don't you know by now {you can't turn back}

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: HP Kinktober 2025
Links: Tumblr | AO3 | Rules & Prompts
Type of Challenge: Prompt challenge
Description: A HP kink/smut centric prompt challenge. It will run from October 1 to October 31.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions: None; any medium is allowed
Timeline: October 1 - 31

Fest Name: Around the World in 80 Fics
Links: Tumblr | Discord | AO3 | Rules | Links
Type of Challenge: Prompt fest
Description: A HP fic fest featuring places in the magical world that have never been explored before in the books. Claiming is open till October 17. More than one person can claim the same country.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions: Minimum 500 words; no maximum
Timeline:
Prompting & country claiming opens: July 18
Prompting ends: August 1
Prompt claiming opens: August 4
Country & prompt claiming ends: October 17
Fic submissions due: October 30
Posting: November 1

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