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It is time! Here are the first round of prompts for our new monthly fest centred around Harry Potter Next Gen characters.

We can’t wait to read what you come up with!

Summary: Each month, we will reveal a theme and a set of five prompts. Using one or more of the prompts as inspiration, create a scene or drabble of up to 1000 words, centred around Harry Potter Next Gen characters, and post to our Ao3 collection.

The theme for June is: ✨✨ Fairy tale ✨✨

Prompts:

And that's why the moon chased the sun out of the sky

“You’re going to regret this.”

“Swear to me that this meant nothing to you.”

Her/his last words were a blessing and a curse. Literally.

“We’re not alone.”

Submitting:

When you’ve finished, please self-post to the 201906HPNGS collection on AO3.

The collection will remain open until the 25th June.

Rules:

Your drabble or scene must feature at least one next gen character in a main role.

You can interpret the theme and apply it to your chosen prompt(s) however you like. 

Any drabble or scene you submit should be between 100 and 1000 words

You can submit as many drabbles or scenes as you like, but please remember they should remain anonymous until after reveals on July 15th.

Please ensure all submissions are beta’d.

For the full list of rules (there aren’t actually that many!) see here.

Any questions, please contact us through our tumblr or via email: nextgenmpsmods (at) gmail (dot) com

What is Next Gen Scenes? We are an anonymous, monthly Harry Potter fest centred around Next Gen characters. Our aim here is to promote more fiction written with Next Gen as main characters because there’s simply not enough!

The idea behind our challenge:

We’ll post up to five monthly prompts. Authors can use one (or more) of the prompts as inspiration to write a scene or drabble, which they can then submit to our Ao3 collection — worry not, we will explain what exactly we’re calling ‘scene’ under submissions in our rules post!

All works submitted must be over 100 and under 1000 words and need to feature a Next Gen character as one of the main characters. You can find a list of Next Gen characters on this post, which the nice mod of Next Gen Fest allowed us to link here — thank you so much for being so kind! ♥

If you have any questions after reading our rules, contact us here or feel free to e-mail us at nextgenmpsmods (at) gmail (dot) com. We’d appreciate it!

✨ Hi everyone! ✨ We’re planning to release the first round of prompts on June 1st, so please take a minute to drop by our prompt form and leave us something to get people’s inspiration flowing.

Reminder:

Do not include a pairing or a set character. All prompts should be open to use with any Next Gen character.

Keep them brief, keep them open! We want to promote creativity and originality amongst all participants. Give us a word, a line, a song, a photograph, a what if, a trope non-centered on a single Next Gen character… options are endless! :)

Please keep in mind that the works produced will not be addressed to you.

I’ve read all that and I still want to prompt. Fantastic! Follow this link and gift us with your wisdom.

There is no limit, so prompt away!

Thanks again to all the wonderful authors who submitted a drabble or ficlet or scene for September. We loved reading every one and hope you’ll all participate again!

Theme:✨ Are Those... Vintage? ✨

Prompts:

Swear to me that this meant nothing to you.

Oh. Was this supposed to be romantic?

Pet Shop Boys - It’s A Sin

But it’s free!

For the hundredth time, I am not your babysitter.

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Submission:

Title: The Ones That Love Us Never Really Leave Us  Author: @ladderofyears   Prompt: 2. Oh. Was this supposed to be romantic? Character: Lily Luna Potter Rating: General Audiences Wordcount: 998 Relevant Notes: Memories, Sad with a Happy Ending Summary: Lily Luna Potter searches in the attic of Grimmauld Place for a very special family heirloom.

Thanks again to all the wonderful authors who submitted a drabble or ficlet or scene for August. We loved reading every one and hope you’ll all participate again!

Theme:✨🌞 Summer Holidays! 🌞 ✨

Prompts:

You got a tattoo?!

I doubt he/she even remembers kissing me.  

That's not my jumper.

“For the hundredth time, I am not your babysitter.”

“I can’t stop thinking about the future. About our future. Do we even have one, or should I just move on?”

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Submissions:

Title: When I Finish Laughing  Author: dragons_and_angels   Prompt: 1. You got a tattoo?! Characters: Rose Weasley, Hugo Weasley & Lily Luna Potter Rating: General Audiences Wordcount: 944 Relevant Notes: Gen, Magical Tattoos Summary: It was strange how having a secret tattoo could turn into half of your family knowing about it.

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Title: Arthur Weasley and the Summer Solstice Surprise  Author: @ladderofyears    Prompt: 1. You got a tattoo?! Relationship: Teddy Lupin/James Sirius Potter Rating: General Audiences Wordcount: 1k Relevant Notes: M/M, POV Arthur Weasley, Magical Tattoos, Domestic Fluff Summary: It's the annual Weasley Summer Solstice Party and the Weasley family are celebrating the engagement of James Sirius to Teddy Lupin. Little does Arthur Weasley realise that James has a surprise to share with the whole Weasley clan.

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💙Thanks once again to all the authors and to @thisbloodycat for the beautiful banner!💙