Potterfests

Fest Name: Salt & Pepper Fest 2024
Links: Dreamwidth | Rules & FAQs | Entries Requirement | Claiming Post
Type of Challenge: Anonymous prompt fest
Description: A HP fic and art fest featuring characters over the age of 50, no matter if they are over 50 in canon or not. Self-prompt is allowed. You may also use unclaimed prompts from previous years.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions:
Fic: Minimum 1,000 words. No maximum
Art: Created by hand/digital. No photo manipulation
Timeline:
Submission of prompts: November 6 - 16
Sign-ups and claiming of prompts: Begins November 17
Creations are due: February 18, 2024
Posting starts: March 1, 2024

Fest Name: Salt & Pepper Fest 2023
Origin: hp_goldenage
Links: Rules & FAQs | Claiming Post
Description: An anonymous fic and art prompt fest featuring HP characters over the age of 50, canonically or otherwise. (A story about Harry and Draco at 80 is perfectly fine; so is a story about Minerva at 50.)
Length restrictions:
Fic: Minimum 1,000 words. No maximum.
Art: Must be created by hand/digital. No photo manipulation.
Timeline:
Submission of prompts: November 1 - 14
Sign-ups and claiming of prompts: Begins November 16
Creations are due: February 13, 2023
Posting starts: March 1, 2023

Fest Name: Salt & Pepper Fest 2023
Links: hp_goldenage | Rules & FAQs | Prompting Post
Description: An anonymous fic and art prompt fest featuring HP characters over the age of 50.
Timeline:
Submission of prompts: November 1 - 14
Sign-ups and claiming of prompts: Begins November 16
Creations are due: February 13, 2023
Posting starts: March 1, 2023

Timeline:
Submission of prompts: November 1 - 14
Sign-ups and claiming of prompts: Begins November 16
Creations are due: February 13, 2023
Posting starts: March 1, 2023

This is an anonymous fest dedicated to HP characters over the age of 50. See Rules & FAQs for more information.

Fest Name: Salt & Pepper Fest 2022
Origin: hp_goldenage (Dreamwidth)
Link: Rules & FAQs | Community Rules
Type of challenge: Anonymous prompt-based fest
Description: A fest dedicated to characters 50 years of age or older, in canon or otherwise.
Ratings restrictions: All ratings allowed
Medium restrictions:
Fic: Minimum 1000 words. No maximum.
Art: Must be created by hand or digital. No photo manipulation.
Timeline:
Submission of prompts: November 1 - 14 (midnight EST)
Sign-ups and claiming of prompts: Begins November 16
Creations are due: February 15, 2022
Posting starts: March 1, 2022

To sumbit a prompt: Prompting Post

hp_goldenage has posted the reveals and the masterlist for their Salt and Pepper Fest 2021. Here is the Masterlist on DW and the AO3 Collection. If you enjoy a piece of work, please do not hesitate to tell the creator about it.

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Fest Name: Salt and Pepper Fest 2021
Origin: hp_goldenage
Link: Rules and FAQs
Type of challenge: Anonymous prompt-based fest (self-prompt is allowed)
Description: A fest celebrating Harry Potter characters who are over the age of 50. "Whether they appeared 50+ in canon or not, as long as they meet the age requirements in your fanworks, they are welcome here!"
Medium: Fic, Artwork
Ratings restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length restrictions: Minimum word count for fics is 1,000 words. Artwork must be created by hand/digital rather than photo manipulation.
Timeline:
Submission of prompts: November 1 - 14
Sign-ups and claiming of prompts: Begins November 16
Creations are due: February 15, 2021
Posting starts: March 1, 2021

Claiming is still open until February 15. Self-prompting is allowed. You may also use unclaimed prompts from previous years.

For submission, email your creations to hpgoldenage @ gmail.com. Also, please include your AO3 user name and the appropriate header in your email.