FictionAlley
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FictionAlley was founded in the summer of 2001 by a dozen Harry Potter fans - mostly fanfic writers and artists. FictionAlley was created to archive all Harry Potter fanfic, regardless of the SHIP, as long as the story met a reasonable standard for grammar and spelling, and did not merit an "adults only" rating. All of the founding mods desired a community in which no person would be unreasonably censored or senselessly banned - a place where people could state their ideas and engage in spirited and thought-provoking debates, discussions, and analysis.
FictionAlley also created a beta reader exchange and writing discussion boards, which rapidly grew into " FictionAlley Park. The Park hosts over one million discussion posts and over a million reviews from nearly 60,000 registered users on topics ranging from analysis of individual characters and scenes from the Harry Potter books and films to the development of original writing.
Each day, FictionAlley emails to Chapter Owls subscribers a list of all the fics uploaded that day; the list is also available via an RSS feed on LiveJournal.
ArtisticAlley links to over twenty thousand thousand fan- and fantasy-art works, vids and fanfilms from hundreds of artists, as well as half a dozen message boards where artists discuss technique and creative issues.
In April, 2004, FictionAlley was nominated for a WEBBY Award and in the fall of 2004, FictionAlley was granted 501(c)(3) status by the US IRS as an educational entity. In the spring of 2005, FictionAlley was nominated for a Prix Ars Electronica award; the Prix Ars is considered the Nobel Prize of web awards.
FictionAlley is operated by FAWC, a Minnesota nonprofit corporation and 501(c)(3). As of September 1, 2006, the members of the board are Heidi Tandy (President), Paul Kippes, Jason Fraser, Sara Goetz and Robert Standring. Kristin Tortoricci serves as Assistant Treasurer and Merin Bears serves as Secretary.
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