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We invite you to join us here at the Marauder’s Pen for our newest dive into drabbles!

A part of the writing journey is exploring characters and narratives that you maybe have never considered before. Every Sunday and Wednesday a new character will be spotlighted, allowing writers 3 days to share a drabble.

How This Works

1. Review the characters and decide who you want to include in your drabble

2. Spin at least 1 of the wheels below to help inspire your drabble

3. Word Counts Requirements: 50-500 words

4. Writers have 3 days to write before the next character is active

September Wheels 🍂

Writers may spin the wheel as often as they like, the important thing to remember is to use the wheels to inspire your work. This month we have 3 wheels for you to play with.

* Extra Characters

* Quotes

* Tropes

Spin the wheels here!

Be sure to tag us in your drabbles so that we can share them!

Welcome Adventurer!

Join us for another riveting campaign that follows the journey of Virginia Willow, a gardening genius who has perfected the craft and art of Herbology.

Conscripted by Albus Dumbledore himself to come up with a very specific solution, Virginia must do more than care; she must create.

Check out our rules doc and learn how to sign up here!

That’s a wrap on our first ever Mischief & Mixtapes Fest! Thank you so much to all of our participating authors, and all of you who have read along!

If you haven’t yet, we encourage you to check out the collection to read through the massive amount of talent that graced our fest this year.

Mischief & Mixtapes is a fest focused on prominent characters from the Marauders Era. Moony, Padfoot, Wormtail and Prongs invite you to read along with us as we shine a spotlight on these amazing fics! 

First up! We’d like to thank Eclipsian_Maiden for their work on:

✨Carry on my wayward sons✨

Main Pairing/Characters: Marauders friend group

Top Three AO3 Tags: Major Character Death, Marauder's Era, Song Lyrics

Fest Prompt: Carry On Wayward Son by Kansas

Rating: G

Read it here!

Hey Marauders! Exactly one more week!

The end is just in sight, but won’t you be a doll and DO be a tease. We are SAT with anticipation. Share your favorite line from your fest piece! 

We are quickly approaching the launch of our ✨ fest! ✨ To get you all extra hyped, we would like to formally invite you to The Marauders Pen Discord server. 🔗 Link to invite here! 🔗

Being a member isn’t required to participate in the fest, but you never know what perks our community will get for being there…👀 The team plans to do some fun things to help you connect with your fellow writers and keep you motivated as you work on your fics. It’ll be a great time and you should come party with us!

🚨 As a note, this is a WRITER’S SPACE primarily. There are plenty of readers only spaces and we encourage you to follow us so you can read the collection when it’s posted in a few months. But the discord server is designed for those creating the gorgeous words. 

Mischief & Mixtapes Fest is live and prompts are open for claiming!  We have 29 song prompts from 26 artists; each are able to be claimed twice, and the option for Creator’s Choice. Before claiming, please review the fest rules that can be found here! Feel free to reach out with any questions, comments, or concerns. 

The best way to contact us is to join our Discord (wink wink nudge nudge). Over there, we’ll be chatting with all our writers and helping you stay inspired and motivated to finish your piece. You can find that invite link at the end of the rules doc.

Calling all witches and wizards!! The Marauder's Pen has an exciting new fest coming next month!

If I were you, I'd give us a follow because we may be sharing some early access to the prompts for those in the know. 👀

🖤What Remains of the Ashwinders by @abraxas52

🖤Pairing: Tom Riddle/Original Female Character

🖤Prompt: Strong Enough by Sheryl Crow

🖤Link:

🖤Summary: Young Tom Riddle is ambitious and cunning, dedicated to his search for dark and powerful artefacts. That is until he meets Lady Rookwood and learns the truth of her late husband's part in the uprising of 1891.

💚 “Diabolical Protection” by @abraxas52

💚Ship: Hermione/Draco

💚Prompt: Witch Hunt/Trials

💚Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/50202619

💚Summary: “It’s a girl,” Andromeda hums, her lips curled upward, nefarious intent in her eyes.

“A girl?” Bellatrix hisses, her brows furrowing in disappointment.

Narcissa circles the cauldron with arms outstretched. “She is a Novitiate. How—delicious. We’ve never been given a girl before.”

👻 Spooky Flash Fest Spotlights 👻

The Collection is now LIVE on AO3! Writers and artists, you are now free to cross-post and promote your works as you wish. Beginning tomorrow, we will feature an entry from Spooky Fest each day on our social media platforms. During this time, the admin team will be reading along and will leave our kudos and comments and invite everyone to join us in hyping up each creator with love and support!

💚Disclaimer: Please remember that this is a dark fest. Readers, do not feel pressured to read a story that you are uncomfortable with. Please heed warnings and tags and remember the nature of this dark fest means not everyone will be able to read every fic, (including the admin team). Take care of yourselves, first and foremost 💚

Fest Reminders: 

💜Writers, make sure you edit your fics on AO3 to reflect that they were posted *today* October 3rd instead of your original upload date so that they aren’t buried with the other stories posted days/weeks ago.

💜With the surge of negative commenters happening more recently, please remember that there are steps you can take to help mitigate these on AO3. Moderating comments, or limiting comments to only registered guests, for example.