#fest 2022

Title: After All, What Are Friends For? by: nuclearpolymer Character(s): Hermione Granger Summary: It's raining men at Hermione's house. Wizards are just showing up on her doorstep one rainy weekend, all making proposals of marriage. What IS going on? Title: Backsliding by: Chocolatepot |  @chocolatepot Character(s): Sirius Black. Harry Potter. Summary: Whenever the weather gets too gloomy, Sirius’ mood follows, since it reminds him so much of Azkaban. Harry tries to help. Title: Don't believe that god is dead by: BlueSundayCake |  @bluesundaycake Character(s): Barty Crouch Jr Summary: After his trial for torturing the Longbottoms, Barty Crouch Jr is shipped off to Azkaban. He can only count the passage of time by counting the storms. Title: Full Moon, Falling Snow by: Patriceavril |  @patriceavril Character(s): Sirius Black & Remus Lupin & Peter Pettigrew & James Potter Summary: The Marauders enjoy their first snowy full moon together. Title: The Great King Rat by: monkiainen |  @stormtrooper-in-converse Character(s): Barty Crouch Jr Summary: Barty Crouch Jr is determined to solve the origins of the mysterious fog. Title: Talk to the wind, talk to the sky by: MKAugust |  @mkaugust Character(s): Remus Lupin Summary: Remus had no idea if the storms or barometric pressure or whatever was really causing his migraine today, but he didn't care. Title: Bless The Rains by: nightfalltwen |  @nightfalltwen Pairing: Hermione Granger/Pansy Parkinson Summary: While working together for the Department of International Magical Cooperation, Hermione and Pansy are sent abroad to a conference in Africa. Title: Glory-of-the-snow by: Pineau_noir |  @pineau-noir Pairing: Luna Lovegood/Ginny Weasley Summary: The first snow is always the hardest. Ginny remembers Luna. Title: Nirmal by: crazybutgood |  @crazybutgood Pairing: Cho Chang/Padma Patil Summary: निर्मल [Nirmal] (Hindi) — pure: (1) clean; e.g. The pure water of tropical, torrential rains. (2) complete, total; e.g. The pure joy of running and splashing in the downpour with a loved one. Title: one more time again by: Melacka |  @melacka Pairing: Hermione Granger/Pansy Parkinson Summary: While grieving her mother, Hermione finds herself coming face to face with someone she never thought she'd see again. Title: Raindrops and You by: xxDustNight88 |  @xxdustnight88 Pairing: Luna Lovegood/Ginny Weasley Summary: Luna and Ginny let the rain wash away their past and lead them into a future unknown. Title: Bloom by: nanneramma | @nanneramma Pairing: Neville Longbottom/Blaise Zabini Summary: In the middle of Britain's worst drought on record, Blaise receives a request to install an irrigation system for the gardens and greenhouses at Hogwarts: a place that he hasn't set foot in over a decade, and which is now home to someone he never really expected to forgive him. Title: Can't You See That It's Just Rainin' by: MoonCat457 |  @mooncat457writing Pairing: Sirius Black/Remus Lupin Summary: Rainy days are perfect for post-full moon recovery, especially when your fiancé is a healer. Title: Falling on My Head Like a Memory by: DrWhoIsGinnyHolmes |  @drwhoisginnyholmes Pairing: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter Summary: Harry never minded the rain and storms, he used them as an escape from the Dursleys. It was the only time he has felt anything and he continued it when things got overwhelming at Hogwarts too. He had managed to keep it a secret until now, but he didn't mind that it was Draco that found him. Title: Floating (with the melancholy storm) by: prima_vera |  @primavera-writes Pairing: Albus Severus Potter/Scorpius Malfoy Summary: Albus Potter is set to film the third season of the show he was starring in for a few years. Unexpectedly, Scorpius Malfoy cannonballs into his life to play his love Interest—and Albus floats with the melancholy storm, unable to discern the show from reality. (Kinda slow burn, kinda an open ending, kinda a lot of tension but it’s okay. It’s fine.) Title: The July Tree by: oknowkiss |  @oknowkiss Pairing: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter Summary: Neither rain, nor snow, nor sleet, nor hail… nor well-meaning friends, nor questionable communication skills, nor seven years of hating each other’s guts can keep Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy from falling in love. OR: It’s Eighth Year, and Harry Potter has detention. What else is new? Well, since you asked: Greenhouse Four and the Tree of Life, for a start, and then there’s the new shared Eighth Year common room, and Harry’s sexuality, and these pesky dreams he keeps having about a blond man pushing him into things… Title: The Love You Find by: Basicallyahedgehog |  @basicallyahedgehog Pairing: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter Summary: They never talked about it, but Harry took to crawling into Draco’s bed during the night, until they just pushed their two beds together. Harry wondered if they should discuss it, but he didn’t know how he’d handle it if Draco wanted to stop. Or, the one where Harry gets injured, Draco drags him to Australia, and ten years of feelings come bubbling to the surface. Title: Mission Gone Slightly Awry by: Goddess47 |  @goddess47 Pairing: Severus Snape/Harry Potter Summary: Secondly, the weather had turned bitterly cold and wet. It was early Fall but there was the possibility of sleet in the weather forecast. Title: November Snow by: dracopetal |  @dracopetal Pairing: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter Summary: It was late November, and the sky was grey and full with the promise of the first snowfall of winter. Title: Out of the fog by: deliciousblizzardshark |  @deliciousblizzardshark Pairing: Harry Potter/Severus Snape Summary: As Severus desperately rushes to get Harry to St Mungos through the fog he considers their relationship. Title: Rain or Shine, You’ll Still Be Mine by: muniwrites |  @episkeylily Pairing: Scorpius Malfoy/Albus Potter Summary: Scorpius hates the idea of being second place in the heart of his best friend. He hates even more that his emotions are so evident through the weather. Title: Summer Changes by: TheFrancakes |  @the-francakes Pairing: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter Summary: Harry stumbles upon Draco Malfoy babysitting his godson, Teddy. He should probably stop dropping by every time Malfoy is there, but something about his former enemy still draws him close and makes his stomach flip. Now in an entirely different way. Title: Think Of Me Fondly by: sleepstxtic |  @sleepstxtic Pairing: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter Summary: He spends his nights wrapped around Ginny. But the mornings, the mornings are for Draco. Title: Throwing Rocks at Your Window by: beyondtheclose |  @beyondtheclose Pairing: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter Summary: 'Maybe it's worth the risk' was possibly the worst, most Gryffindor thought that Draco could have acted on. At least London's rainy weather fits his mood. Title: where my demons hide by: ayebydan |  @ayebydan Pairing: Regulus Black/James Potter Summary: When Sirius Black flees home he inadvertently condemns his brother. Together Sirius and James claw their way to the top of society and the front lines of the war to try and protect the younger Black. Sirius defies the world as a hit-wizard racking up kills for fun while James plays the role of young Pureblood Lord, dining with Lord Voldemort to gain information while providing a safe haven for spies. Three men whose entire identities have been moulded around a conflict that is now over. Where do they go from here? Title: The Winds of Change by: TheMightyFlynn |  @themightyflynn08 Pairing: Justin Finch-Fletchley/Ernie Macmillan Summary: All the big changes in Ernie's life seemingly had been prompted by a change in the wind. Title: A Longed For Feeling by: GaeilgeRua |  @gaeilgerua Pairing: Hermione Granger/Blaise Zabini Summary: Missed chances lead Hermione to take the lead herself. Well, sort of. Title: Add a Dash of Confidence by: cryptaknight |  @scary-murphy Pairing: Neville Longbottom/Pansy Parkinson Summary: Neville and Pansy are both dismayed when Professor McGonagall asks Pansy to help Neville get caught up in Potions. Title: Cozy Days Like These by: Patriceavril |  @patriceavril Pairing: James Potter/Lily Evans Summary: A snowstorm hits Godric's Hollow, but the Potters don't mind one bit. Title: Record Heat Wave, but the Greenhouse is Hotter by: vitruvian8008 Pairing: Neville Longbottom/Rose Weasley Summary: Rose Weasley didn't expect a record heatwave when she signed up to work in the Greenhouse at Hogwarts over the summer. She also didn't expect to shag Professor Longbottom. Title: spring rain in england by: grow_as_we_g |  @draoi-aerach Pairing: James Potter/Lily Evans Summary: There’s a small flood which makes James spiral a little. Fortunately, his wife is there to be the voice of reason. Title: The Apokalypsis of (Flobber-) Wurm by: ceilingfan19 |  @halcyonnon Pairing: Luna Lovegood/Theodore Nott/Harry Potter Summary: It’s raining flobberworms across Britain. Title: Lazy Summer Day by: maraudersaffair |  @maraudersaffair Pairing: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter/Severus Snape Summary: Harry, Draco, and Severus have sex on the beach.

What ratings are allowed? Anything from G to NC-17 is allowed. Are threesomes/moresomes allowed? Yes. As long as Sirius is the main attraction in the cuddle puddle you can have him canoodling with as many people as you think he can handle. Are all genres allowed? Yes. We’re interested in everything from the darkest of dark fics to the fluffiest of kid!fics and everything in between. I like more than one prompt, may I claim more than one? The more the merrier! However, we do require you to finish your first prompt before claiming a second. How many times may a prompt be claimed? There’s no limit. Each prompt can be claimed more than once. We will not mark the prompts claimed - they’ll be up for grabs as you go. Can I claim my own prompt? Absolutely! How many prompts can I submit? As many as you can come up with. Go wild! A large and varied selection of prompts is never a bad thing. Can I submit a prompt(s) even if I’m not going to write or draw for the fest? Yes please! As stated, we are looking to have a wide variety of prompts for our authors and artists to choose from. Can I claim a prompt even if I haven’t submitted one? By all means, there should be more than enough prompts to go around. May I submit a story which is part of an existing series or a WIP? No. There should be no WIPs. When you submit the story, it needs to be complete. (Whatever your version of complete is). After the fest is over, if you decide to write more chapters or a sequel, that’s up to you. Please wait until the fest is over. Are crossovers and fusions allowed? Yes, so long as Sirius is the main character and remains recognizable as himself anything goes. Are non-magical AUs allowed? Sure! You can have Sirius doing anything from working in the local coffee shop to running away to join the circus. As long as that barista or expert sword swallower remains recognizable as Sirius Black it’s all good. Are collaborations allowed? Yes! I finished my entry early. May I submit it early? After you have finished your fic/art, you can upload it on the ao3 collection yourself (the link will be provided to you when you sign up), and then email the mods the header (filled out). If you do not know how to upload on ao3, you can request a tutorial, or you can email us the story/art, and we’ll do it for you. If you do not have an ao3 account and want one, let us know. Once you have submitted the first entry, you can fill out the claim form again, with requesting the second entry. Will you grant extensions? Of course! We realize RL (that’s real life, not Remus Lupin, although he may occasionally get in the way too) gets in the way of the best of intentions, so if you find you need an extension, or even think you may need an extension, please e-mail us. I need to drop out. What do I do? As with extensions, we realize things come up and sometimes you just can’t get an entry done. That’s life. If you find yourself in this position, just e-mail us at [email protected] as soon as possible; no harm, no foul. However, participants who do not inform us in due time of their intention to drop out may not be allowed to participate in future fests. All fic/art will be posted on ao3, and the header for the entries will be on lj, dw, and tumblr.

We hope you enjoyed the fest!