Laura (LovelyLily), was written by Johanna (hanna-o).

- Lemon Tree, a gift to Johanna (hanna-o), was written by Kelsey (The_Marauders_and_Lily).

- Love Story, a gift to Kelsey (The_Marauders_and_Lily), was written by Laura (Sunset).

- Little by Little, a gift to Laura (Sunset), was written by Corie (TopazEyez).

- Hard to Find Words, a gift to Corie (TopazEyez), was written by Taj (between_lines).

- Of Camaraderie and Confidence, a gift to Taj (between_lines), was written by Harriet (montlake).

- Sheer Dumb Luck, a gift to Harriet (montlake), was written by Angel (WinglessFlight).

- Meeting Thanatos, a gift to Angel (WinglessFlight), was written by Chelle (afterthree).

- Invisible Squibs, a gift to Chelle (afterthree), was written by Katy (Grimm_Sister).

- October the Thirty-First of Nineteen Ninety-Three, a gift to Katy (Grimm_Sister), was written by Sharon (Merle).

- Infinity (in seven mistakes and one more), a gift to Sharon (Merle), was written by Angel (WinglessFlight), after complications with the original author, Lauren (rose_pagonias).

- Cursed, a gift to Lauren (rose_pagonias), was written by Diana (DianaPrallon), after complications with the original author, Hannah (Selena_Lupin).

- Snowglobe, a gift to Hannah (Selena_Lupin), was written by Raquel (Keshi).

- Catching a Cliché, a gift to Raquel (Keshi), was written by Archee (alineofprose).

- The Fallen, a gift to Archee (alineofprose), was written by Runi (Eos).

Thank you so much to all those who participated, and special thanks to Angel, Lindsay, Sarah and Kerstin, who wrote extra fics to fill in for missing participants!

Authors, feel free to post fics under your own name now *grins*

Date Change

twinsuns
January 07th, 2008
1 comments

Howdy!

Cycle XIV of the Scrivenshaft Challenges: Christmastime is Here is now closed!

Hope everyone is having a wonderful 2008 thus far!

--Erin--