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Fest Name: H/D Owlpost 2025
Links: Livejournal | Dreamwidth | Tumblr | AO3 | Rules | Sign-up Post
Type of Challenge: Anonymous gift exchange
Description: A Harry/Draco gift exchange. Sign-up is open till August 31.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions: None. Accepted gifts include fics, ficlets, craft gifts, drabbles, art works, gif sets, story banners, manips, vids, podfics, podfic cover art, beta readings, squeeful and/or in-depth comments, meta, icons, poems, recipes, playlists, playmobile tableaux, cookies or other baked goods, etc.
Timeline:
Choose Your Owl + Post Your Wish List = Sign-ups: August 15 - August 31
Gift Assignments sent out: by September 13
Assignment Reminders sent out: October 12
Submission Date of Gifts to the Owlery: November 16
Owlpost Gift Delivery | Fest Posting: December 1 until 31; or until we run out of gifts
Call for Pinch-hitters: December 1
Late gifts are accepted until: December 22 (all gifts which arrive at the Owlery after this date will be gifted to the pinch-hitters)
Reveal of Gift Makers: January 9, 2026

Fest Name: HP Kintsugi Fest
Links: Tumblr | Discord | AO3 | Rules Part 1 | Rules Part 2 | Prompting
Type of Challenge: Anonymous prompt fest
Description: A HP fest celebrating scars and the concept of scarring. Prompting is open till October 15.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions:
Fic and Meta: 500 words
Poetry: 100 words OR 2 poems, whichever is shorter
Traditional or digital art: 600x600 px (scans in reasonable quality), and a basic (50 words) description for accessibility
Spoken audio work (e.g. podfic, audio play): 5 minutes, and a written summary (transcript nice-to-have; podficcers may be allowed to pod an excerpt of their template if the final product is at least 5 minutes long)
Original music: 1.5 minutes, and a basic description (for instance lyrics, chords, sheet music) for accessibility
Song parody: 1 song, (link to) reference work, and new lyrics (audio optional)
Playlist: 5 elements
Moodboard: 5 elements
Fanvid (including original dance): 1 minute, and a basic description for accessibility
Fanbinding: one complete typeset
Other forms: please contact the mod(s)
Timeline:
Prompting: August 15 - October 15
Claiming: October 31 - January 15
Work (anonymous) reveals: January 31
Creator reveals: February 7

Fest Name: Harry Potter x Disney Fest
Links: Tumblr | Rules | Claiming
Type of Challenge: Prompt fest
Description: A HP fic fest inspired by Disney movies. Claiming is open till August 18. Each prompt can be claimed multiple times. Self-prompt is allowed.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions: Minimum 1000 words; no maximum
Timeline:
Prompting opens: August 1st
Prompting closes: August 10th
Claiming starts: August 13th
Claiming closes: August 18th
Posting begins: December 1st

News and Announcement

• hp-podfic-mini-fest: Announced HP Podfic Mini Fest 2025 (Dreamwidth).
• tomarrymortbigbang: Announced Tomarrymort Big Bang 2025.
• disneypotterfest: Announced Harry Potter x Disney Fest.
• izharmilgram: Announced Tomarrymort Vampire Fest.
• fleurmioneweek: Announced Fleur/Hermione Fleurmione Week 2025.
• wherestheficop: Announced Fred/Hermione Fremione Forever's Where's the Fic? Fest.
• hp-kinktober-2025: Announced HP Kinktober 2025.
• hpwlwrsb: Looking for HP WLW Reverse Bang pinch hitter.
• wizardingsocietyfests: Announced Wizarding Society's Flower Language Fest.
• hdowlpost: Announced H/D Owlpost Exchange 2025 (Dreamwidth, LJ).

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Fest Name: Fremione Forever - 'Where's the Fic?' Fest 2025
Links: Tumblr | AO3 & Rules | Claiming
Type of Challenge: Prompt fest
Description: A Fred/Hermione fic fest hosted by Fremione Forever Discord Server. Claiming is open on AO3 till September 18. Each prompt can be claimed multiple times.
Ratings Restrictions: Can be rated up to Mature (inclusive)
Length Restrictions: Minimum 500 words; no maximum
Timeline:
Claiming: August 1 - September 18
Submission Deadline: September 18
Posting Starts: September 19

Fest Name: Fleurmione Week 2025
Links: Tumblr | Prompts and Dates
Type of Challenge: Prompt challenge
Description: A week-long prompt challenge featuring the pairing Fleur/Hermione. The fest will run from September 15 to 20.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions: None; any medium is welcome
Timeline: September 15 - 21