Tale of Tails: A Peter Pettigrew Fest: Sign-up Open Till June 30

[lee_bella]

Fest Name: Tale of Tails: A Peter Pettigrew Fest
Links: Tumblr | AO3 | Rules | Sign-up
Type of Challenge: Open theme fest
Description: A Peter-centric fic and art fest. Welcomes fic, art and edits. Sign-up is open till June 30.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions: None
Timeline:
Sign-ups: May 1st - June 30th
Submissions due: October 26th
Reveals: October 31st

2025 Q2 DLP Story Competition

[lee_bella]

Fest Name: 2025 Q2 DLP Story Competition
Link: Tumblr | AO3 | Forum | Discord | Claim a Prompt
Type of challenge: Prompt Meme Challenge
Description: DLP is a very old Harry Potter forum (pre-2010) that has been holding writing competitions for years. Recently we've decided to expand to get more amazing writers. For this writing competition, our two prompts to pick from are The Lies of Dark Magic or Time Travel. Any pairing (or no pairing) and any genre is allowed.
Ratings restrictions: All Ratings Allowed
Length restrictions: 17.5k words max.
Timeline:
Claims Open: Thursday, April 10th, 2025 9:00am EDT
Claims Close: Sunday, July 6th, 2025 12:00am EDT
Submissions Due: Sunday, July 6th, 2025 11:59pm EDT
Work Reveals: Monday, July 7th, 2025
Voting Begins (Forums): Monday, July 7th, 2025
Voting Ends (Forums): Monday, July 14th, 2025

HP Panathenaea: Claiming Open Till July 25

[lee_bella]

Fest Name: HP Panathenaea
Links: Bluesky | AO3 & Rules | Claiming
Type of Challenge: Semi-anonymous prompt fest
Description: A HP fest inspired by legends and myths. Claiming is open till July 25.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions:
Fic: Minimum 500 words; no maximum
Art: None
Timeline:
Prompting: March 29 - April 25
Claiming: May 1 - July 25
Works Due: July 28
Reveals Begin: August 3

R.A.B. Fest 2025: Claiming Open Till May 31

[lee_bella]

Fest Name: R.A.B. Fest 2025
Links: Tumblr | AO3 | Rules | Claiming
Type of Challenge: Anonymous prompt fest
Description: A Regulus-centric fest. Prompting is open till May 30. Claiming is open till May 31.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions:
Fic: Minimum 1,000 words; no maximum
Art: Minimum a clean lineart or coloured sketch of one character on unlined paper (or digital equivalent)
Podfic: Minimum 10 minutes of podding of a previously written work, or 500 words of newly written fic with an accompanying podfic of the same fic
Timeline:
Nominations Open: April 1
Prompting Opens: April 15
Claiming Opens: May 1
Nominations and Prompting Close: May 30
Claiming Closes: May 31
Works Due: July 31
Works Posting: Starting August 1

Unleashed Fest 2025: Prompting Open Till May 15

[lee_bella]

Fest Name: Unleashed Fest 2025
Links: Tumblr | AO3 | Rules | Prompting
Type of Challenge: Anonymous prompt fest
Description: A Draco/Harry prompt fest featuring animals (magical or non-magical pet or beast, animagus, patronus, etc.) in a significant role. Open to fic, art, craft and podfic. Prompting is open till May 15.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions:
Fic: Minimum 1000 words; no maximum
Podfic: Minimum 1000 words; no maximum
Art and craft: None
Timeline:
Prompting opens: May 1st
Prompting closes: May 15th
Claiming starts: May 16th
Claiming closes: August 31st
Submissions due: September 1st
Posting begins: September 15th