‡ Severus Snape Fuh-Q Fest ‡

• http://www.geocities.com/snapeff/warning.html
  
• Severus Snape versus the world (okay, just males from the Potterverse).
• Ratings: All.
• Update list (where the next challenge will be announced).
• Authors' review by lightbringer.
• Reader review by MidnightBast.

‡ Authors' Review ‡

• Are the rules and terms of submission easy to find?
  This is a site that is managing a huge writing challange that goes in waves. Since there is no active wave, the best thing to go is to subscribe to their mailing list here.
• Do they supply a beta reader for authors?
  I don't believe so.
• Are they polite about rejecting fics?
  I don't know.
• Do they remove author's notes or copyright notices without asking the author first?
  The stories all have a standardized header that the author filled out.
• Do they ever archive fics without permission?
  Never.
• Are they prompt about removing fics at an author's request?
  Perhaps.
• What is their plagiarism policy...do they investigate or do they take a complainant at their word?
  There was nothing about plagiarism on the site.
• Do they update at least once a month?
  During the active parts of the fest, they update every week or two weeks.
• Do they make it possible for readers to leave feedback?
  There are email addresses listed in the story headers.
• Is their location stable, or do they move frequently?
  Stable.

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‡ Reader review ‡

• Is the site attractive?
  It's nice.
• Is the site easy to navigate? (can you get to all the main sections from every page, or do they rely on the 'back' button an awful lot?)
  You can get to everything from every page.
• How selective is the archive? (Are you likely to find a good story?)
  They take all stories as long as it's Snape and slash.
• Are they a specialty (ship or genre centric) or general (only ratings restrictions) archive?
  Snape archive.
• Is it easy to navigate within multi-chaptered stories?
  Yes.
• Are there search engines? Are they easy to use?
  Yes - Index by Author, Index by Title, and Lists of pairings and scenarios.
• Are the indexes (author, title listings) clearly laid out?
  Yes.
• Are stories appropriately labelled if they require warnings?
  Yes.
• How many pages do you have to search through to get to the first story?
  Stories are on the second page.
• Is it easy to leave feedback?
  Yup, they give you the email address of author.

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