Potterfests

Fest Name: Romione Summer Bangers Fest
Links: Tumblr | AO3 | Rules
Type of Challenge: Prompt fest
Description: A summer and song-inspired Ron/Hermione fest. Open to all kinds of fan creations, including but not limited to fic, art, moodboards, fan videos and podfics. Claiming is open.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions: Minimum 100 words
Timeline:
Claiming opens: April 20
Voting for additional prompts begins: April 27
Voting for additional prompts ends: May 3
Readers' top prompts available for claiming: May 4
Last day to request extension: June 29
Works due: July 6
Reveals: July 13 - July 19

Fest Name: Liquid Luck Never Have I Ever Challenge 2024
Origin: Liquid Luck Drabble & Art Challenge
Links: Tumblr | AO3 | Rules | Challenges & Prompts
Type of Challenge: Prompt challenge
Description: The goal is to challenge yourself to do something you have never done before, such as writing for a character, a pairing or a trope you've never written before. Open to all HP and connected canon characters and pairings. The challenge will run from July 1 to July 31.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions: None. Welcomes both fics and all forms of art (moodboard, drawing, fan video, etc.).
Timeline:
Challenges & Prompts Released: June 13
AO3 Collection opens: July 1
AO3 Collection closes: July 31

Fest Name: Regulus Black Fest 2024
Links: Tumblr | AO3 | Schedule | Rules | Claiming Post
Type of Challenge: Anonymous prompt fest
Description: A fic and art fest dedicated to Regulus Black. Claiming is open till April 27.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions:
Fic: Minimum 500 words. No maximum
Art: Can be any form or medium
Gifsets: Minimum 8 gifts that tie together to tell some kind of story
Moodboards: Minimum 5 images and follow a theme or narrative
Fanvids: Minimum 30 seconds and tell some kind of story
Timeline:
Prompting: February 3rd - 17th
Publishing of prompt list: February 23rd or earlier
Claiming: February 25th (time t.b.a)
Works due: April 28th
Posting starts: May 5th

Fest Name: Drarry Mini Bang
Links: Tumblr | Rules | Sign-up
Type of Challenge: Non-anonymous mini bang
Description: A Draco/Harry fest where writers and artists collaborate on interconnected fanwork. AI-generated content is not permitted. Sign-up is open till February 18. Writers are capped at 25 participants. No cap for artists.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed; dead dove content not allowed
Length Restrictions:
Fic: Minimum 10k
Art: Minimum 1 piece. Accepts digital and traditional illustrations, moodboards (minimum 6 elements), plastic arts (including embroidery and origami), playlists (minimum 10 songs), fic binding and podfic.
Timeline:
Sign ups open for writers and artists: January 20
Sign ups close: February 18
Deadline for fic concepts and details to be submitted by writers: February 18
Fic concepts sent to artists: February 24
Artists claim: February 27
Teams announced: March 2 - March 6
First check-in: April 6
Second check-in: May 11
Last check-in: June 8
Submissions due: July 2
Posting begins: August

Fest Name: Liquid Luck Roll the Dice Challenge Winter Edition
Links: Tumblr | AO3 | Rules | How to get a prompt
Type of Challenge: Prompt challenge
Description: A winter themed HP prompt challenge. To receive your randomly generated prompts, send the mod a message on Tumblr.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions: None. Accepts fics and all forms of art (moodboard, drawing, video, etc.)
Timeline:
First day to get a prompt: November 15
AO3 collection opens: December 1
Final day to get a new prompt: January 24
AO3 collection closes: January 31

Fest Name: Harry POCter Colours of Autumn
Links: Tumblr | AO3 | Fest Rules & Prompts
Type of Challenge: Prompt challenge
Description: A spooky and autumn prompt challenge run by Harry POCter Discord server. It's encouraged but not mandatory to include people of colour in your fics or art. The fest will run on Tumblr and AO3 from October 30 to November 5.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions:
Fic: Minimum 100 words. No maximum
Art or Moodboard: None
Timeline:
Fest runs from: October 30 - November 5

Fest Name: Harry Potter Kink Meme Round 2
Origin: Dreamwidth | Tumblr | AO3 (Non-Anon | Anon) | Overview
Links: Rules | Round 2 Info | Round 2 Prompting | Fill List
Type of Challenge: Prompt fest/Kink Meme
Description: See here for a definition of Kink Meme. Submit your HP kink prompts and fills in the event post on Dreamwidth. Each prompt can have multiple fills. Anon posting is allowed. You don't need a DW account to post prompts or fills. You can also post fills for previous round.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions: None. Accepts all types of fanworks: fics, art, podfics, moodboards, video, etc.
Timeline:
Prompting & Fills: October 16 - December 31

For Round 1: Prompts | Post Your Fills

Fest Name: HP Snooze Fest 2023
Links: Tumblr | AO3 | Rules | Prompts
Type of Challenge: Non-anonymous prompt challenge
Description: A HP self-posting fest themed around sleep. You can either claim a prompt from the list or choose the self-prompt option. Each prompt can be claimed multiple times. Self-posting is open from October 1 to December 31.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions: None. Any medium of any length is welcome. No AI-generated work allowed.
Timeline:
Prompts Release: September 1
Claiming Opens: September 1
Self-Posting: October 1 - December 31

The Round 1 post will now close on October 7. For more info, see mod post.

Fest Name: Harry Potter Kink Meme Round 1
Origin: potterkinkmeme (DW) | potterpromptmeme
Links: Rules | Round 1 Post | AO3 Non-Anon | AO3 Anon
Type of Challenge: Commentfic fest/Kink meme (see here for the definition)
Description: Submit your HP kink prompts and fills (or links to your work) as comments in the event post on Dreamwidth. Each prompt can have multiple fills. Anon posting is allowed. You do not need a DW account to post prompts or fills. Prompting for round 1 ends on October 7. Fills are open indefinitely.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions: None. Accepts all types of fanworks: fics, art, podfics, moodboards, video, etc.
Timeline:
Round 1: August 14 - October 7

Fest Name: HP Cottagecore Fest 2023
Links: Tumblr | AO3 | Overview & Links | Rules
Type of Challenge: Prompt challenge
Description: A HP prompt challenge themed around cottagecore. There are three types of prompts: colour, word and picture.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions: None. All medium types are welcome, including but not limited to fic, art, podfic, moodboards, crafts, book bindings, embroidery and more.
Timeline:
Week One: September 4th - September 10th
Week Two: September 11th - September 17th
Week Three: September 18th - September 24th
Week Four: September 25th - October 1st