HP Fest News Round-up: December 18, 2023

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If anyone is curious about what's happening in 2024, see HP Fest Schedule. Happy holidays!

News and Announcement

• magicaltrans: Announced Magical Trans Comfort Fest 2023.
• hp_liitafest: Announced Love Is In The Air Fest.
• hptransfest: Announced HP Trans Fest 2024.
• dracotops_harry: Announced Draco Tops Harry Fest 2024 (Tumblr).
• harrypotterfesthub: Announced Riddle Fest.
• feastfest: Announced The Great Wizarding Feast Fest.
• hpspringfest: Announced HP Springtide Festival.
• hoggywartyxmas: Announced Rita Skeeter's Rec Post.
• snowflake_challenge: Announced Snowflake Challenge 2024. (Multi-fandom)



Mini-fests, Seasonal Prompt Challenges and Other Events

• ladiesofhpfest Monthly Minis: Posted December 15 Prompt. *NEW*
• TTB The Twelve Days of Yule Bash (canon compliant): Ends on December 22. *NEW*
• slythindor100 | slythindor100 25 Days of Draco and Harry: Ends on December 25.
• 25 Days of Kinkmas: Ends on December 25.
• potterkinkmeme Harry Potter Kink Meme: Round 2 ends on December 31 (Link).
• HP Deflower December: Ends on December 31.
• hprecfest | hprecs HP Rec Fest: Ends on December 31.
• hp-yuletide-bliss: Ends on December 31 (Prompts).
• Snolidays 2023 (Severus): Ends on December 31?
• dracoharry100 Christmas Challenge 2023: Ends on December 31 (Prompts).
• Rare Pair Shorts Winter Prompt Extravaganza: Ends on December 31 (Tumblr).
• Liquid Luck Roll the Dice Challenge: Request a prompt till January 24.
• the-marauders-fest Marauders Christmas Fest: Begins on December 20 (Prompts).
• Magical Trans Comfort Fest 2023: Begins on December 23. *NEW*
• goodgodfathersiriusblack (Sirius & Harry gen): Begins on January 1 (Prompts).
• ladiesofhpfest Ladies of HP Fest 2024: Begins on April 28 (Schedule). *ADDED*
• snarryauctoberfest: Accept late additions till end of May 2024 (Link).
• hp-flowers Autumn Mini Round: AO3 collection open till end of year.
• hpcottagecorefest: AO3 collection open till end of year.
• harryjamespotterweek: AO3 collection open till end of year (Link).
• wood-you-rather-challenge (Oliver): Late submissions welcome till end of year.

Open for Prompting

• theiceroyals Valentine's Extravaganza (Lucius/Narcissa): Prompting open till?
• Riddle Fest: Prompting ends on December 30. *NEW*

Open for Claiming and Sign-up

• hp-bardfest (Shakespeare): Claiming ends on December 20.
• Twistmas 2023: Claiming ends on December 23.
• hpsugarfest Sugar Daddy Harry Fest: Sign-up & claiming ends on December 31.
• hpsnooze (sleep): Claiming ends on December 31.
• forbidfruitfest (AO3; stepcest): Claiming ends on January 13.
• Game of Drarry: Drarropoly 2023: Sign-up ends on January 14.
• hpknotfest (knotting): Claiming closes on January 15.
• hpsapphicvalentines: Claiming closes on January 29.
• hp_liitafest (AO3) Love Is In The Air Fest: Claiming ends on January 30. *NEW*
• hpeiffeltowerfest (triad): Claiming ends on January 31.
• springgiftfic (AO3) Spring Fling Fic Exchange: Sign-up ends on February 1.
• dronarryfest (Draco, Harry, Ron): Claiming ends on February 3.
• hptriadfest: Claiming ends on February 7. *NEW*
• blackcestfest: Claiming ends on February 14. *NEW*
• hp_goldenage Salt & Pepper Fest (over 50 years old): Claiming ends on February 17?
• prongsfootbingo: Sign-up ends on March 1.
• hpchanfest (DW; chan): Sign-up ends on March 14?

Submission Deadline

• Dark Festivus Gift Exchange: Works due on December 18.
• Wheel of the Year Fest (Dramione): Works due on December 20.
• hd-kidfic-fest: Works due on December 23.
• remadorafest (Remus/Tonks): Works due on December 31.
• Comfort Zone Fest: Works due on January 21.
• Marauders' Mayhem Voldy's Valentines (exchange): Works due on February 13?
• remuslupinfest: Works due on February 29.

Currently Posting

• hpsnooze HP Snooze Fest 2023: AO3
• potterkinkmeme Harry Potter Kink Meme Round 2 (Link): Non-anon AO3 | Anon AO3
• hpsugarfest Sugarfest: A Sugar Daddy Harry Fest: AO3
• prongsfootbingo Prongsfoot Bingo: AO3
• Game of Drarry's Drarropoly 2023: AO3
• hd_erised | hd-erised H/D Erised 2023: AO3
• knot-your-mothers-mods HP Deflower December: AO3
• hd_owlpost | hdowlpost H/D Owlpost 2023: AO3
• slythindor100 | slythindor100 25 Days of Draco & Harry: AO3
• Liquid Luck Roll the Dice Challenge Winter Edition: AO3
• hp-yuletide-bliss HP Yuletide Bliss 2023: AO3
• snapecelebration Snolidays 2023 (Severus): Tumblr
• dracoharry100 dracoharry100 Christmas Challenge 2023: DW | LJ
• rarepair_shorts | hprarepairshorts Rare Pair Shorts Winter Prompt Extravaganza: AO3
• 25 Days of Kinkmas: AO3
• TTB The Twelve Days of Yule Bash (canon compliant): AO3 *NEW*
• Charlie's Birthday Bash: AO3 *NEW*
• hpfestofstars HP Festival of Stars 2023: AO3 *NEW*
• Drarry Fans Discord Server Double Drabble Exchange Winter 2023: AO3 *NEW*
• yuletide-and-mulled-wine Yuletide and Mulled Wine Fest: AO3 *NEW*
• hp-soulmates-secret-santa HP Soulmates Secret Santa: AO3 *NEW*
• Wheel of Drarry Mini Exchange Secret Santa: AO3 *NEW*

Latest Masterlists & Reveals (December 4 - December 18)

• hdsudsfest HD Suds Lite 2023: AO3 | Masterlist
• hprarepairfest Harry Potter Rare Pair Fest IV: AO3 | Masterlist
• hpsocmedaufest HP Socmed AU Fest: AO3
• drarryfest Shadows and Spells: AO3
• siriusblackfest Sirius Black Fest 2023: AO3 | Masterlist

For past masterlists, see the HP Fest Masterlists for 2023. For a list of HP fests by category, see here.

Biweekly & Monthly Prompt Communities (as of December 18)

• poetic_hp: Posted December Prompt.
• hp_coffeehouse: Posted December Prompt (Tumblr).
• hp_bunintheoven: Posted December Prompt.
• liquidluckdrabblechallenge (all pairings): Posted Prompt 57.
• hp_nextgen100: Posted Prompt 289. *NEW*
• dracoharry100: Posted Prompt 781.
• harry100: Posted Prompt 481. *NEW*
• draco100: Posted Prompt 160.
• neville100: Posted Prompt 528. *NEW*
• dove_drabbles: Posted December Prompt 122. (Multi-fandom)
• emotion100: Posted December Prompt. (Multi-fandom)
• ficlet_zone: Posted Challenge 70. (Multi-fandom) *NEW*
• hinnymicrofic: Posted December Prompts.
• houseofsnarry: Posted September 2023 Prompt.
• hp-12monthsofmagic: Posted December Prompt.
• jegulus-microfic: Posted December Prompts.
• jilymicrofics: Posted December Prompts.
• prongsfoot-microfic: Posted December Prompts.
• remadoramicrofics (Remus/Tonks): Posted November Prompts.
• sapphicmarauding: Posted July Prompts.
• sapphicmicrofics: Posted October Prompts.
• wolfstarmicrofic: Posted December Prompts.
• HP Monthly Challenge (AO3): Posted November Prompts.

For more prompt challenge communities and alternate links, please see HP only and multi-fandom.

Challenges Open Indefinitely

• themaraudersfest: Request a prompt open indefinitely.
• LVDM Week: Voldemort/Draco. AO3 collection open indefinitely.
• hptragedieschallenge: Tragedy adaptations and original tragedy (Prompts).
• Ron's Chessboard Bingo: Sign-up & posting open indefinitely.
• starflowerbingo: Star name/flower name ships (Rules & Links).
• billbangsbingo Bill Bangs Bingo: Bill-centric kink bingo (Sign-up).
• HMS Harmony 2023 Milestones Bingo: Harry/Hermione centric.

Posting Soon

• hoggywartyxmas HoggyWartyXmas 2023: December 23?
• rsbigbang R/S Big Bang 2023: January 1
• snapecase Snapecase 2024: January 9

Coming Soon

• the-marauders-fest Marauders Christmas Fest: Begins on December 20.
• hpspringfest (AO3) HP Springtide Festival: Prompting opens on December 20.
• Magical Trans Comfort Fest 2023: Begins on December 23.
• goodgodfathersiriusblack Good Godfather Sirius Black Fest: Begins on January 1.
• severitus-big-bang Severitus Big Bang & Reverse Big Bang: Pitching starts on January 1.
• feastfest (AO3) The Great Wizarding Feast Fest: Prompting begins on January 1.
• hpweasleyfest (AO3) For the Love of a Weasley Fest: Prompting opens on January 1.
• hp_bunintheoven HP Bun In The Over Pregnancy Fest: Prompting opens on January 6.
• dracotops_harry | dracotops-harry Draco Tops Harry Fest 2024: Prompting opens on January 6.
• hpanimagiweek HP Animagi Week: Prompts reveal on January 8.
• hplyricistsfest HP Lyricists Fest: Claiming opens on January 15.
• snape_potter Snarry-a-Thon24: January 2024
• hptransfest HP Trans Fest 2024: Prompting begins on March 31.
• ladiesofhpfest Ladies of HP Fest 2024: Begins on April 28.

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