Potterfests

Fest Name: Peter Pettigrew Fest 2024
Origin: Peter Pettigrew Project (Tumblr | Discord)
Links: Announcement | AO3 & Rules
Type of Challenge: Theme fest
Description: A Peter Pettigrew-centric fic fest. Optional prompts are available on the Peter Pettigrew Project Discord server. Sign-up is not required. AO3 collection is open for submissions from now till the end of October.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions: Minimum 1000 words; no maximum
Timeline: August 2 - October 31

Fest Name: Marauders Rarepair Microfics
Links: Tumblr | AO3 Collection Info | Rules | May Prompts
Type of Challenge: Monthly prompt challenge
Description: A monthly prompt challenge for Marauders era rare pairings. Any pairing involving at least one Marauders era character will be accepted as long as it's not one of the banned pairings listed below. You can also submit non-prompt challenge related fics to the appropriate AO3 collection. For more information, see AO3 Collection Info.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions: Ideally under 2000 words. Also accept art and other medium.
Timeline: No official deadline; first challenge begins on May 1.

According to the Community Rules, the following ships will not be accepted:
• Remus/Sirius (Wolfstar)
• James/Lily (Jily)
• James/Regulus (Jegulus)
• Dorcas Meadows/Marlene McKinnon (Dorlene)
• Mary McDonald/Lily (Marylily)
• Evan Rosier/Barty Crouch Jr. (Rosekiller)
• Pandora Lovegood/Lily (Pandalily)

Fest Name: Marauders Fest
Links: Tumblr | AO3 | Rules | FAQs | How to get a prompt
Type of Challenge: Prompt fest
Description: A fic and art fest featuring characters from the Marauders era. Send a message to the fest mod to receive a randomly generated prompt: a pairing, a colour and a trope. You can skip a prompt up to three times. Posting is done on AO3.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions: Minimum 500 words. No maximum. Art is also welcome.
Timeline:
Deadline for claiming prompts: October 1
Submission deadline on AO3: November 1

Peter Pettigrew Project is currently running a survey for their upcoming Peter Pettigrew Fest. If you are interested, please see the links below for more information.

Links: Tumblr | Discord | Fest Survey

Fest Name: Marauders Fest
Links: Tumblr | Rules | Timeline & Link | Google Classroom
Type of Challenge: Prompt fest
Description: A fic and art fest for Marauders era characters. Join Google Classroom to access the forms, including the prompting form. Google account sign-in required.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions:
Fic: Minimum 500 words
Art: None
Timeline:
Prompting: May 29 - July 1
Claiming: July 2? - August 1
Submissions due: September 1

May 18, 2023: Updated rules. The fest is now open to all Marauders-era characters.

Fest Name: Marauders Omegaverse Fest
Links: Tumblr | Fest Rules | FAQ | Submit a Prompt
Type of Challenge: Non-anonymous prompt fest
Description: A fest revolving around Marauders-era characters and Omegaverse (see the FAQ for a defintion of Omegaverse). Prompting is open till May 31. Any medium is welcome.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions:
Fic: Minimum 500 words. No maximum.
Art: None
Podfic: None?
Timeline:
Prompting: May 10 - May 31
Claiming: May 25 - August 15
Works due: August 20
Posting begins: September 1

December 3, 2022: Added 25 Days of Kinkmas, HMS Harmony Advent Fest, HP Yuletide Bliss, Firewhiskey Fic, Sapphic Stocking Stuffers.

This is a list of low-key December and winter holiday prompt challenges. The list includes both HP and multi-fandom challenges. I've also included challenges that aren't winter holiday related but happen to run in December. Have fun!

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Fest Name: Dark Marauders Fest 2022
Origin: Knockturn Alley Discord
Links: AO3 | Rules | Sign-up Form
Type of challenge: Anonymous theme fest
Description: A fest celebrating dark and grey works featuring the Marauders. The fic must feature at least one Marauder.
Ratings restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length restrictions: Minimum 1000 words. No maximum.
Timeline:
Sign-Ups & Writing: November 1 - December 1
Writing Continues: December 1 - January 10
Works Due: January 10th
Authors Revealed: January 17th

To participate in this fest, you must be a member of Knockturn Alley Discord server.

Fest Name: Marauders Full Moon Fest 2022
Links: Tumblr | Discord | Fest Info | Timeline
Type of challenge: Non-anonymous prompt fest
Description: A prompt fest featuring the Marauders and a full moon. Accepts fic and art.
Ratings restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length restrictions: Minimum 500 words. No maximum.
Timeline:
Prompting: August 15 - September 4
Claiming: September 5 - December 18
Works Due: January 1
Posting Starts: January 6

To claim or self-prompt: Claiming Post | Prompt List

Tumblr and AO3 only.

To fans of the Marauders, there are two fests running on Tumblr right now.

maraudersaupril2021 has announced a new fest: Marauders AUpril 2021, an anonymous fest celebrating "everything Marauders' Era and Alternate Universe". Anything that isn't considered canon compliant is allowed, including canon divergence.

Medium: Fics, ficlets, art, moodboards, playlists, songs, videos -- just about anything is okay. No minimum or maximum word count for fics.

Timelines:
Prompts Live - February 1st
Prompt Claiming Open - February 5 to February 15
Works Due - March 25 (ish, it’s chill)
Posting Starts - April 1st
Posting Ends, Masterlist Posted and Creators Revealed - May 1st

For the rules, please go here.

The prompt list is now available for viewing. Sign-up begins on February 5th 3pm EST. There is an option for self-prompt.

In other news, marauders-fest is now posting the entries for the Marauders Fest 20/21, which ran from September of 2020 to February of 2021 on Tumblr. If you are interested, please have a look.