From coriolan at coriolan_cmc.yahoo.invalid Mon Jan 1 05:06:55 2007 From: coriolan at coriolan_cmc.yahoo.invalid (Caius Marcius) Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2007 05:06:55 -0000 Subject: Harry Potter Filks: New Year's Update Message-ID: Harry Potter Filks was updated today with 21 new filks, including 11 on the new filks page and 10 on the Christmas page. Contributors this month include Pippin, Heidi Tandy, Ginger, Eric Oppen, Anon E. Mouse, Alessandra C., and first-timers Potioncat and Carol. Ring in '07 with a visit! - CMC HARRY POTTER FILKS http://home.att.net/~coriolan/hpfilks.htm From heidi at heiditandy.yahoo.invalid Mon Jan 1 21:30:30 2007 From: heidi at heiditandy.yahoo.invalid (Heidi) Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2007 16:30:30 -0500 Subject: Phoenix Rising & FictionAlley Have a Challenge For You Message-ID: <5913e6f80701011330o236481f5tcf8c4c2d3b7fbec4@...> Since 2006, FictionAlley has been working with the Phoenix Rising team to assemble an impressive array of activities for Artists and Authors Night, including the Keynote Presentation Transformation: From Fan to Fandom (http://www.thephoenixrises.org/programming/keynotes/#fan) scheduled for the night of Saturday, May 19, 2007 at the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas. Founding FictionAlley administrator Simon Branford will join other longtime fandomers and MIT's world-renowned fandom and media studies academic Henry Jenkins at Transformation: From Fan to Fandom as they discuss from both an academic and a practical standpoint, how an individual fan experience is turned into a collective fandom experience through the growth of online fan communities. It's going to be a fascinating night and a terrific conference - and we want you to be a part of it! To learn more about Phoenix Rising, or to register, visit http://www.thephoenixrises.org/ . In cooperation with Phoenix Rising, we have one ticket to Transformation: From Fan to Fandom to award to one creative fan artist as well as prizes for the runners-up. Read the rules and learn about the prizes for the winner and the runners up at http://www.fictionalley.org/fromfantofandom/rules.html and then submit an entry below at http://www.fictionalley.org/fromfantofandom/ ! Spread the news! FICTIONALLEY.ORG IS A PROUD SPONSOR OF PHOENIX RISING May 17 - 21, 2007 :: New Orleans, Louisiana From elanor.isolda at elanor_isolda.yahoo.invalid Mon Jan 8 14:01:37 2007 From: elanor.isolda at elanor_isolda.yahoo.invalid (Elanor Isolda) Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 14:01:37 +0000 Subject: Fwd: Sectus 2007: New Venue and Submissions Deadline Extension In-Reply-To: <6493bc80701080600uaca39ccucbfc5f35576083a2@...> References: <6493bc80701080600uaca39ccucbfc5f35576083a2@...> Message-ID: <6493bc80701080601j2c5a80bl37d0684c40a8d029@...> Due to higher than anticipated interest, Sectus has decided to expand and the main conference will now take place at the University of Westminster's Cavendish Campus. The Cavendish Campus is located just six minutes' walk from the original venue, and slightly closer to the official conference hotel, so any accommodation arrangements made privately should still be suitable. Details of the official Sectus hotel and our new hostel option are available at http://www.sectus.org/stay.php With the extra space and new facilities now available to us, we've also decided to extend our deadline for submitting proposals for papers, presentations, discussions and workshops. Abstracts or proposals are now due by 28th February 2007. More details about the venue and a map can be found at http://www.sectus.org/venue.php. Registration is still available at the ?55 rate until January 31st, after which the registration fee will rise to ?65 as previously announced. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at info at .... We can't wait to meet you all at the new, bigger and better Sectus 2007! Regards Elanor Isolda Conference Chair Sectus 2007 -- http://elanor-isolda.livejournal.com Celebrate the 10th anniversary of Harry Potter in London! Register now for Sectus 2007 at http://www.sectus.org From elfundeb at elfundeb2.yahoo.invalid Tue Jan 9 03:13:11 2007 From: elfundeb at elfundeb2.yahoo.invalid (Debbie) Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2007 03:13:11 -0000 Subject: HPEF Announces 2008 and 2009 Conferences Message-ID: We all knew it had to happen. the "Harry Potter" series is drawing to a close with the final book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. But as one door closes, another one opens. That's why HP Education Fanon, Inc, is pleased and proud to announce its 2008 and 2009 conferences, dedicated to throwing wide the doors - and mysteries - of JK Rowling's fantasy world, beyond the story of her hero. Portus 2008 will occur 10-13 July 2008, at the beautiful Hilton Anatole in Dallas, Texas. With its theme, "Opening the door to the Department of Mysteries," Portus will explore all the metaphysical aspects of the Wizarding World. The Ministry for Magic will be scrutinized even more in-depth at "Level Two 2009," which will be held 23-26 July 2009, at the San Jose Cultural Center and Facilities in San Jose, California. The theme for this conference will focus on Defense Against the Dark Arts - both those within Harry's world, and those that fans and scholars encounter. As our attendees have come to expect, both conferences will feature our traditional array of activities, including optional meals (such as afternoon teas at Portus and keynote luncheons), Quidditch, a vendor room, a common room, art galleries, concerts, and more. And of course, the centerpiece of any HPEF event is the high- quality programming, including panels, posters, roundtables, and presentations, in response to our Calls for Participation. Websites for Portus and Level Two are anticipated to be running this spring. Keep watching our lists, livejournals, and the HPEF website for more details as they become available! From rachael at rstiegel.yahoo.invalid Tue Jan 9 23:02:17 2007 From: rachael at rstiegel.yahoo.invalid (rstiegel) Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2007 23:02:17 -0000 Subject: A special Birthday Snapecast Message-ID: The Snapecasters put together something special for Snape's birthday. Dowloadable here: http://snapecast.com/wp- content/uploads/2007/01/birthdaygraphic.jpg or on iTunes or http://snapecast.com. Also here is the link to Episode 10: http://snapecast.com/wp- content/uploads/2007/01/ep10_newyearseve1.jpg Rachael From emmaejones at cassyvablatsky.yahoo.invalid Thu Jan 11 19:30:32 2007 From: emmaejones at cassyvablatsky.yahoo.invalid (cassyvablatsky) Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 19:30:32 -0000 Subject: Link: book7.co.uk: (evolving) evidence-based fan synopsis of book 7! Message-ID: Hello everyone, (Forgive the shameless self-promotion!) just thought the following site might be of interest: http://book7.co.uk/ It's written as a blog due to the rather experimental nature of the content: my humble attempt to divine the synopsis of Book 7 based on omens and portents in the earlier books, teasers from JKR and discussions within the fandom as a whole. For fellow Potterites, I hope that my ramblings will be of interest, beyond the pleasures of fan fiction, as an invitation to explore some of the septology riddles from an unusual angle. Please do check it out and let me know what you think - it's written with discussion in mind and I'd really value some expert opinions! Thanks, Cassandra Vablatsky (alias) From heidi at heiditandy.yahoo.invalid Fri Jan 19 17:40:07 2007 From: heidi at heiditandy.yahoo.invalid (Heidi) Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:40:07 -0500 Subject: FictionAlley Presents the Book-Seven-Inspired Anagram-esque Challenge of Doom! Message-ID: <5913e6f80701190940qe00a0cxb91a46030ae7c2d2@...> FictionAlley, with help from TheRogue.net, are thrilled to announce the first of twelve fanfic/fanart/vid challenges for 2007. You can click here - http://www.fictionalley.org/challenge2007/january here to get your prompt - a spoof of the title of Book Seven - Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows. It will include the name of a character and an anagram of "Deathly Hallows". Some possibilities are 1. LunaLovegood and the Weal Hath Dolly 2. Ron Weasley and the Daily Howla 3. Lee Jordan and the Alley Hath Wold No, they don't all make sense, but that's part of the fun! And feel free to shift the words around, but please don't rearrange the letters! The challenge is for you to write a story of 100 - 1500 words, make a vid, or create fanart, based on your prompt, and post it in FictionAlley Park at http://forums.fictionalley.org/park/newthread.php?s=&action=newthread&forumid=237 - you can, of course, also submit it to FictionAlley's fic archive, or post the art or vid on ArtisticAlley, and then link there from the Park forum. Between February 1 and February 10, FictionAlley users will choose which two entries will be read on an upcoming episode of Spell-Cast.com, FictionAlley's podcast for and about the Harry Potter fandom. FictionAlley will be hosting one official challenge per month in the 2007 Challenges Forum. Every individual who enters at least eight challenges during 2007 will receive a FictionAlley Gift Pack, including a t-shirt, a magnet and a FictionAlley.org email account. Every individual who enters at all twelve challenges during 2007 will receive a Super FictionAlley Gift Pack, including a t-shirt, a magnet, a 2008 calendar and a FictionAlley.org email account. More info is available here - http://www.fictionalley.org/challenge2007/january/ - and let us know if you have any questions! From jmgrogue at jmgrogue.yahoo.invalid Tue Jan 30 00:36:52 2007 From: jmgrogue at jmgrogue.yahoo.invalid (jmgrogue) Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 00:36:52 -0000 Subject: www.myfandoms.com is hosting a Harry Potter contest Message-ID: Hi Y'all I know I'm totally new to the group, but I wanna tell you guys about this really cool contest that is about to end. The site is www.myfandoms.com and they are a myspace-type site that is giving away a Harry Potter, Alias or Xena:Warrior Princess signed script for doing up your home page. They let you create your own sites, load fan art, fan photos and have a ton of Fan Fiction and its growing every day! Just thought you'd wanna check it out! Rock on dot com JadedRogue www.myfandoms.com www.lulu.com/janm-jadedrogue This is the latest contest, it's fun! Yeah, yeah, we know it's soooo easy to just cruise the site, read fan fic, and leave that ol' profile page naked and lonely. SO, how about a little motivation? We're going to give away autographed scripts to the coolest looking profile page! The contest is now open and closes February 4 at midnight, EST. The winner will get *their choice* of the following: ? Alias Episode 1.03, "Parity" signed by Jennifer Garner, Ron Rifkin, Michael Vartan and Bradley Cooper! ? "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" autographed by Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, & Emma Watson! ? Xena : Warrior Princess Episode 1.22 , "Calisto" autographed by Lucy Lawless! The site admins will be the judges. What are we looking for? Pretty pages with lots of content that is readable but not just the default layout that comes with your profile. If you want to participate, simply: 1) Decorate your profile page 2) Post the link to your profile page here in this forum before Feb 4 at midnight, EST, and you're in the contest! From heidi at heiditandy.yahoo.invalid Tue Jan 30 16:40:44 2007 From: heidi at heiditandy.yahoo.invalid (Heidi) Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 11:40:44 -0500 Subject: FictionAlley Challenges - Last Chance to Enter January & Phoenix Rising Challenges Message-ID: <5913e6f80701300840o3b09174dm5244f5c61afe360e@...> It's your last chance to enter FictionAlley's Deathly Hallows-inspired fanfic challenge if you want to be in contention to have your story read on an upcoming episode of SpellCast , although, of course, you can enter any time before December 31 if you want to win one of the completing-the-challenge prizes. Just click hereto get your prompt, then post it on the forum ! You also have a week left to submit fanart inspired by "a phoenix moment" for FictionAlley's challenge with Phoenix Rising - find the rules, prompt and submission page here . Link List: http://www.fictionalley.org/challenge2007/january/ http://www.fictionalley.org/fromfantofandom/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] From entangledhere at entangledhere.yahoo.invalid Wed Jan 31 06:23:45 2007 From: entangledhere at entangledhere.yahoo.invalid (Sunny) Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 06:23:45 -0000 Subject: Harry Potter and the Progeny of the Pure-Blood Message-ID: I hope I'm doing this in the right place... Just wanted to promote my fanfiction, Harry Potter and the Progeny of the Pure-Blood Singer/songwriter, Sunny Christian, introduces her first Harry Potter fanfiction story: Harry, reeling from the events of his sixth year, must now begin his hunt for Voldemort's Horcruxes. If things weren't bad enough, he also has to be civil to some unexpected houseguests, including Draco Malfoy and a mysterious stranger who may either help or harm him. During his search, Harry uncovers his enemys' darkest secrets, learns new tricks, and discovers new threats. His phenomenal adventures continue, and he will not emerge unscathed. The closest you'll get to BOOK SEVEN until the real thing! Reviewers have said: "You write just like Jo!" "Meticulously researched and well-written!" "Fleshed-out and believable!" "You're a GREAT author!" "Creative!" "You have a talent for dialogue!" We are the music makers. We are the dreamers of the dreams. http://www.sunnychristian.com