A Devious & Diverse New Year's Fest: Claiming Open

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Fest Name: A Devious & Diverse New Year's Fest
Origin: Kinks of Knockturn Alley (tumblr)
Link: Rules | Claiming Announcement
Type of challenge: Prompt-based fest
Description: A new year prompt fest hosted by Kinks of Knockturn Alley community.
Ratings restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length restrictions: Minimum 1000 words. No maximum.
Timeline:
Prompting Opens: December 11th - December 17th - 11:59 PM EST
Sign-Ups/Claiming Opens: December 18th, 2021 - 12 PM EST (Claiming will remain open for the duration of the fest.)
Submissions Due: February 11th, 2021 - 11:59 PM EST
Stories Revealed: February 12th, 2021 - TBD

To participate, you must either be a member of the Kinks of Knockturn Alley Facebook community or you are following Kinks of Knockturn Alley on Tumblr.

Links to the sign-up form and claiming on AO3 are available in the Rules.

HP Fest News Round-up: December 18, 2021

[lee_bella]

This is the final news round-up post for 2021. I hope you find these news round-up posts useful. If you would like to make a suggestion about round-up posts or Potterfests in general, please leave a comment below.

The 2022 Fest Masterlists post is ready to go. The next news round-up post will be up on either January 5 or 6.

In the meantime, stay safe and have a Happy Holiday!

News and Announcement

hd-cluefest: Claiming closed for writers and podficcers. Claiming for artists still open.
liquidluckdrabblechallenge: Updated word count limit for challenges.
wolfstarwritingchallenges: Updated monthly challenge rules.
ron_draco_fest: Posted submission info.
jamespotterjanuaryfest2022: Announced James Potter January Fest.
magicaltrans: Announced Magical Trans Comfort Fest.
hp_bunintheoven: Announced Pregnancy Fest.
wood-you-rather-challenge: Announced Wood You Rather Challenge (Oliver Wood).
hp-challenges: Announced Weasley Fest For All Weasleys.
kinksofknockturnalley: Announced A Devious & Diverse New Year's Fest.
hptransfest: Annnounced HP Trans Fest 2022.

Mini-fests, Challenges and Events

Magical Trans Comfort Fest: Self-post from December 23 to 25. *NEW*
kinksofknockturnalley 25 Days of Kinkmas: Ends on December 25.
Wolfstar Roll the Dice Christmas Edition: Prompt request ends on December 27. Self-posting ends on December 31.
rarepair_shorts Festive Fun Fest: Prompt request ends on December 28. Self-posting ends on January 1.
Ring It In Mini Fest: Self-posting ends on December 30.
slythindor100 25 Days of Draco and Harry: Self-posting ends on December 31.
dracoharry100: Christmas Challenge ends on December 31.
hpdestress: Self-posting ends on December 31.
31 Days of December (Harry/Voldemort|Tom): Ends on December 31.
gameofdrarry Drarropoly 2021: Sign-up & gameplay ends on January 1.

Open for Prompting

jamespotterjanuaryfest2022: Prompting ends on December 26. *NEW*
eatyourheartoutfest Valentine's Day Dead Dove Fest: Prompting ends on January 14.
bloodykissesfest (Harry/Voldemort|Tom): Prompting ends on February 28.
Through the Veil: Prompting ends on March 2.

Open for Claiming and Sign-up

mini_fest: Sign-up ends on December 19.
T.M.Riddle Me This: Sign-up ends on December 19.
thesnarrycorner Adopt a Prompt: Claiming ends on December 20.
theiceroyals Valentine's Extravaganza (Lucius/Narcissa): Claiming ends on January 7.
Weasley Fest For All Weasleys: Sign-up ends on January 21. *NEW*
hd-cluefest: Artist claiming ends on January 31.
HP Fine Line Fest: Claiming ends on February 10.
A Devious & Diverse New Year's Fest: Claiming ends on February 10. *NEW*
eatyourheartoutfest Valentine's Day Dead Dove Fest: Sign-up ends on February 13.
hp_goldenage Salt & Pepper Fest 2022: Claiming ends on February 14.
ron_draco_fest: Claiming ends on February 14.
call-me-daddy-fic-fest: Claiming ends on February 27.
Through the Veil: Claiming ends on March 2.
blackcestfest: Claiming ends on March 5. *NEW*

Submission Deadline

rarepair_shorts Winter Exchange 2021-22: Works due on December 20.
The ComfortZone MiniFest: Fics due on December 31.
HP Rare Pair Gift Exchange: Works due on January 10.
rsfiresidetales: Works due on January 30.
remuslupinfest: Works due on February 28.

Currently Posting

gameofdrarry Drarropoly 2021: AO3
Wolfstar Roll the Dice Christmas Edition: AO3
snape_potter Secret Snarry Swap: AO3 | Week 1 | Week 2
hd_erised H/D Erised 2021: AO3 | Week 1 | Week 2
hd_owlpost H/D Owlpost 2021: AO3 | Week 1 | Week 2
slythindor100 25 Days of Draco and Harry: AO3
dracoharry100 Christmas Challenge 2021: 2021 Tag
rarepair_shorts Festive Fun Fest 2021: AO3
dhr-advent D/Hr Advent 2021 (Draco/Hermione): AO3
hpdestress HP De-stress December: AO3
trordiscord 31 Days of December (Harry/Voldemort|Tom): AO3
kinksofknockturnalley 25 Days of Kinkmas: AO3
thethreebroomsticksficfest The Three Broomsticks' Yule Bash: AO3 *NEW*
dhrfestofstars DHR Fest of Stars (Draco/Hermione): AO3 *NEW*

Latest Masterlists & Reveals (December 5 - December 18)

hdsudsfest H/D Suds Fest: AO3 | Masterlist
wireless-festive-minifest Wireless goes Cinema: AO3
charliefest2021 Charliefest 2021: AO3

For a list of past masterlists, please see the 2021 HP Fest Masterlists on Dreamwidth or Livejournal.

New Prompts Posted (as of December 18)

poetic_hp: Posted December Prompt.
hp_coffeehouse: Posted Amnesty Month.
hp_bunintheoven: Posted October Prompt.
liquidluckdrabble: Posted Prompt 12.
wolfstarwritingchallenges: Posted Prompt 12. *NEW*
theiceroyals (Lucius/Narcissa): Posted November Prompt.
hd_fluff: Posted December Prompt.
hp_nextgen100: Posted Prompt 237. *NEW*
dracoharry100: Posted Prompt 689.
harry100: Posted Prompt 431. *NEW*
draco100: Posted Prompt 120.
neville100: Posted Prompt 476. *NEW*
dove_drabbles: Posted December Prompt 98. (Multi-fandom)

Prompt Challenge Communities

• Multi-pairing: hp_coffeehouse | hp_bunintheoven | hp_nextgen100 | poetic_hp | liquidluckdrabble | hpfemslash-minifest (hiatus)
• Draco/Harry: hd_fluff | dracoharry100 | slythindor100 (hiatus) | drarrymicrofic
• Other Pairings: theiceroyals (Lucius/Narcissa) | wolfstarwritingchallenges (Remus/Sirius)
• Character Specific: harry100 | draco100 (on break till January) | neville100
• Multi-fandom: dove_drabbles | femslashficlets | fan_flashworks | femslash52 | fandomweekly

(Some of these communities allow members to post drabbles or artworks for older prompts. Please check the rules and the profile of individual communities for more information.)

Posting Soon

gwbexchange H/D Mistletoe Exchange 2021: December 20
hp_singlemums HP Singlemums - Evans Sisters: December 20
hoggywartyxmas HoggyWartyXmas: December 23?
hprarepairfest Harry Potter Rare Pair Fest: January 2
snapecase The Snape Showcase 2022: January 9

Coming Soon

hptriadfest HP Triad!Fest: Claiming opens on December 20.
hp_sweethearts: HP Sweethearts: Sign-up opens on December 26.
hd-fangfest HD Fangfest: Prompting begins on January 1.
hptransfest HP Trans Fest 2022: Prompting begins on January 7.
hp_bunintheoven Pregnancy Fest 2022: Prompting begins on January 8.
sshg_giftfest SSHG Giftfest: Sign-up begins on January 9.
wood-you-rather-challenge Wood You Rather Challenge (Oliver Wood): Begins on March 1.
hpdrizzle HP Drizzle: Prompting begins on April 1.

You are always welcome to promote any HP fests, challenges and prompt communities on potterfests or potterfests.

If you have a DW account, you can promote your fests and challenges on fandomcalendar or fandom_on_dw. You can also submit your fest announcement to hpfests on Tumblr.