Potterfests

Fest Name: 25 Days of Draco and Harry
Origin: Livejournal | Dreamwidth | Tumblr
Links: AO3 | Rules (Tumblr) | Early Bird Sign-up (Tumblr)
Type of Challenge: Prompt challenge
Description: A Draco/Harry winter holiday prompt challenge. If you prefer to receive all the prompts ahead of time, sign up for early bird access. Early bird sign-up is open till October 20 at 9pm CST.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions: Minimum 100 words. No maximum
Timeline:
Early Bird Sign-up: October 15 - October 20 at 9pm CST
Early Bird Prompt Access: October 22
Challenge runs from: December 1 - December 25

Fest Name: HP Fair or Rare?
Origin: hpfairorrare | AO3 | Facebook
Link: Rules
Type of challenge: A spin-the-wheel smut fest
Description: An HP smut fic fest where you spin the wheels to see which pairings you would write for.
Ratings restrictions: Mature or Explicit
Length restrictions: 2k - 15k words (2,000 to 15,000 words)
Timeline:
Spinning and Sign-up: September 16 - 25
Claiming on AO3: September 26 - September 30 (you must sign up first in order to claim)
Submission: November 10

To sign up, please see Rules Doc for more detail.

Tumblr and AO3.

Fest Name: 2021 HarryRon Fest
Origin: 2021harryronfest
Link: Rules | FAQ
Type of challenge: Non-anonymous prompt-based fest
Description: A prompt fest celebrating the pairing Harry/Ron.
Medium: Fic, Art
Ratings restrictions: All ratings allowed (no underage sexual content)
Length restrictions: Minimum 500 words for fic. No maximum.
Timeline:
Prompt Posting: August 1 - August 14
Masterlist of Prompts: August 15
Submissions due: October 25
Posting of Submissions starts: November 1

2021 HarryRon Fest is a prompt-based fest dedicated to the pairing Harry/Ron. The fest also welcomes entries depicting their friendship as long as the focus is on their friendship and not any other pairings.

Prompts are posted daily from August 1 to August 14. A masterlist of prompts will be posted on August 15.

There is no claiming. All the prompts are open to everyone. If none of the prompts are for you, there is an option for open prompt (i.e., self-prompt) on August 15.

You can check out the prompts that have been posted so far: Prompt Post Tag

You can begin submitting your works using one of three methods:
1. Submit to the Tumblr Submission Box
2. Self-post to the AO3 Collection (moderated)
3. By email: harryronfest@gmail.com

For artists, you can post your art to your art account and send the link to the fest mod.

Submissions are due on October 25. Posting begins on November 1.

heartsandcauldrons has opened the AO3 Collection for self-posting to SSHG SummerFest 2021, a summer prompt challenge that focuses on the pairing Severus/Hermione. Anyone is welcome to participate.

The challenge accepts both fic and art. There is no length requirement. All entries must include at least one of the prompts on the list.

For the rules and the list of prompts, please see: AO3 Collection Profile

To submit your work to the fest, please post your work to: SSHGSummerFest2021 AO3 Collection

The AO3 Collection is open for self-posting from August 1 to August 31.

Fest Name: Dramione RomCom Fest The Sequel
Origin: dramioneromcomfest
Link: Rules
Type of challenge: Anonymous prompt-based fest
Description: A fest dedicated to Draco/Hermione and romantic comedy tropes.
Medium: Fic, Art
Ratings restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length restrictions:
Fic: 1500 words minimum. No maximum.
Art: At least one piece of original artwork. It can be hand-drawn, digital art or photo manipulation.
Timeline:
Claiming: July 1 noon CDT - July 25 midnight CDT
Works Due: September 30 midnight CDT
AO3 Collection go live: October 1 noon CDT

Note that if you have participated in last year's fest and posted a work, you have the option to expand on your original entry. Please see the Rules for more detail.

Participants will post their works to the AO3 Collection before the deadline: September 30 at midnight CDT.

Claiming is open from July 1 to July 25 midnight CDT.

To claim a prompt, please see here: Claiming Post

sunshine_challenge is a low-stress, multi-fandom prompt challenge on Dreamwidth.

Throughout the month of July, seven challenge prompts will be posted in the community. You can complete one challenge, all seven challenges or anything in between that you feel comfortable with. There is no official sign up or official deadline. You can jump in whenever you like.

Some of those challenges might ask you to create a fanwork or original work inspired by the prompt word. Other challenges might ask you to rec a story/book associated with the prompt word or ask you about your fannish activities. You can also ignore the challenge, take only the prompt word and create something out of it.

The first prompt will go live on July 1.

Useful Links
• Community Profile
• 2021 Masterlist
• Journal Housekeeping

Fest Name: For the Love of Fests June Mini-Fest: Through the Ages
Origin: For the Love of Fests
Links: Tumblr | AO3
Type of challenge: Spin-the-Wheel Prompt-based fest
Description: A multi-pairing mini fest. The theme for this month is time period prompts.
Medium: Fic, Art
Ratings restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length restrictions:
Fic: Minimum 500 words. No maximum.
Art: Minimum 1 unique piece for the fest. No maximum. It can be any type of graphic (moodboard, manip, digital art, hand-drawn).
Timeline:
Submit Work to AO3: June 1 - June 24
Collection Reveal: June 25

Through the Ages is a time period prompt-based, multi-pairing mini fest.

To determine which time period your HP fic/art will take place in: Spin the Wheel

Create your fanwork using the time period prompt you got from spinning the wheel and post your entry to: AO3 Collection

Submit your finished entries to the AO3 Collection between June 1 to June 24. When you post your entry, please include the time period prompt in the author's note.

The collection will be revealed on June 25.

gameofdrarry is hosting its first ever Exploding Snap game fest, a fast-paced, team-based Draco/Harry game inspired by Crazy Eights and Uno.

A Very General Overview

When you sign up for this event, you will be assigned to a team. Before the start of the game, each team player will be given 7 cards.

There are two types of cards:
1. Regular cards: read a fic of a specific trope and word count, write a rec and post it on Tumblr/journal
2. Exploding Snap cards: create a fanwork (fic, art, podfic) according to a certain parameter (i.e., trope, word count)

Once a team has played a card, the next team has 24 hours to pick a card out of their team members' hands, complete the task specified on the card, and play the card. Some of those tasks might require 2 or more team members to collaborate on something.

The goal of this game is to be the first team to play all the team members' cards before September 1. If none of the teams manages to get rid of all their team members' cards, whichever team with the fewest cards wins.

There are many specific rules pertaining to this game, so you might want to check out the player's handbook: Exploding Snap: Player's Handbook.

Communication

Players can talk to their team members in their team's Discord channel via the Game of Drarry Discord server. Playing a completed card is done via filling out a "Card Prompt Completion Form" hosted on Airtable.

Timeline
Sign-up: May 21 - June 27
Gameplay: June 20 - August 31
Winners Announced: September 3

Sign-up is open from May 21 to June 27. For a brief introduction on this event and a link to the sign-up form, please see here: Link to Info & FAQ.