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To celebrate WdC's 20th Birthday, Albus Dumbledore decided to host the magical Spellathon where the greatest wizards spell it out against each other!
If you want spells galore,
you needn't go to the Harry Potter store.
Join this contest, it's really fun,
and you get prizes when it is done!
Are YOU up for the party, wizard? If yes, then sign up by mailing either Xiea or DMT - THANK YOU WRITE.COM along with the name of the house you'd like to be the wizard of! We'll try our best to ensure that you get to be in the house you desired! The names of the contestants are listed down below against the houses they are allotted to.
Rules:
1) There will be 8 round to battle it out against the 4 houses.
2) Each round will have 3 tasks that the members must complete within the given time limit, else they will automatically lose. Each member must complete one task.
3) The tasks will be judged on varying criteria by DMT - THANK YOU WRITE.COM.
4) At the end of each round, every member of the winning team will receive 2.5k GPs. Each round will consist of 30 points, 10 points per task. By the end of the 8th round, the members of team with most points (i.e., the winners) will receive a 10k awardicon, along with the exclusive 'Harry Potter and the Writers' Spell' MB the runners up will receive the exclusive 'Harry Potter and the Writers' Spell' MB and 3rd and 4th places will get 5k gps.
IMPORTANT!
Hey wizards! Please note that you must relay any queries or messages regarding the contest (such as why a certain member of you house is unable to participate in a given round, or if you require some clarification regarding the questions or the judging criteria, etc.)) to both Xiea AND DMT - THANK YOU WRITE.COM . While sending the mail, in the "To:" section, make sure to copy-paste our usernames: maia987, dmt1967. Thank you!
Round 1 ▼
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's stone
[Time limit:1 week]
Task 1:Leave a note in a new member's notebook welcoming them to WdC in about 50 words
Task 2:Write a review for a new member's item, briefly describing what was done well, what needed improvement and your overall view on the item.(minimum 500 characters review) [Affiliate it to the harry potter group we added you in when you signed up]
Task 3:Plug 5 authors' items (not necessarily newbies) on the newsfeed post and spread the word about them!
"Criteria of judgement"
1 Pace of completion(3 points)
2 Quality of content (7 points)
3 References to Harry Potter and the Philosopher's stone (bonus criteria, will give additional points and can be outdone by acing the above two criteria).
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Round 2 ▼
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
[Time limit:1 week] (Monday, 21/9 to Monday, 28/9)
Task 1:Dobby, the house elf has appeared in your room. What happens next? Tell us in 150-300 words!
Task 2:Write an in-depth review for fantasy genre story, describing what you liked, what you thought needed improvement and your overall view on the item.(minimum 1000 characters review) [Affiliate it to the harry potter group]
Task 3:Ron, one of the main characters, is scared of spiders. Write a story or a poem, fiction or non fiction, in less than 250-500 words.
"Criteria of judgement"
1 Quality of content
2 References to Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (bonus criteria, can be outdone by... you know the drill)
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Round 3 ▼
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
[Time limit:1 week](Monday, 28/9 to Monday, 5/10)
Task 1:You have been picked up by the knight bus and taken to the Leaky Cauldron. Write a poem describing your journey. (150-300 words)
Task 2:Sirius Black has escaped from Azkaban. You are a reporter covering the story. Write a 250-word article for the Daily Prophet on his escape.
Task 3:Review two poems in the fantasy genre, describing what you liked, what you thought needed improvement and your overall view on the item.(minimum 1000 characters review) [Affiliate it to the harry potter group]
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Round 4 ▼
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
[Time limit:1 week](Monday, 5/10 to Sunday, 11/10)
Task 1-3: Imagine the following scenario: Harry’s name gets pulled out of the cup, even though it is forbidden for his year to enter the contest. He never entered and, as far as he knows, no one entered for him. What happens next?
Characters: Hermione, Harry, Ron
Each member of the team will choose a different character from the list above and write about their feelings and thoughts (in form of a story, poem, or any other form preferred) when they heard his name being called out. If your best friend told you they would not do something and they did it anyway, how would you feel?
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Round 5 ▼
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
[Time limit:1 week](Monday, 12/10 to Sunday, 18/10)
Task 1:Imagine the following scenario: You are walking your dog and you see two boys (Harry and Dudley) being chased through the streets and into an alley by two flying ghosts (Dementors). What would you do? Would you follow and try to help or turn your back and walk away? Write a story or a poem about your response and what happened next in 250-500 words.
Task 2:Imagine the following scenario: It is your first lesson with the new dark arts teacher (Dolores Umbridge). What happens? Write a story describing the classroom, other students, and the lesson in 250-750 words.
Task 3:Review a flash story in the fantasy genre, describing what you liked, what you thought needed improvement and your overall view on the item.(minimum 1000 characters review) [Affiliate it to the harry potter group]
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Round 6 ▼
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
[Time limit:1 week](Monday, 26/10 to Sunday, 1/11)
Task 1:Imagine the following: You are one of the dark lord’s death eaters and overhear Draco’s mother voicing her concerns over her son’s mission to Snape. Write a story (in a third person voice) about what you see, hear and smell. The more imaginative, the more points. (under 750 words)
Task 2:Write a poem about a Defence Against the Dark Arts lesson which includes Voldemort and Draco Malfoy. (under 500 words)
Task 3:Either in form of a poem, a story, or a diary entry write about a Darks Art lesson or series of lessons where you invented a Dark Arts potion. Extra points will be given for creativity in creating it and what it can do. (under 750 words)
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Round 7
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
[Time limit:1 week](Monday, 26/10 to Sunday, 1/11)
Imagine the following scenario: You are asleep in your dorm when Harry materializes in front of you. He and the team need your help to track down the Horcruxes. (NAGINI (SNAKE), GOBLET, DIARY, LOCKET, RING, DIADEM, AND PART OF VOLDEMORT'S SOUL.) The team members are required to write and creative campfire story about you adventures. You don't have to write about all of them. If your team chooses to concentrate on one or each teammate wants to write about a different one, that is up to you, but each part of the story must link with the previous part of the story. Extra points will be given for the smoothness of the handover.
Task 1: The first team member starts the campfire story. (100-500 words)
Task 2: The next team member continues the campfire story.(100-500 words)
Task 3: The next team member continues the campfire story.(100-500 words)
After the last teammate has completed their task they will transfer their campfires to the leader of another team for Round 8. We will inform you which team you'll be transferring your item to after round 7 is completed.
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Round 8
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
[Time limit:1 week](Monday, 2/11 to Sunday, 8/11)
Task 1:The first member of the team, once the other team's story is sent to you, will continue the campfire. (100-500 words)
Task 2:The second member of the team will continue the campfire. (100-500 words)
Task 3: The last member of the team will conclude the adventure. Now, we know how hard this is as your former team mate might semi- conclude or leave it open for you hence, your word parameter will be bigger. (50- 750 words)
Extra points will be given for the smoothness of the handover.
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You can mail me if you have any questions regarding this.
Criteria of judgement
Round 7 and 8 will be judged differently. Each task will be marked out of 20 instead of 10 and the judging criteria as listed below.
Flow: 5 points
A smooth pass over: 5 points
Storytelling, creativity, imagination: 10 points
If you have any further questions regarding these round, read this: "ROUND 7 AND 8 CLARIFY"
Additionally and even for future references ▼
For stories and poems: DMT - THANK YOU WRITE.COM will be judging on how well it is written, its flow and if it is pieced together right, if it makes sense, if its on point and overall composition.
For reviews: DMT - THANK YOU WRITE.COM will be judging on how helpful, useful and kind they are. [Some members might say helpful and useful are the same but something can be helpful may be such that the writer can't use it. For example, if a reviewer states the characters need more work, that is helpful, but if they don't tell the writer where they fall short in the character's portrayal, it is of little use.]
Anything else like essays or other pieces, the judging will be based on it being to the point and the flow as well as, how inventive it is.
Donations:
Donations are much appreciated! Donations over 30k will receive a community MB of their choice. Thank you!
Our generous donors! ▼
We'd really appreciate if you could stop by and "Suggestions" . Schnujo's Doing NaNoWriMo?'s post was very illuminating and if you can go through it and maybe add on to or even second some of her suggestions for us to consider especially or if any of you have/had any complaint/ inconveniences or simply wished that some things might have been better if you could have done them like this rather than like that, let us know. We really want to make this contest grand and can't possibly do that without you guys. Thank you!
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