Potterfests

Come join hphet's Mini Fest!
Prompting and posting open on both livejournal and dreamwidth
Fest Name: HP Het Mini Fest 2024
Links: Dreamwidth | Livejournal | Rules | Prompting Post (also on LJ)
Type of Challenge: Prompt fest
Description: A self-posting fic and art fest featuring heterosexual couples. Trans characters are allowed. Any kinds of fanworks are welcome. Prompting is open till April 16. Posting will be done on Dreamwidth and Livejournal.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions:
Fic: Between 500 - 1500 words
Art and craft: The equivalent of 500 - 1500 words
Podfic: Between 500 - 1500 words
Timeline:
Prompting: April 3 - April 16
Claiming: April 17
Posting: May 1, until finished

Fest Name: Harry/Draco Mpreg Fest 2024
Links: Tumblr | Livejournal | AO3 | Rules | Claiming Post (also on Tumblr)
Type of Challenge: Anonymous prompt fest
Description: A Harry/Draco fest focusing on mpreg. Claiming is open till April 7. Self-prompt is allowed.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions:
Fic: Minimum 2,000 words. No maximum
Art: Should demonstrate equivalent effort
Podfic: With original writer's permission. Should demonstrate equivalent effort
Timeline:
Prompting: January 29 - February 10
Claiming: February 12 - April 7
Sumbissions Due: April 21
Posting Begins: May 12
Reveals: June 16

art by stellamoon
Fest Name: Snarry-A-Thon 2024
Links: Dreamwidth | Livejournal | Rules | Claiming Post (also on LJ)
Type of Challenge: Anonymous prompt fest
Description: A Severus/Harry fest run by the snape_potter community on LJ and DW. AI works are not permitted. Claiming is open. Self-prompt is allowed. Posting will be done on DW, LJ and AO3.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions:
Fic: Minimum 1,000 words. No maximum
Art: None. Welcomes traditional art, digital art, crafts, baked goods, jewellery, etc.
Podfic: With original writer's permission
Timeline:
Prompting: January 9 - January 23
Sign-up/claiming begins: January 25
Works due: April 15
Posting begins: May 1

Fest Name: HP Bun In The Oven Pregnancy Fest 2024
Origin: Dreamwidth | Livejournal
Links: Rules & Claiming (also on LJ)
Type of Challenge: Anonymous prompt fest
Description: A HP fest focusing on pregnancy of some form (fempreg, mpreg, surrogacy, etc.). Claiming is open till March 1. Any of the unclaimed prompts from previous years are also available for claiming.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions:
Fic: Minimum 500 words
Art: Equivalent of minimum 500 words
Timeline:
Prompting: January 6 - January 18
Claiming opens: January 20
Due date: March 2

Fest Name: HP Bun In The Oven Pregnancy Fest 2024
Origin: Dreamwidth | Livejournal
Links: Rules & Prompting Post (also on LJ)
Type of Challenge: Anonymous prompt fest
Description: A HP fest focusing on pregnancy of some form (fempreg, mpreg, surrogacy, etc.). Prompting is open till January 18.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions: TBA
Timeline:
Prompting: January 6 - January 18
Claiming opens: January 20
Due date: March 2

Fest Name: dracoharry100 Christmas Challenge 2023
Origin: dracoharry100 | dracoharry100
Links: Dreamwidth | Livejournal | Rules & Prompts (also on LJ)
Type of Challenge: Prompt challenge
Description: A Draco/Harry fic and art daily prompt challenge for December. The prompts can be used in any order.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions: None
Timeline: December 1 - 31

Updated on Dec 6: Added Sapphic Stocking Stuffers.

Here are several multi-fandom December and winter holiday prompt challenges and events happening throughout December and beyond. All of them are happening on Dreamwidth.

For HP specific challenges, see this post.

Sapphic Stocking Stuffers
A multi-fandom femslash wishlist event. Post your wishlist (stocking) as a comment on the following post by December 20. Fills are open till December 31.
Wishlist and fills

Adventdrabbles 2023
An advent calendar style prompt challenge. Prompts will be posted daily on Dreamwidth starting on November 30, but you can post your works anywhere you like. The challenge will run from December 1 to 31.
Dreamwidth | Info & Prompting

New Year's Countdown 2023
A prompt challenge themed around December, winter and any December holiday. Original works are also welcome. Sign-up closes on November 30. Self-posting opens from December 1 to 31.
Dreamwidth | Livejournal | Rules & Sign-up (DW) (also on LJ) | AO3

Fandomtrees 2023
A gifting fest on Dreamwidth. Participants sign up with their wishlists, fandoms, prompts, do-not-wants, etc., and other people will leave gifts under the trees.
Sign-ups: November 16 - December 6
Gifting: November 18 - January 10
Reveals: January 11
Dreamwidth | Rules | Sign-up Post

Holiday Wishes 2023
Another gifting fest on Dreamwidth. For this one, the wishes don't have to be fannish. Wishlists are accepted through December 31.
Dreamwidth | 2023 Info | Rules

2023 Femslash Kink Meme
A multi-fandom femslash kink meme. Fills are open indefinitely.
Dreamwidth | Rules & Prompts

Firewhiskey Fic: Wintry Mix Edition
Have a drink. Write or draw something using the prompts provided. FWF Wintry Mix Edition will happen on December 9 at 5PM EST (or 10PM GMT). Prompts will be released a week before the event. The prompts tend to be more Harry Potter oriented, but the event welcomes all fandom.
Dreamwidth | Rules | Announcement



If you are interested in multi-fandom events and/or non-HP fests, you can find fest announcements on fandomcalendar and fandom_on_dw.

Also visit whenisitdue for a list of current fandom event deadlines, as well as fanwork_events_calendar for the fandom event calendar.

For podfic specific events, see podfic_calendar.

To find multi-fandom fests and challenges on Tumblr, see thebigbangblogproject on Tumblr. In spite of the name, this Tumblr blog promotes any and all fandom challenges.

25 Days of Draco and Harry winter holiday prompt challenge has reopened early bird sign-up for anyone who had missed the previous deadline. By signing up, you will receive early access to all 25 prompts. Early bird sign-up is open till November 22.

To sign up for early bird access, see the post on LJ or Tumblr.

Links: Livejournal | Dreamwidth | Tumblr | AO3 | Rules (also on Tumblr)

Timeline:
Early Bird Sign-up Deadline: November 22
Challenge runs from: December 1 - December 25

snapecase: Celebrating Severus Snape throughout his ages!
Fest Name: The Snape Showcase 2024
Origin: snapecase on Livejournal
Links: Announcement | Rules | Sign-up
Type of Challenge: Anonymous theme fest
Description: A fic and art fest on Livejournal celebrating Severus Snape through the ages. The idea is to write a fic or draw an art focusing on Severus at the age range of your choice. There are 5 age ranges to choose from. Sign-up will close when all spots for all age ranges are filled.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions:
Fic: Between 1,000 - 10,000 words including the header
Art: Around 800 by 600 pixels and submitted as a GIF, JPEG or PNG file
Timeline:
Sign-up Begins on: October 1
Sign-up Period: October - complete category assignment
Category Assignment: First come, first served
Production Period: October - November
Deadline Day: November 30
Posting Period: January 9 - February 7
The Reveal: February 8

Fest Name: HP Halloween 2023
Origin: hp_halloween | hp_halloween
Links: Rules | AO3 | AO3 Sign-up Form (require login) | Requests
Type of Challenge: Anonymous exchange
Description: A HP Hallowe'en double drabble exchange. Both sign-up and posting are done on AO3. You can post treats even if you haven't signed up for the exchange. Sign-up is open till October 8.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions: 200 words exactly
Timeline:
Sign-up: October 1 - October 8 at 12AM UTC (8PM EDT)
Assignments Due: October 25 at 12AM UTC (8PM EDT)
Works Revealed: October 31 at 12AM UTC

To sign up, log in to your AO3 account. Then go to the AO3 Collection Sign-up Form.

You can see everyone's requests here.