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Rowling's Fan Site Award

HPANA wins 'Fan Site Award' from JK Rowling Popular (9395)

DECEMBER 10, 2004 at 11:21 AM

Posted by CHEESER
Source: JKRowling.com


Rarely does my heart ever stop (since I'd be dead), but it skipped a beat this morning when I received a phone call and e-mail telling me HPANA was selected as JK Rowling's newest "Fan Site Award" winneropens in new window on her official web site.

Rowling says of HPANA:

The Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator was the very first Harry Potter website I ever visited, though it has changed almost beyond recognition since those early days. A fantastically user-friendly fansite, faster off the mark with Harry Potter news than any other site I know, and with all kinds of brilliantly inventive touches. I particularly like the points system, whereby dedicated posters can work their way up from 'Muggle' to 'Auror' and beyond - though speaking of titles, I hoped that 'High Inquisitor' (moderator name) would have died out when Umbridge was run (galloped?) out of Hogwarts. On the other hand, 'Guillaume' and 'Broggy' (surnames of two of the masterminds behind HPANA) are just begging to be used for fictional wizards.

I'm humbled and proud beyond words, and would be remiss not to give thanks to the wonderful people who helped create, work on, and contribute to this little site that has grown so much in just two years: So, to Geri and Scott, and forum moderators Natalie, Lamar, Marc, Kendra and Renee, and all our alumni/previous staff members: Great work, congratulations and thank you for your dedication to making HPANA worthy of such an incredible distinction from the author of Harry Potter herself.

I think I speak for all of us when I say we have much to live up to and will continue to do our best. Thank you, Jo, from the bottom of my heart!

Jeff Guillaume
Editor-in-Chief, HPANA

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sethanie88
Muggle
House: Ravenclaw
Points: 80
AIM: potterseth See my Amazon Wish List

sethanie88 says:

OMIGOSH! It's about time you guys were nominated!

Posted Dec 11, 2004 at 12:07 PM EST



Da_BombWiz
Blink182's New Member
House: Ravenclaw
Points: 2876
Yahoo: harrypotter_ii

Da_BombWiz says:

Yeah!!! It's about time we guys got it!!! Congratulations to all the moderators!!! You guys totally rock!!! Yuo deserve it really!!!!

Posted Dec 11, 2004 at 12:36 PM EST



Phil_
St. Mungo's Mental Patient
House: Gryffindor
Points: 41834
AIM: PipaDerrick Yahoo: Bicky_monster

Phil_ says:

This is such wonderful news, something i think many of us have felt Hpana has diserved so some time, Jeff and Co you all do such a great job on here you really do diserve it, JKRowling is right, this site totally rules...
So Congrats all round....

Posted Dec 11, 2004 at 12:38 PM EST



christobal
Muggle
House: Gryffindor
Points: 82
AIM: ciaoffcr4

christobal says:

That is so cool but im still a muggle how do i get to be a wizard.

Posted Dec 11, 2004 at 12:43 PM EST



GrednForge
Squib
House: Gryffindor
Points: 133

GrednForge says:

Awesome! Congatulations hpana, I knew you'd get there in the end! This site really does rock!
Three cheers for hpana!!!

Posted Dec 11, 2004 at 12:57 PM EST



alicia spinnet - chaser
Witch
House: Gryffindor
Points: 838

alicia spinnet - chaser says:

This is such exciting news.

Posted Dec 11, 2004 at 1:02 PM EST



annealicious
Auror
House: Ravenclaw
Points: 2218
Yahoo: hockey_queen18 See my Amazon Wish List I support HPANA!

annealicious says:

Congrats to Cheeser, ProfessorScoots, Geri, and all the staff at hpana! You guys do a phenomenal job keeping the site running, and, while I unfortunately cannot post as often as I could in the summer, I still check out all the headlines through livejournal. Keep up the great work guys, it's very much appreciate!!!

Posted Dec 11, 2004 at 1:04 PM EST



Ron friend
Professor
House: Gryffindor
Points: 1159

Ron friend says:

Yay thats really cool for HPANA. Thats also cool that JK checks this site out. Hehe well congrats to everyone at HPANA.

Posted Dec 11, 2004 at 1:11 PM EST



darrrrkwind
The Last Herald-Mage
House: Ravenclaw
Points: 2621
AIM: darrrrkwind See my Amazon Wish List I support HPANA!

darrrrkwind says:

Congratulations, HPANA!! I love this site. It so deserved this award. :-D

Posted Dec 11, 2004 at 1:24 PM EST



Lion
Witch
House: Gryffindor
Points: 919

Lion says:

This is MOST COOL!! What an honor. Congrats to Cheeser and everyone else. I've never been prouder to be a member of this site!

Keep up the good work!

Posted Dec 11, 2004 at 1:45 PM EST



Muggle Princess
Squib
House: Gryffindor
Points: 198

Muggle Princess says:

Wow! I'm so excited that Jo updated! (Actually, I was just thrilled with all the holiday decorations... so you can imagine my euphoria when I saw that she'd updated everything as well!) It's so hard to wait for the next one to finally come!

Posted Dec 11, 2004 at 1:46 PM EST



~Sarah~
Ron's Love Advisor
House: Gryffindor
Points: 5933
AIM: hpfreak876 I support HPANA!

~Sarah~ says:

Greast job. Hpana deserves. Congrats to all Cheeser and all the staff, great job. And being the first fan site she ever visited, thats impressive. Keep up to the excellent work!!!

Posted Dec 11, 2004 at 1:48 PM EST



RON's all up in heRmiONe
Auror
House: Gryffindor
Points: 4081
AIM: HermioneNronshpr

RON's all up in heRmiONe says:

This site is pratically THE BEST HP SITE IN THE WHOLE WORLD! I visit this site almost everyday, or about three times a week. This has become my favorite site, and I tell my two best friends, and HP fans to visit this site, but they refuse, one of them goes to mugglenet.com, and the other one just watches the movies, and doesn't know a thing about hp, and wants harry and hermione to go together, based on what she has watched so far, she doesn't read the books either

Posted Dec 11, 2004 at 2:05 PM EST



Her-my-o-ninny
Prefect
House: Gryffindor
Points: 389
See my Amazon Wish List

Her-my-o-ninny says:

This is ABSOLUTELY wonderful! I always come here to check out the latest news and I don't know what I'd do without HPANA, you definatly deserve it!!

Posted Dec 11, 2004 at 2:16 PM EST



Alessandra
Auror
House: Slytherin
Points: 2773

Alessandra says:

Hooray for HPANA!

I think it's a toss-up whether I came here or Muggle-net first, but the news right on the front made this one the better choice for a time-strapped person.

Congrats!

Posted Dec 11, 2004 at 2:21 PM EST



Ms.Black
Auror
House: Slytherin
Points: 2337

Ms.Black says:

That's so cool! This is really a great site, I really like it!

Posted Dec 11, 2004 at 2:24 PM EST



tigerlili_08
Order of Merlin, 1st Class
House: Slytherin
Points: 1987

tigerlili_08 says:

GO HPANA! gO, go HPANA! I just knew it was only a matter of time before this happened :D I am such a proud member right now ;)

Posted Dec 11, 2004 at 2:26 PM EST



munnii
Head Girl
House: Gryffindor
Points: 401

munnii says:

WOHO!! I found out yesterday :p hehe...But that's totally great! Well done HPANA!!

Posted Dec 11, 2004 at 2:29 PM EST



nickyole1
Mediwitch
House: Gryffindor
Points: 2608

nickyole1 says:

WOW! How exciting! Well done HPANA. I absolutely love your site, and the point system as well. One of my favorites, I have to say. Congradulations! :)

Posted Dec 11, 2004 at 2:39 PM EST



orlandofan
Auror
House: Gryffindor
Points: 2133
AIM: hollyzbear03 See my Amazon Wish List

orlandofan says:

OH my god! I cant belive it. That is sooooo cool. congrats to everyone, this site really deserves it. The first site she ever visited, I wonder if she is a member. I wonder how often she's on this site.

Posted Dec 11, 2004 at 3:00 PM EST



Smileyradcliffe
Harry's Mental Advisor
House: Gryffindor
Points: 19432
Yahoo: smileyradcliffe

Smileyradcliffe says:

A congratulations to HPANA -- the site has gotten really quite big and does a great job of keep us all informed on the news in the HP community!

Posted Dec 11, 2004 at 3:44 PM EST



morgana witch
Order of Merlin, 2nd Class
House: Gryffindor
Points: 1645

morgana witch says:

Congrats, congrats, congrats! That is sooooooo awesome! I can't think of any site than deserves the award more than this one. You rock Cheeser, and I love your site. Keep it up!

Posted Dec 11, 2004 at 3:48 PM EST



greeneyes
Student
House: Ravenclaw
Points: 253

greeneyes says:

Go HPANA! This site rocks. You are my favorite hp site!

Posted Dec 11, 2004 at 3:52 PM EST



Luthien Tinuviel
Witch
House: Gryffindor
Points: 859
AIM: Crackers215

Luthien Tinuviel says:

This is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!! I love HPANA. All of you who put effort into this site.... nice work! ESpecially Cheeser! I'm so HAPPY!

Posted Dec 11, 2004 at 4:12 PM EST



foreverpink8706
Squib
House: Ravenclaw
Points: 167
AIM: foreverpink8706 Yahoo: foreverpink8706

foreverpink8706 says:

That is so cool.
I love this website.

Posted Dec 11, 2004 at 4:13 PM EST



Ivy St.Claire
Dark Arts Professor
House: Gryffindor
Points: 3747
AIM: DragonflySong I support HPANA!

Ivy St.Claire says:

How awesome is that. I've been surfing this site for a while before I actually joined, and I always wondered why it hadn't been selected yet.

Posted Dec 11, 2004 at 4:50 PM EST



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