Potterfests

Fest Name: H/D Career Fair 2025
Links: Tumblr | Discord | AO3 & Rules | Prompting
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 year's fest. Prompting is open till July 4.
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

Happy summer solstice!

News and Announcement

• themarauderspen: Announced Marauders-centric Mischief & Mixtapes Fest.
• indigobluwrites: Announced HP rare ships Of Gods and Monsters: A Slavic Mythology Feast.
• smsfest: Announced Tomarrymort Social Media September: SMS Fest.
• wolfandprincefest: Announced Remus/Severus Wolf and Prince Fest 2025.
• hpwlwrsb: HP WLW Reverse Bang second round author claim open till July 1.

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Fest Name: Of Gods and Monsters: a Slavic Mythology Feast
Links: Announcement | AO3 & Rules | Prompts | Claiming Form | Submission Form
Type of Challenge: Prompt fest
Description: A Slavic mythology-inspired fic and art fest for HP rare pairings. The ship you pick must have fewer than 10,000 works on AO3. Claiming is open till July 20.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions:
Fic: Minimum 1000 words; no maximum
Art: None
Timeline:
Claiming: June 4 - July 20
Submissions Due: October 28
Work Reveals Begin: November 2
Social Media Features: November 2 - 10

Fest Name: Cannibalism Fest
Origin: Magical Menagerie Discord (Tumblr | Discord)
Links: AO3 & Rules | Overview | Claiming
Type of Challenge: Prompt fest
Description: A HP fic fest revolving around cannibalism. Run by Magical Menagerie Server. Claiming is open till August 30?
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions: None
Timeline:
Prompting: June 1 - June 14
Claiming: June 15 - August 30
Works Revealed: August 31
AO3 Collection closes: September 7

Fest Name: Prongsfoot Fest 2025
Links: Tumblr | AO3 | Rules | FAQ | Overview | Prompting
Type of Challenge: Anonymous prompt fest
Description: A James/Sirius prompt fest. Prompting is open till July 1.
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

Fest Name: Padfoot Fest 2025
Links: Tumblr | Guidelines | Prompting
Type of Challenge: Anonymous prompt fest
Description: A Sirius-centric prompt fest for fic and art. Prompting is open till June 22.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions:
Fic: Minimum 1000 words; no maximum
Art: None
Timeline:
Prompting: June 7 - June 22
Sign-up: June 23 - October 19
Submissions due: October 20
Posting: November 3
Reveals: A week after posting is completed

Fest Name: HP Het Mini Fest 2025
Links: Dreamwidth | Livejournal | Rules | Claiming on DW | Claiming on LJ
Type of Challenge: Self-posting prompt fest
Description: A HP fest focusing on heterosexual couples. Transgender characters are allowed. Open to fic, art, podfic, craft and other medium. Claiming is open till June 20?
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions:
Fic: Between 500 to 1500 words
Art: Equivalent of the above
Timeline:
Prompting: May 24 - June 6
Claiming: June 7
Posting: June 21, until finished

Fest Name: HP Saffics Summer Exchange 2025
Links: Tumblr | Discord | Announcement
Type of Challenge: Gift exchange
Description: For HP Saffics Discord members only. A HP femslash double drabble (200 words) exchange. Sign-up is open till June 10.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions: 200 words
Timeline:
Sign-ups: May 28-Jun 10
Drabbles due: Jul 20
Gift posting & Creator reveals: Jul 25
Treat posting: Jul 30

Fest Name: Marauders Omegaverse Fest 2025
Links: Tumblr | Rules | FAQs | Claiming
Type of Challenge: Non-anonymous fest
Description: A Marauders omegaverse fest. Claiming is open till August 15.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions:
Fic: Minimum 500 words; no maximum
Art: None
Timeline:
Prompting: May 24 - June 1
Claiming: May 28 - August 15
Works due: August 20
Posting begins: September 1