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I hope everyone here has a great and safe Christmas. If you don't celebrate Christmas, then I hope you have a good day, anyway ;)

I know we haven't gotten the holidays over with yet, however, I do want to announce when the next Review-A-Thon will be held.

Starting from January 16, 2010 and running till the 13th of February. The Winner will be announced on Feb 14, Valentines Day and also Gluttony's 3rd Birthday :) The prize this time will be a $30 Amazon Gift Voucher to the lucky winner. The sign up thread will be available after the new year.

Other competitions and prizes will be up for grabs, however, I'll announce those at a later date.

We have a new Affiliate :)

Sherbet Lemons & Acid Pops is a Harry Potter World based, text RPG. Created by my dear friend, Angel, and has a relaxing atmosphere in which to RP (Role Play) an original character in a world that is loved by so many. If you love Harry Potter and enjoy role playing, sign up and enjoy playing in a magical world we all wish was real.

I am open for new fandom requests. To see more fandoms open on Gluttony, please go here to make your request: Request New Fandom

I also have Christmas/Holiday threads open to just chat away :)

Temperance now has an image gallery. You can not hot link from here, however, members can showcase their work (especially if you are a Graphic Artist). Banners, Avatars and Signature graphics only. A Maximum of 50 images per member can be stored and all Image rules apply.

Hello everyone :)

I'm getting the site ready for the festive season..so if you have a story that is related to Christmas, make a comment to this entry and I'll add it to the featured list.

Also, there are two new skins. Berrygood and Blueberry :) Ihope you enjoy. Also, the forums are transforming into a Christmas theme, so if you are bored or just want to get into the Christmas or Holiday spirit, pop on over and share your stories about this time of year.

I have been quite busy lately and lost track of my featured authors. I have now caught up and proud to announce that the featured authors are:

November - wytchkitty13

October - pookha

September - Georgia Weasley

August - datbenik513

Congratulations And I'm so sorry this is late. To view all the interviews, please go here: Featured Author

As the year draws near to ending, a new, fresh year is on the horizon. I am now exploring the idea of opening up Gluttony to more Fan Doms.

This can ONLY work if there is enough interest or demand for it and if the members are willing to contribute to those fan doms.

Many of us older fans are moving on, meaning, we are moving away from our beloved Fan Fic and heading into the Original Fiction world. However, that doesn't mean the end of Fan Fiction, it just means I am willing to give you members a bit more freedom as to what will be accepted here.

I will also need new staff members to overlook these fan doms. This means new Admins, Validators and moderators. These are positions that are voluntary, meaning, it is unpaid work, done in your own time.

I do not ask much of my staff and we work fairly well together and independantly. I do not demand any specific time to dedicate, as I find that is unrealistic to our real life selves.

I also have a NEW project in the works. Luxuria is a text based RPG (Role Playing Game). This will be based on multi-fan doms as well as just 'the real world'.

Please think about this information as I will soon be asking for suggestions and calling for more staff members. It is advised that you join the Forums. Temperance is rather dead, however, it is the BEST place for members to discuss the archives and the stories on it. It is also the place I ask members to place votes etc. You do not have to be a regular member there, just check in every now and then to find out what's going on and drop in your opinion if you wish to.

The Final Winners List. Congratulations everyone, especially Bella Portia, who seems to be the members hot pick. This is simply a testament to Bella's dedication to Gluttony, her writing and her talent for telling a story that sticks in our mind. Thank you

Thank you also to everyone who participated in nominating and voting. Without you all, there would be no P. I. Awards.

Winners can pick up their award in the thread. All links rated 12+

The Best Of's:

Winner for Best Reviewer - Bella_Portia & Holly_Ilex

Winner for Best Writers Forum - eHPF

Winner for Best Collaboration - eHPF for Defining Moments

Winner for Best 'Fan Girl' Reviewer - Holly Ilex

Winner for Best Twilight Fan Fic - Romina Stephanie for How a Resurrection Really feels

The Era's:

Winner for Best Hogwarts Era - reallyginny for Never Alone

Winner for Post-Hogwarts Era - Georgia Weasley for In a Family Way.

Winner for Next Generation Era - JLHufflepuff for Visions of Greatness

Winner for Best Pre-Hogwarts Era - SiriuslyPeeved for Unwritten.

Winner for Best Marauder Era - Aurora Dawn for Mischief Managed.

The Genres:

Winner for Best Drama - Apollyon for The Phoenix King

Winner for Best Romance - purpleheart for Hogwarts Revisited.

Winner for Best Angst -Bella_Portia for Wizard's Sabbath: Prologue.

Winner for Best Action/Adventure - Apollyon for The Phoenix King.

Winner for Best Canon - ginwannabe for Veterans of Hogwarts.

Winner for Best AU (Alternate Universe) - purpleheart for Hogwarts Revisited and datbenik513 for Shadowlands.

Winner for Best Humour - Georgia Weasley for Full Marks and WeasleyTwinMom for Charlie the Dragon Hunter

Winner for Best Mystery/Suspense - BKL8088 for Dust

The Lengths:

Winner for Best Novel - Holly_Ilex for Having Both is a Blessing and wytchkitty13 for Jealousy Games and Deadly Consequences.

Winner for Best One-Shot - Georgia Weasley for Full Marks, reallyginny for Drifting, and BKL8008 for One of Our Own.

Winner for Best Short Story - bakaprincess for My Guardian Angel

Winner for Best Trilogy/Series - Pookha for Graverobbers and Bodies at Rest

Winner for Best Drabble - Elena for My Obsession

The Originals:

Winner of the Best Original Character (Fan Fiction) - Holly Ilex for Anastasia Twigg-Jones in Having Both is a Blessing

Best Original Character (Original Fiction) - No nominations
Best Original Story - No nominations

The Ships:

Winner for Best Ship - SiruslyPeeved for Severus/Lily in Unwritten.

Winner for Best Unusual Pairing - datbenik513 for Hermione/Harry/Luna in Shadowlands

The Shrieking Shack Members Choice Awards:

Winner for Member's Choice (Story) - Bella_Portia for Wizard's Sabbath: Prologue.

Winner for Member's Choice (Author) - Bella_Portia

Winner for Member's Choice (Beta) - Bella_Portia

Winner for the Member's Choice (Graphic Artist) - Marauder By Night and Violet

There is less than 24hrs to vote in the remaining polls. If you haven't voted already, please head on over to the forums and get your votes in now :)

A HUGE Thank You must go out to Purpleheart :) She pointed out to me that the Anti-Bot question wasn't on the registration form and she kept getting an error message when trying to register to the forum.

If anyone else has this problem, I am very sorry. It would seem that I lost two whole lines of coding somehow. It has been fixed now and if any other errors are found, please don't hesitate to contact me: admin[at]gluttonyfiction[dot]com

Voting in the P.I Awards is now open. Where only 1 nomination was made, I declared the Winner and issued the award. To view the voting and winners list, go here: Vote Now for the P.I. Awards and Congratulate Winners

No-one has nominated in the Shreiking Shack (Members choice) category yet. Please get your nominations in now!

The P.I. Awards were supposed to close tonight. I will, however, leave them open until my Tuesday (in the U.S. that is your Monday).

Welcome to all the New Members :) Don't be afraid to contribute to the archive, just pay attention to the submission rules. If you are here just to read, hopefully you'll leave a review or two for our wonderful authors.If you have any questions, you can contact the staff via email or on the forums.

No matter why you are here, we welcome you and hope you enjoy your time here.

I'm sorry this is late, however, the Pure Indulgence Awards are now open. I'll leave it for a day longer as I opened a day late :) So you may now head on over to the forums to vote.

Congratulations to datbenik513 who has won the Review-A-Thon, with a total of 65 reviews, and recieves the $20 Amazon Gift Voucher.

The Pure Indulgence Awards will start from the 1st of October. Nominations will run for a week, voting the next week and awards handed out after that.

For those who don't know what the P.I. Awards are, its Gluttony's Award system for the best of stories in various categories. There are MANY categories, so everyone really has the opportunity to win in at least one category.

The only rules are: You must be a member of Gluttony and Temperance (the forums), do not nominate your own story, do not vote for yourself, and you may only nominate stories on Gluttony.

To me, it is also pointless to ask friends to vote for your story. You may get a pretty award at the end, but you aren't winning it based on the fact your readers love your story...And this is what its really about.

This is a way to really honour the author's you admire and love to read their stories, or to thank the best reviewer you know or just to say thanks to an Author who gave you a really great ship to sail.

The Review-A-Thon ends in less then 24 hours. So if you are participating, you must post your review links in your offcial thread so they can be counted.

There is only a week left and only one person participating. If no-one updates over the next couple of days, I'll retire the competition and declare the winner.

I understand that many of us are busy, it just seems pointless for one person to keep going when no-one else is participating :)

We are on week 3 of the review-a-thon :) Two more weeks to go, and it will come to a close.

After the winner is announced, I will open up the Pure Indulgence Awards. Remember, there are MANY categories. Everyone has a chance at an award, so if members could participate, that would be great.

In memory for those that lost their lives on that fateful day. Eight years on, and still we find ourselves healing. Although we've moved on, we can't forget those innocent lives that we lost that day.

To the families, friends and loved ones and for those who survived, we still keep you in our hearts and in our memories.

To the Firefighters, Police and civilians who we lost and for those that survived, helping to rescue people, we remember you.

 

On behalf of the staff at Gluttony, may we remember this tragic day in our history as a day we united to fight against Terrorism.

 

 

 

I have made a new site dedicated to The Vampire Diaries and its author, L. J. Smith

If you are a fan, please don't be afraid to visit: The Vampire Diaries - Australia

EDIT: The Review-A-Thon is now OPEN!! Have fun :)

I'll be opening up the official threads shortly as the September Review-A-Thon begins.

I have also placed the clock back on all the skins and up on the forums so you all know what the time and date is, in Australia :)

Good Luck!!

Just a reminder that the September review-a-thon opens up at midnight, that's 8.5hrs from now :)

You can still sign-up, even once it has started, as it goes for 4 weeks and the winner is selected by the most amount of reviews left after the 4 weeks are over (no one liners allowed).

There are a few threads open on the forums for those who would like to have their stories reviewed by participants during this time, so if you WANT reviews, drop on by the forums and ask the participants to review your story. (Some restrictions apply to what people will read, so read their post before submitting your story to them)

Good luck and have fun :)

You may now begin to sign up to participate in the Review-A-Thon that will commence on September 1st. I understand that this may be a busy time for some of you, however, may I also remind you that it runs for 4 weeks and you can review as much or as little as you wish :)

The Sign Up Thread is here: Sign Up

The Details:

The Review-A-Thon will start on September 1st at Midnight (Australian Eastern Standard Time) and run for 4 weeks, ending September 28 at 11:59pm (Australian Eastern Standard Time)

Rules:

1. No one liners - The point of this competition is to generate some good reviews for the authors. Be CC or as fangirl as you like, but I want to see reviews that contain more then one line.

2. You must post your reviews in your official thread. This way I can keep track of what's going on, check your reviews to make sure they count and YOU can see everyone else's progress.

3. Have fun!! - You have 4 weeks to read and review, plus add more stories to the archive to be read and reviewed!

The Prize: 1st Place - A $20 Amazon gift voucher.

The Official Threads:

This is where you'll see your penname. When you have reviewed, you must post the story title, link to the review and how many reviews you made for that story. I'll have this is a general 'code' in the first post of your thread, as well as the total count of your reviews.

I will host the Pure Indulgence Awards again in October. Please get your stories up so people can read :)

If you are a reader, please don't be afraid to sign up to the forums to vote or discuss your favourite stories. Participation is whatever you'd like to give, nothing more and nothing less.

The awards system is huge, it caters for just about everything, including other writing forums. So please try and participate :)

To help you all get ready, I'll be hosting the next Review-A-Thon next month. This should help you get around the archive and read the stories :) The prize for the Review-A-Thon is a $20 Amazon Gift Voucher, so hopefully we'll have some great competition in the next couple of months.

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