The latest challenge is for you to write a story where Harry and Ginny elope.  Perhaps they marry secretly in the war, perhaps to remove the Trace from Ginny, or maybe they just don't want the fuss of a big wedding and just want to get married.  The choice is yours.

The categories for judging are Best Overall, Most Romantic, Most Unexpected, and the People's Choice Award.  All stories should be submitted by midnight 15th January and the winners will be announced 1st February.  Multi chaptered stories must be completed and all stories should be submitted under the Elopement Challenge (2020-3) challenge sub-category.

A bit later than expected but we now have the results of the challenge.  A bumper crop of entries certainly made it difficult for the judges but the winners are as follows - 

Best Overall

Hearts' Desire by Kezzabear

Most Romantic

Twenty-One by SamWil 

Most Unexpected

Imagined by Gryffinclaw_31

People's Choice Award

Hearts' Desire by Kezzabear

Well done to all the winners and thank you to every one who has taken part and also to the judges AM, SM, JG, MS, SR.  I will be back in a few days with the new challenge.

First of all, I'm sorry for the delay posting the results of the challenge - some of the judges have needed more time - but I expect to announce the winners within the next day.

Back to the trinkets - some fantastic stories on offer once again, congratulation to you all.  The winners of the latest round of trinkets is as follows-

Best Comedy
• Winner: Can't Fight This Feeling by Celtics534
• Honourable Mention: I'd Rather Fall in Chocolate by Kezzabear

Best Drama
• Winner: Brontide by SamWil
• Honourable Mention: A Thought or Two by Mutt N Feathers

Best Romance
• Winner: Path Diverged II by hp_fangal
• Honourable Mention: A Time for Healing by Arnel

Best One-Shot
• Winner: Discomposure by SamWil
• Honourable Mention: Spring Cleaning by harrystwin1

Best Completed
• Winner: I Saw Her Standing There by Gin110881
• Honourable Mention: A Week at the Burrow by beginningimprovised

Best New Story
• Winner: The Flat Above the Wheezes by gliminalspaces
• Honourable Mention: The Hunter by Gryffinclaw_31

Don't forget to nominate your favourites for the next round!

The nominations have now closed for the August - September DSTA's (thanks Gin for reminding me!).  Please vote for your favourites here -

http://siye.co.uk/trinkets.php  (you must be logged in to vote)

I will be back on 7th October  to announce the winners.

We have twelve!! fantastic entries for this challenge and now it's time for our judges to get to work to determine the winners of the Best Overall, Most Romantic, and Most Unexpected categories.  Meanwhile, you have the job of choosing the winner of the People's Choice Award.  Please vote here -

http://siye.co.uk/trinkets.php?peopleschoice=Y (you must be logged in to vote) and I will be back around the 1st October to announce the winners and the next challenge.

Just how did Harry and Ginny say "I love you" for the first time - was it a blurt it out spur of the moment thing, or was it romantic?  Who said it first - did Harry sieze the day like when he kissed her for the first time, or did Ginny make the first move?  You have a little under 4 weeks left to tell us about it as the challenge closes midnight 15th September.

Today Ginny is celebrating her 39th birthday, and we wish her all the best.

Her birthday party takes place on the makeshift Quidditch pitch at the Burrow. As a birthday surprise for his beloved wife, Harry has organized a Quidditch match where the Weasley siblings and their spouses play against the Weasley grandchildren.

Some excellent stories once again and the results of the latest round of DSTA's are as follows -

Best Comedy
• Winner: I'd Rather Fall in Chocolate by Kezzabear
• Honourable Mention: The Demise of Walburga Black by SamWil 

Best Drama
• Winner: Path Diverged II by hp_fangal 
• Honourable Mention: Contagion by melindaleo 

Best Romance
• Winner: A Time for Healing by Arnel 
• Honourable Mention: Path Diverged II by hp_fangal 

Best One-Shot
• Winner: The Demise of Walburga Black by SamWil 
• Honourable Mention: That red dress by AnHPsuperfan 

Best Completed
• Winner: steady as the stars by lazyweekendmornings 
• Honourable Mention: Cheating Death by SamWil 

Best New Story
• Winner: A Time for Healing by Arnel 
• Honourable Mention: Contagion by melindaleo

Congratulations to all the winners and don't forget to nominate your favourites for the next round!

We here at Sink Into Your Eyes would like to wish J.K. Rowling, as well as Harry Potter himself, a very happy birthday. 

Due to the current situation (covid-19), Harry had to cancelled the big party for his 40th birthday, to which he had invited all his friends. The birthday party with his family takes place in an unknown location, presumably the Burrow.

The Buried Gem of July is has been written in 2005 for the Hold Fast to Dreams Challenge on Silverwhisps. 

It is Career Advice by Strider.

Summary: Harry and Ginny are at the top of their games, but something's missing. What would they sacrifice to make their dreams come true?

 It's a story about Harry and Ginny wanting the dreams of the other to come true, and it takes them a while to realize that what the other is really dreaming of is something completely different.

If you like this story, make sure to give Strider's other stories a try. You can find them on his user profile page.

If you want to nominate your favourite story for the Buried Gems, just leave a comment here or send an email to gin110881@yahoo.com. The nominated stories should have been published on SIYE in 2012 or earlier, and they should be completed. As always, it would be nice if you could tell us with a few lines what you liked best about the story and why you recommend it.

For an overview of all Buried Gems we had so far, please follow this link.

Enjoy reading!

The voting is now open for the June - July DSTA's.  Please vote here 

http://siye.co.uk/trinkets.php (You must be logged in to vote)

I will be back on Harry's birthday to announce the winners.

This month's Buried Gem was nominated by DannyS717. It's been written by someone who's pretty well know for some of his other, much longer stories. 

The today's Buried Gem is the Ages trilogy by Sovran, consisting of the stories Ages, Months, and Years.

Summary: In a few moments and a few lifetimes, Harry and Ginny decide who they are and who they will not be.

According to DannyS717, Ages was one of the most unique takes on the 'twins time travel' challenge, with a subtle mystery that's not made explicit in the story. Months is a solid follow-up, showing how Harry and Ginny respond in the immediate aftermath and the start of their relationship. The third story, Years, beautifully deals with Harry and Ginny addressing how different the alternate universe the 'twins' came from was.

If you want to nominate your favourite story for the Buried Gems, just leave a comment here or send an email to gin110881@yahoo.com. The nominated stories should have been published on SIYE in 2012 or earlier, and they should be completed. As always, it would be nice if you could tell us with a few lines what you liked best about the story and why you recommend it.

For an overview of all Buried Gems we had so far, please follow this link.

Enjoy reading!

This challenge sees the return of an old favourite.  So little is told of Harry and Ginny's relationship in the books after their first kiss, so the question that I have for you is just when did they first say those three little words?

The categories for judging are Best Overall, Most Romantic, Most Unexpected, and the People's Choice Award.  All stories should be submitted by midnight 15th September and the winners will be announced on 1st October.

Multi chaptered stories must be completed and all stories should be submitted under the 2020-2 challenge sub-category.

We had two stories submitted for the Easter Holidays challenge and the judges have decided that the winner of the Most Romantic, Most Humourous, and Best Overall is Would You Be My Little Quarantine by Celtics534 

The winner of the People's Choice Award is a tie between the two stories - Would You Be My Little Quarantine by Celtics534  and A Happy Easter by Sasha

Congratulations to both authors and thank you to the judges AM, JG, SM and thank you to everyone who voted in the People's Choice.  I'll be back in a few days to announce the next challenge.