HP Fest News Round-up: October 7, 2025

[lee_bella]

News and Announcement

• marauders-selfcest-fest: Announced Marauders Self-Cest Fest.
• dronarryfest: Announced Draco/Ron/Harry Dronarry Fest 2026.
• ronarryfest: Announced Ron/Harry Ronarry Fest 2026.
• blackcestfest: Announced Blackcest Fest 2026.
• pottercestfest: Announced Potter Cest Fest 2026.
• tomerrymort-gift-exchange: Announced Voldemort|Tom/Harry Tomerrymort Gift Exchange 2025.
• jegreversebang: Announced Jegulus Reverse Bang.
• hpsaffics: Announced HP Spooky Saffics 2025.
• marauders-sci-fi-month: Posted Marauders Sci-Fi Month prompts.
• rjlfest: Announced Remus J. Lupin Fest.
• marauderspookfest: Announced Marauders Spook Fest.



Mini-fests, Seasonal Prompt Challenges and Other Events

• slythindor100 | slythindor100 25 Days of Drarry 2025: Early-bird sign-up ends on October 9. *NEW*
• hp-kinktober-2025: Ends on October 31. *NEW*
• rhrkinktober Romione Kinktober 2025 (Ron/Hermione): Ends on October 31. *NEW*
• Spooky Saffics 2025: Ends on November 5. *NEW*
• marauderspookfest: Begins on October 27. *NEW*
• marauders-selfcest-fest: Begins on November 10. *NEW*
• marauders-sci-fi-month: Begins on January 1. *NEW*

Open for Prompting

• hp-kintsugi-fest (scars): Prompting ends on October 15.
• hphospitalfest: Prompting ends on October 22. *NEW*

Open for Claiming and Sign-up

• HP Halloween Fest: Claiming ends on October 12.
• tomerrymort-gift-exchange (Voldemort|Tom/Harry): Sign-up ends on October 15. *NEW*
• aroundtheworldin80fics (magical world): Claiming ends on October 17.
• padfootfest (Sirius): Claiming ends on October 19.
• rosekillerbigbang (Evan Rosier/Barty Crouch Jr.): Writer sign-up ends on October 20. *NEW*
• pumpkinspiceficfest HP Pumpkin Spice Fic Fest: Claiming ends on October 29.
• In The Family Way: A Guide To Keeping Your Family Close (incest & pregnancy): Claiming ends on October 29.
• hprarepairfest HP Rare Pair Fest V: Claiming ends on October 30.
• jegreversebang Jegulus Reverse Bang: Artist sign-up ends on October 31. *NEW*
• thelifeofashowgirlfest The Life of a Showgirl Fest: Sign-up ends on November 3.
• rsreversebang Wolfstar Reverse Bang: Sign-up ends on November 9.
• remadorafest (Remus/Tonks): Claiming ends on November 10.
• blahblahfest (Dramione x Sabrina Carpenter): Claiming ends on November 14.
• wolfstarmpregfest: Claiming ends on November 20.
• wolfandprincefest (Remus/Severus): Claiming ends on November 27.
• Baby Shower Bingo Round 2: 2025: Sign-up ends on December 12.
• theorderfest The Order Fest: Claiming ends on December 23.
• rosekillerbigbang (Evan Rosier/Barty Crouch Jr.): Artist sign-up ends on January 11. *NEW*

Submission Deadline

• rsbigbang R/S Big Bang 2025: Art due on October 12.
• jegbigbang (James/Regulus): Art due on October 15.
• hd-tarot: Works due on October 17.
• wormtailfest: Works due on October 26.
• Of Gods and Monsters: A Slavic Mythology Feast (rare ships): Works due on October 28.
• prongsfootfest (James/Sirius): Works due on October 28.
• Tomarrymort Vampire Fest: Works due on October 31.
• The Wizarding Society's 2025 Flower Language Fest (Discord only): Works due on November 2.
• hd-erised (exchange): Works due on November 3.
• hdowlpost: Works due on November 16.
• disneypotterfest Harry Potter x Disney Fest: Works due on December 1.
• hp-soulmates-secret-santa: Works due on December 7.
• tmrhpgiftexchange (Top!Tom/Bottom!Harry): Works due on December 14.
• tomarrymortbigbang: Works due on December 31.
• maraudersbowiefest: Works due on January 1.

Currently Posting

• hd-hurtcomfort-fest H/D Hurt/Comfort Fest 2025: AO3
• hpwlwrsb Harry Potter WLW Reverse Bang: AO3 *NEW*
• snarryauctoberfest Snarry AUctoberfest 2025: AO3 *NEW*
• rhrkinktober Romione Kinktober 2025: AO3 *NEW*
• hp_podfic_mini_fest | hp-podfic-mini-fest HP Podfic Mini Fest 2025: AO3 *NEW*
• hp-kinktober-2025 HP Kinktober 2025: AO3 *NEW*
• Ginny x Neville Fest: AO3 *NEW*
• Dreomione Unhinged Mini Fest: AO3 *NEW*
• HP Spooky Saffics 2025: AO3 *NEW*
• hd_fan_fair | hd-fan-fair H/D Career Fair 2025: AO3 *NEW*
• distressthedarklordfest Distress the Dark Lord Fest: AO3 *NEW*

Latest Masterlists & Reveals (September 22 - October 7)

• hd-collab H/D Collab Fest: AO3 | Reveals
• moonwaterbigbang Moonwater Big Bang 2025 (Remus/Regulus): AO3
• hpdrizzle HP Drizzle 2025: AO3 | Masterlist
• dhrmonth Dramione Month 2025: AO3
• unleashed-fest Unleashed Fest (Drarry; animals): AO3 | Anon Masterlist
• wherestheficop Fremione Forever's 'Where's the Fic?' Fest 2025 (Fred/Hermione): AO3
• smsfest Social Media September (Tomarrymort): AO3

For past masterlists, see the HP Fest Masterlists for 2024 & 2025. For a list of HP fests by category, see here.

Daily, Biweekly & Monthly Prompt Communities (as of October 7)

• hp_bunintheoven: Posted October Prompt. *NEW*
• hp_nextgen100: Posted Prompt 336. *NEW*
• dracoharry100: Posted Prompt 867. *NEW*
• harry100: Posted Prompt 528. *NEW*
• draco100: Posted Prompt 196. *NEW*
• neville100: Posted Prompt 575. *NEW*
• dove_drabbles: Posted October Prompt. (Multi-fandom) *NEW*
• emotion100: Posted October Prompt. (Multi-fandom) *NEW*
• ficlet_zone: Posted Challenge 90. (Multi-fandom)
• jilymicrofics (James/Lily): September Prompts.
• marauders-rarepair-fics: Posted June Prompts.
• maraudersgirlsprompts: Posted May Prompts.
• moonwater-microfic (Remus/Regulus): Posted June Prompts.
• pandalilymicrofics (Pandora/Lily): Posted September Prompts.
• rosekillermicrofic: Posted October Prompts. *NEW*
• tomarrymortmicrofics: Posted New Prompt.
• wolfstarmicrofic: Posted October Prompts. *NEW*

For more prompt challenge communities and alternate links, please see HP only and multi-fandom. Many of these communities, including the ones that no longer post new prompts, let you use older prompts.

Challenges Open Indefinitely

• Hedonism Unrestrained: HP Hedonism Fest sub-collection. No deadline.
• hpkinkmeme HP Kinkmeme: Discord-based.
• hptragedieschallenge: Tragedy adaptations and original tragedy (Prompts).

Posting Soon

TBA

Coming Soon

• old-dogs-fest Old Dogs Fest (older Remus/Sirius): Prompting opens on October 10.
• dronarryfest Dronarry Fest 2026: Prompting opens on October 11.
• marauderspookfest Marauders Spook Fest: Begins on October 27.
• drarryplus Drarry+ Fest (Drarry-centric poly ships): Prompting opens on November 1.
• jegreversebang Jegulus Reverse Bang: Writer sign-up opens on November 1.
• moonchaserfest Moonchaser Fest (James/Remus): Prompting opens on November 10.
• marauders-selfcest-fest Marauders Self-Cest Fest: Begins on November 10.
• blackcestfest Blackcest Fest 2026: Prompting opens on November 24.
• ronarryfest Ronarry Fest 2026 (Ron/Harry): Prompting opens on December 1.
• marauders-sci-fi-month Marauders Sci-Fi Month: Begins on January 1.
• pottercestfest Potter Cest Fest 2026: Prompting opens on February 10.
• rjlfest Remus J. Lupin Fest: TBA

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Let me know if there are any mistakes. If you want to know which fests are happening on a specific date, see HP Fest Schedule (organised by dates). If you want to know the timeline of a particular fest, see HP Fest Spreadsheet (organised by characters & ships).

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You are always welcome to promote any HP fests and communities on potterfests or potterfests. See here for posting rules. Multi-fandom prompt challenges and communities are also welcome.

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 or thebigbangblogproject (multi-fandom) on Tumblr. There's also Harry Potter Fandom Fest News on Bluesky.

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