• A Place for Harry by MagnificentAndStrange 
  (11 nominations)
  
• The Luckiest Shot by JAWorley (9 nominations)
  
• Building Foundations by BlueWater5
  (5 nominations)
  
• Unexpected Gifts by hootowl (5 nominations).
  

• Each submitted story is worth 5 points.
  
• Each story that was submitted on time will receive a further 1 point.
  
• Every story nominated by a reader in a comment for that round will recieve 1 additional point.
  
• The top stories of each round will be placed in a poll to vote on for first, second, and third place of that round. First place will recieve 3 points, second place 2 points, and third place 1 point.
  

• 24 for Hopeless Wanderer (Round One 10 points) + (Round Two 5+1+1+0=7) + (Round Three 5+1+1+0=7).
  
• 24 for JAWorley (Round One 8 points) + (Round Two 5+1+1+2=9) + (Round Three 5+1+1+?=7).
  
• 24 for Lemon Curd (Round One 7 points) + (Round Two 5+1+1+3=10) + (Round Three 5+1+1+0=7).
  
• 24 for MagnificentAndStrange (Round One 9 points) + (Round Two 5+1+1+1=8) + (Round Three 5+1+1+?=7).
  
• 21 for BlueWater5 (Round One 7 points) + (Round Two 5+1+1+0=7) + (Round Three 5+1+1+?=7).
  
• 21 for geminiangel1964 (Round One 7 points) + (Round Two 5+1+1+0=7) + (Round Three 5+1+1+0=7).
  
• 21 for hootowl (Round One 7 points) + (Round Two 5+1+1+0=7) + (Round Three 5+1+1+?=7).
  
• 15 for Anthezar (Round One 7 points) + (Round Two 5+1+1+1=8) + (Round Three 0+0+0+0=0).
  
• 7 for Aliciathewriter (Round One 7 points) + (Round Two 0+0+0+0=0) + (Round Three 0+0+0+0=0).
  
• 7 for RitaRevenant (Round One 7 points) + (Round Two 0+0+0+0=0) + (Round Three 0+0+0+0=0).
  
• 7 for nnicolexxx (Round One 7 points) + (Round Two 0+0+0+0=0) + (Round Three 0+0+0+0=0).
  

• Each submitted story is worth 5 points.
  
• Each story that was submitted on time will receive a further 1 point.
  
• Every story nominated by a reader in a comment for that round will receive 1 additional point.
  
• The top stories of each round will be placed in a poll to vote on for first, second, and third place of that round. First place will receive 3 points, second place 2 points, and third place 1 point.
  

• 9 for Hopeless Wanderer for The mountains say (5+1+1=7).
  
• 8 for MagnificentAndStrange for Aboard the Hogwarts Express (5+1+1=7).
  
• 7 for JAWorley for Not An Elf (5+1+1=7).
  
• 5 for Anthezar for A Shred of Hope (5+1+1=7).
  
• 4 for hootowl for And I See Every One (5+1+1=7).
  
• 4 for geminiangel1964 for Hybrid (5+1+1=7).
  
• 4 for Aliciathewriter for The Shape of Your Soul (5+1+1=7).
  
• 3 for RitaRevenant for The Other Side of Normal (5+1+1=7).
  
• 2 for nnicolexxx for A Promise He Could Trust (5+1+1=7).
  
• 2 for Lemon Curd for Chocolate Cake (5+1+1=7).
  
• 2 for BlueWater5 for Questions and Answers (5+1+1=7).
  

• A Condition Of Duality by JAWorley
  
• Economy of the Heart by BlueWater5
  
• Love you more by Hopeless Wanderer
  
• Aftereffect by MagnificentAndStrange
  
• A Feather of Hope by Anthezar
  
• Nobody Knows by hootowl
  
• The Cursed Photograph by Lemon Curd
  
• He sure ain't Casper by geminiangel1964
  

• wearing armor around Hogwarts
  
• a snow mustache
  
• snowy animal (dog, cat, magical creature)
  
• Christmas stocking
  
• baby in a manger
  
• coal
• tinsel
  
• snow globe
  
• icicles
• taking a group picture
  
• the most useless present
• snow angel/man
• a crack in the ice
  
• reflection
  
• snowball fights
  
• being snowed in
  
• singing Christmas carols at the top of your lungs
  
• silly Christmas outfits/costumes
  
• Elf on the shelf
  
• Secret Santa
  
• someone calls Snape “Scrooge”
  
• Muggle board games
  
• Harry is bad at wrapping presents
  

The Potions and Snitches Tri-Writing Tournament (annual) :

This is an annual event. There will be three rounds of writing challenges, and like the Triwizard tournament each contestant gets points. At the end, the one with the highest number of points is the winner!

Round One: Submit a one-shot for consideration, whether it has already been written and posted by you or a new one you will write just for the first task. Deadline is October 1st. Prompts may be requested by the author.

Round Two: By November 1st write and post a Halloween or fall themed story. Prompts may be requested by the author.

Round Three: Write a Christmas or winter themed story by December 25th. Prompts may be requested by the author.

Voting will be done after each round, and the final tally after December 25th.

Winners will be announced January 1st. In case of a tie, a final show down round may be announced at the judges' discretion.

Submit all contest entries to the Potions and Snitches website under the new category Fic Fests > Tri-Writing Tournament 2019. Pick the correct round for each fic submitted.

 To your quills!

Happy New Year everyone!  

 I am hoping you guys will respond to this and tell us what you'd like to see, anything new?  Any different challenges? etc. 

Thanks, Hope everyone had a wonderful start of the new year and that we can have a great year here too.