[Guidelines] + [MCD?] + [Timeline] + [Discord server link]
Before you click the Discord link, please be advised that the fest is 18+. Thanks!
Send us an ask if you have any questions about the guidelines.
Reminder that prompting opens June 1 (in 6 days)!! This year, there is a maximum of 10 prompts per prompter.
Links will be updated in this post as well once forms (etc) go live.
Mobile-friendly guidelines & info under the cut.
Kill you see, darlings 💜💀💚
-your mods, @bluesundaycake & @siriusly-sapphic
Guidelines
General Fest guidelines
Fest participants and enthusiasts are welcome to join us on Discord here.
Due to the nature of the theme and for the mods’ sanity, this fest will be 18+ only.
The AO3 collection can be found here
The prompt list can be found here [link to be added]
Your fest mods are BlueSundayCake and SiriuslySapphic. Banner credits go to BlueSundayCake.
Prompting guidelines
Submit your prompts via the Google form [link to be added]. You may submit up to 10 prompts.
You can submit prompts without intending to participate in the fest afterwards.
MCD must not feature among the DNW/squicks. This goes against the spirit of the fest.
As this is a HP fest, all prompts should be for this fandom.
All eras, all characters are welcome.
Claiming guidelines
Claiming will be done via Google form [link to be added].
You can view the available prompts here [link to be added]. Please give 24-48 hours for an email confirmation.
You may only claim one prompt at a time. If you submit your work before the deadline, you may claim a second prompt.
If you do not plan to complete your claim, please contact the fest mods so we can free your prompt for someone else.
This is an anonymous fest, please do not share your claim with others.
Submission guidelines
Submit your work in the AO3 collection
No minimum word count. Drabbles, short fics, multi-chapter fics — all are welcome.
All works must be complete upon submission.
You must add the fest mod account so we can change the publishing date when your work is revealed. No other changes will be brought to your work, but if significant tags are missing, the fest mods will contact you to double-check.
You may gift your work to the prompter, but as a courtesy if you intend to do so you will need to respect their DNW/squicks.
The death must be permanent (so not like a Voldemort-death from 1981).
All works must select the Major Character Death archive warning.
Betas are encouraged but not mandatory. If you are not having your work beta-read, please be sure to do a spelling, punctuation, and grammar check before submitting. If you are having your work beta-read, please credit your beta in the author notes.
Art submission guidelines
Submit your work in the AO3 collection
Due to the ambiguous nature of sharing art pieces, we will only be sharing any works featuring excessive violence on tumblr and AO3, not on Discord.
Any fanwork not featuring gore, violent death, etc will be shared on our Discord server.
This is in an attempt to comply with the ambiguity of Discord Community guidelines.
Podfic submission guidelines
Submit your work in the AO3 collection
Link your work to the original fanwork on AO3.
Please be sure you have the author’s authorisation to use their work as podfic material.
Posting guidelines
Posting begins on September 01, 2023. Depending how many works are submitted, a number of them will be posted daily anonymously.
Works will be shared on tumblr, twitter, and on the fest Discord server.
Author reveals will happen a few days after the last works are posted, in the form of a master list on tumblr.
MCD?
What is Major Character Death (MCD)?
This tag is used as content warning on AO3. It implies the death of an important character in your story.
For the purpose of this fest, we are looking for fanworks that involve the death of a major character in your story. It doesn’t have to be canon!
There are no other restrictions on the content of the submitted fanworks. Dead Dove, dark, and grey themes are welcome. Please tag accordingly.
What is a major character?
A major character is a character that is central to your fanwork. They do not need to be a main character from the source material. Typically, major characters are those closest to the main character, or the main character themself. A character that does not appear or is not mentioned at all, for example, does not count as a major character.
Timeline
Prompting: June 1 2023 to June 24 2023
Claiming: July 1 2023 to August 25 2023
Submissions due: August 30 2023
Posting begins: September 1 2023
Author reveals: TBD