Leaky Cauldron website contest

Are you a fan of the Harry Potter books? If so, you may want to check out the contest currently taking place on The Leaky Cauldron website.

Part One will occur during the month of May. You are invited to submit a riddle that relates to a person, place or thing found in the Harry Potter books. The Leaky Cauldron contest team will select the best riddles from the entries to have 10 riddles to post on the website. From these 10 riddles, a new riddle will be posted in the Contest Corner each Monday and Friday at 9am EDT during the month of June for Part Two of the contest. All contestants' riddle entries used in June and all people who submit correct answers for all the riddles will be placed into a drawing for one of three Wizard Wood Wands.

General Rules:

* There is a strict PG-13 rating for all riddles
* All work must be original
* Anyone 13 and older may enter the contest


May's Part One Rules:
During the month of May, the Contest Team is asking for people to submit riddles.

* The answer to each riddle must relate to a person, place, or thing found in books 1-7 of Harry Potter. Please ensure that these riddles are solvable, and, most importantly, are actually riddles (e.g. not trivia questions).
* Please keep riddles no longer than 75 words.
* You may submit up to 3 riddles.
* All riddles must be e-mailed to contests@the-leaky-cauldron.org by May 22, 2010 at 11:59 pm (EDT) with "2010 Riddle Entries" in the subject line of the e-mail.
* All entries that do not include the answers and name for authorship will be disqualified.
* The authors of all riddles used in the second part will be automatically placed into the drawing for one of three Wizard Wood Wands.


June's Part Two Rules:
Every Monday and Friday at approximately 9am EDT through the month of June, the Contest Team will post a riddle on the Contest Corner to be answered via e-mail. Please see the schedule below for the exact dates.

* All answers must be e-mailed with "2010 Riddle # Answer" in the subject line to contests@the-leaky-cauldron.org before the next riddle is posted.
* To be eligible for the drawing of a Wizard Wood Wands, you must have all 10 riddles answered correctly.


For complete information on the contest rules, visit the website!