Potterfests

Fest Name: Ronarry Fest 2026
Links: Tumblr | Guidelines | Claiming
Type of Challenge: Anonymous prompt fest
Description: A Ron/Harry fest for fic, art and podfic. AI works are not allowed. Claiming is open till March 22.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions:
Fic: Minimum 1000 words
Art: None?
Podfic: With permission from original author
Timeline:
Prompting Opens: Monday, 1st December, 2025
Prompting Closes: Monday, 15th December, 2025
Claiming Opens: Thursday, 18th December, 2025
Claiming Closes: Sunday, 22nd March, 2026
Submissions Due: Tuesday, 31st March, 2026
Posting Begins: Monday, 6th April, 2026
Reveals: TBD

Fest Name: Ronarry Fest 2026
Links: Tumblr | Guidelines | Prompting
Type of Challenge: Anonymous prompt fest
Description: A Ron/Harry fest for fic, art and podfic. AI works are not allowed. Prompting is open till December 15.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions:
Fic: Minimum 1000 words
Art: None?
Podfic: With permission from original author
Timeline:
Prompting Opens: Monday, 1st December, 2025
Prompting Closes: Monday, 15th December, 2025
Claiming Opens: Thursday, 18th December, 2025
Claiming Closes: Sunday, 22nd March, 2026
Submissions Due: Tuesday, 31st March, 2026
Posting Begins: Monday, 6th April, 2026
Reveals: TBD

Fest Name: Blackcest Fest 2026
Links: Tumblr | Timeline | Rules | Character Eligibility | Prompting
Type of Challenge: Anonymous prompt fest
Description: A fest featuring works which depict a sexual or romantic relationship between two or more members of the Black family. See Eligibility Details for a list of eligible characters for this fest. AI use (including using AI to edit a work) is not allowed. Prompting is open till December 7.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions:
Fic: Minimum 1,000 words; no maximum
Art: Must demonstrate approximmately 2 hours worth of effort (no single sketches or doodles)
Podfic: Required permission from the original author
Timeline:
Prompting: November 24 - December 7
Claiming Opens: December 10
Claiming Closes: February 28, 2026
Submissions Due: March 8
Posting Begins: March 16
Author Reveals: TBA

Fest Name: Black Brothers Fest 2025-2026
Links: Tumblr | Discord | AO3 | Rules | Prompting
Type of Challenge: Anonymous prompt fest
Description: A fest exploring the relationship between the Black brothers, Sirius and Regulus. Prompting is open till December 15.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions:
Fic: Minimum 1,000 words; no maximum
Art: Minimum clean lineart or coloured sketch of one character (bust-up) on unlined paper (or digital equivalent)
Podfic: Minimum 10 minutes of podding a previously written work or minimum 500 words of written fic with an accompanying podfic of the same fic
Timeline:
Tagset Nominations & Prompting Open: November 15
Claiming Opens: November 30
Nominations and Prompting Close: December 15
Claiming Closes: December 31
Works Due: February 28, 11:59 PM EDT
Works Revealed: starting April 1
Creators Revealed: two weeks after all works go live.

Fest Name: Drarry+ Fest
Links: Tumblr | Discord | AO3 | Rules | Guidelines | FAQ | Prompting
Type of Challenge: Non-anonymous prompt fest
Description: A fic and art fest celebrating Draco/Harry in triads, quads and more. Submissions must include Draco/Harry and at least one other HP character as the main pairing. The use of generative AI is prohibited; that includes the editing process and beta-ing. Prompting is open till November 22.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions:
Fic: Minimum 500 words; no maximum
Art: None?
Podfic: Minimum 500 words; no maximum
Timeline:
Prompting opens: November 1 9AM PST
Prompting closes: November 22 9AM PST
Sign-ups open: November 22 5PM PST
Check-in #1: December 13
Sign-ups close: January 3, 2026 5PM PST
Check-in #2: January 10
Fic and Art due: January 31 11:59PM PST
Posting starts: February 14

Fest Name: Dronarry Fest 2026
Links: Tumblr | Rules | Prompting
Type of Challenge: Non-anonymous prompt fest
Description: A fic and art fest dedicated to Draco, Ron and Harry, either as a triad or as pairs. All works must feature all three characters in significant capacity. This fest will not accept works created by or with assistance of AI; that includes using AI for editing or proofreading. Prompting is open till November 1.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions:
Fic: Minimum 1k; no maximum
Art: None?
Podfic: Recorded story should be minimum 1k; no maximum
Timeline:
Prompting Opens: October 11th
Prompting Closes: November 1st
Claiming Starts: November 2nd
Claiming Closes: February 7th
Submissions Due: February 22nd
Posting will begin in March 2026, exact dates to be confirmed.

Fest Name: HP Rare Pair Fest V
Links: Tumblr | Discord | Rules | Ships not allowed | Claiming
Type of Challenge: Non-anonymous prompt fest
Description: A HP rare pair fest. Any ships that are not on the "not allowed ship" list are welcome. Any medium is welcome. Claiming is open till October 30.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions:
Fic: Minimum 500 words; no maximum
Art: None
Podfic: None?
Timeline:
Prompting: Aug 1 - 15
Claiming: Aug 20 - Oct 30
Works Due: Oct 31
Posting Begins: Nov 1

Fest Name: H/D Career Fair 2025
Links: Tumblr | Discord | AO3 & Rules | Claiming
Type of Challenge: Anonymous prompt fest
Description: A Harry/Draco fest focusing on wizarding occupations. Please see the rules for a list of careers not allowed for this fest. Claiming is now open.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions:
Fic: Minimum 1500 words; no maximum
Art: Can be in the form of a comic, an animated fanvid or other forms of traditionally or digitally drawn works. Should be more than a quick sketch and show time and effort invested in the piece
Podfic: Must fit the theme; any length is acceptable
Timeline:
Prompting: June 22 – July 4
Claiming: July 5
Submissions due: September 30
Posting starts: October
Big Reveal: November

Fest Name: Prongsfoot Fest 2025
Links: Tumblr | AO3 | Rules | FAQ | Overview | Claiming
Type of Challenge: Anonymous prompt fest
Description: A James/Sirius prompt fest. Claiming is open till October 5.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions:
Fic: Minimum 1000 words
Art: None
Drabble: 100 words
Podfic: None?
Timeline:
Prompting: June 16 - July 1
Claiming: July 3 - October 5
Submissions Due: October 28
Posting Begins: November 3
Reveals: TBD

Fest Name: Snarry AUctoberfest 2025
Links: Tumblr | AO3 | Rules | Prompting
Type of Challenge:
Description: A Severus/Harry fest featuring alternate universe. Prompting is open till June 30.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions:
Fic: Minimum 500 words; no maximum
Podfic: Minimum 500 words; no maximum
Art: None
Timeline:
Prompting: June 14th – June 30th
Claiming: July 5th – September 15th
Works due: September 15th
Posting: October 1st