Claiming for the 2025 Snarry AUctoberfest is now open.
This fest is a celebration of anything Snarry AU, be that omegaverse, Muggle AU, an AU based on an existing media (did someone call for an Ice Age Snarry??), or anything else your imagination can think of.
We have a collection of 200 new, fresh and juicy prompts, as collected from Snarry fans in June. We also accept use of prompts from previous years (which can be found here) in addition to having a Wild Card option (if you don't want to work from a prompt).
The current year’s prompts are listed on the claiming form page of our website. The bottom of the page will be updated as prompts get claimed so people can if they wish what's been claimed so far.
We encourage participants to focus on Snarry and Alternate Universe possibilities (ie. a radically different time period or location, non-magic, outer space etc., or those influenced by other media). Fest works are permitted within the canon universe as long as there’s a major divergence from the canon world or storyline.
Please consider the spirit of this fest: imagining the multitude of ways in which Severus and Harry fall in love across all different worlds, timelines and possibilities.
To that end, we request no works be submitted where the only AU element would be considered as “EWE” or “Snape lives”, or other minor divergences Snarry fans would expect to see in Snarry fanworks.
If you wish to take part, please fill out all the required information in this form. Once you submit your claim, just sit back and wait for confirmation via your preferred method of communication (Discord or email). (Don’t forget to check your spam folder if you choose email! Our emails often end up there initially!!! Please, please do check your spam folder!)
You do not to have submitted a prompt to take part, nor do you need to be a member of the House of Snarry Discord community. This fest is open to all Snarry fans, and we strongly welcome and encourage people who are new to fests as well!
You have until the day submissions are due on September 15th to claim a prompt if you want to participate.
For fics there is a 500 word minimum word count. There are no limits on any other form of fanwork. We accept fanfic, fanart, podfic, fan crafts, fan baking(??? if that's a thing!) or whatever else your imagination can come up with. Participants must be 18 or older to take part.
This year marks the 6th AUctober fest! Let’s make it a memorable one!
🧡The Claiming Form can be found here 🧡
If you wish for clarification on any part of the process please email the mods at [email protected] or send a DM to the HOS mod Discord account: House_of_Snarry. If you’re in the House of Snarry Discord server, you may also DM a mod.
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Day 23 of Snapetober is an after date moment at Spinner's End. This is Snarry Fanart, tho the fic below is Snarriet. I like his lil sitting room with all the books *happy sigh* men with libraries.
And for Hogwarts Kinktober Day 23 is a wild card, initially there was a different prompt but I decided to make my own so you get "Hole In The Wall". Surprise! If you're curious the link is below 💚
It’s the first day of claiming for the Snarry AUctoberfest 2024! The current year’s prompts are listed on the claiming form page of our website. The form here will be updated as things are claimed. However, you are not limited to this year’s prompts! If they do not catch your fancy, check out the previous years’! We also offer a wild-card option for prompts.
We encourage participants to focus on Snarry and Alternate Universe possibilities (ie. a radically different time period or location, non-magic, outer space etc., or those influenced by other media). Fest works are permitted within the canon universe as long as there’s a major divergence from the canon world or storyline.
Please consider the spirit of this fest: imagining the multitude of ways in which Severus and Harry fall in love across all different worlds, timelines and possibilities.
To that end, we request no works be submitted where the only AU element would be considered as “EWE” or “Snape lives”, or other minor divergences Snarry fans would expect to see in Snarry fanworks.
If you wish to participate, please fill out all the required information in the form. Once you submit your claim, just sit back and wait for confirmation via your preferred method of communication (Discord or email). (Don’t forget to check your spam folder if you choose email! Our emails often end up there initially!!! Please, please do check your spam folder!)
You do not to have submitted a prompt to take part, nor do you need to be a member of our Discord community.
You have until the day submissions are due on September 15th to claim a prompt if you want to participate.
This year marks the 5th AUctober fest! Let's make it a memorable one!
🧡The Claiming Form can be found here 🧡
If you wish for clarification on any part of the process please email the mods at [email protected] or send a DM to the HOS mod Discord account: House_of_Snarry. If you’re in the House of Snarry Discord server, you may also DM a mod.
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inarticulateimbecile (@inarticulateimbecile)! Ole buddy ole pal! They are such a sweet lovely human and I adore them! Their art first drew me in, and I've been a fan since I saw the first one. (And they very kindly let me fawn at them in their DMs about them haha!) I love how much character their work has. (Best of all, how ugly-sexy Severus is; exactly as he should be!) Their work has such incredible detail, gorgeous coloring, and it forever strikes me through the heart. I get all of the feels! I don't feel art-smart enough to leave proper commentary, but I sure try for them!
Not to mention, they leave the most generous and thoughtful comments! I swear, I cry whenever they leave me a new one. They are so perceptive and they connect with every intention and all of the same details I'm so passionate about! We had good long chats about Contempt, and our love for Severus Snape (and how we love him!) They also very kindly gifted me art for Contempt, too! You can see it at the bottom of the fic itself here, or in the raving Tumblr post I made here. (That also made me cry.) (I'm a crier, what can I say?)
Not to mention on top of being such a fabulous artist and passionate fan, they are also a remarkable writer???? Their fics blew my socks off, I swear.
Anyway, inarticulateimbecile is pretty much a rockstar and you should definitely check out their work!
Art:
Ivy (Snarry)
threats of bodily harm (Snarry)
Embers (Severus)
Addiction (Severus)
Stuck (Severus)
Fics:
Hypothermia
Harry/Severus. Rated: M. Words: 19,582. Abuse. Unhealthy relationships. Forced kiss. No smut. Alcohol abuse. Angst. Snarry Adopt-a-Prompt.
Prompt #4: Sirius isn’t quite right when Harry goes to live with him. No one believes Harry, since Sirius acts fine when other people are around. No one, except for Snape.
Post Mortem
Harry/Severus. Rated: E. Words: 17,343. Reluctantly falling in love. Character study. Mild dub-con. Hogwarts 8th year. New fave!!
A tale of hero worship and failing to pretend.
for an explanation about Mutuals March, or to figure out why i wrote you a thing, please check out this post.
Here we are, with the REVEALS for the 2022 edition of Snarry Adopt a Prompt!!
Thank you for following and/or participating in our fest!
We hope to see you on our next edition too! To always be updated on our fest, follow us here on Tumblr.
And now for you the complete list of our submissions, no longer anonymous!
☆ The Box [Teen & Up Audience - 6,273 w] by titC
https://archiveofourown.org/works/40227426
Summary: Years after she last saw Harry, Petunia and Vernon move back North. During the move, Petunia finds a mysterious box that she’s all but forgotten… it stirs too many memories and emotions back to life.
☆ Hypothermia [Mature - 19,583 w] by inarticulateimbecile
https://archiveofourown.org/works/42296031
Summary: Prompt #4: Sirius isn’t quite right when Harry goes to live with him. No one believes Harry, since Sirius acts fine when other people are around. No one, except for Snape.
☆ From Git in a Snit to Loosed and Seduced [Teen & Up Audience - 7,480 w] by titC
https://archiveofourown.org/works/42492951
Summary: The DADA teacher had to leave her post mid-year, and Minerva McGonagall has managed to convince Severus and Harry to cover the classes for the rest of the year. If only they talked to each other…
☆ Starling [Explicit - 43,620 w] by what_alchemy
https://archiveofourown.org/works/42456291
Summary: Harry Potter disappeared when he was five years old. Twenty-five years later, Severus Snape gets the same assignment from different masters: find and deliver the Boy Who Lived.
☆ Predetermined [Explicit - 9,379 w] by brightened
https://archiveofourown.org/works/42658827
Summary: Harry becomes obsessed with a popular romance novel. He jumps at the chance to meet the mysterious author of his favourite series, though he’s less than thrilled when he finds out the author is Severus Snape. Once he realises the novels are thinly-veiled fantasies about him, he decides to offer Snape some feedback.
ATTENTION EVERYONE: PLEASE PAUSE TO ADMIRE THIS PERFECTION:
(perfection drawn by the ever sweet and skillful @inarticulateimbecile)
Look at that perfect, ugly man who I adore with my whole entire heart.
But also, admire THIS perfection:
My BOYS 😭 😭 🥰
Scenes from my beloved story Contempt. And gifted to me by such a lovely friend. 🥺 (I'm crying, don't worry about it.)
Extra tidbits: the first time I ever talked to inarticulateimbecile was me popping into their inbox all awkward and anxiety-ridden to squeal about their art 😂 The second time was them coming to me to chat about Contempt! We definitely talked about how deliciously ugly Severus is. (Please don't @ me, I don't wanna hear it, let me swoon for his ugly face damn it.) (Remember how SpongeBob said "I'm ugly and I'm proud"???? Get with the program, people.)
ANYWAY. So. I sobbed upon seeing these, of course. I still feel like I haven't appropriately blubbered at them over how wonderful they are and how much they mean to me.
Image 1: look at the ball of light!! That glow!! The shadows on Severus' face!! The lank head hair, the sparse chest hair; the concavity of his chest!! (Very important detail, very important!) And his frown! How he's so sharp and grim and afraid and reserved!!
Image 2: My boys all cuddled close together, as they belong! Harry all snuggled into Severus' chest. 🥺 The way Severus holds him! 🥺 They way they hold each other. How even in sleep they're not quite at peace, not quite happy, but stealing and savoring the moment they have while they have it!! I'm living and dying in my feelings right now, no big deal.
And now!!!! They get to live in my fic cuz friend is so good to me!! 🥰 Also: why are my friends so talented??? Like dang. Mind = blown. Also: why are my friends so friggin' SWEET??? Again. Mind = blown. Please go shower all of inarticulateimbecile's everything with love because they deserve it. Also please go admire their art at the end of Contempt if you don't mind because it gives extra life and character to the fic!!!! Also...!!!!! idk. I feel like I should keep talking because I'm excited. So idk have some exclamation points instead: !!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm so happy that you like them and that I could contribute and depict what you envisioned for your baby! Thank you for all of your generous words!!! ❤
Severus Snape's miraculous invention will protect you from blabbering dunderheads and inane small talk. Just a sip will create a protective barrier around the drinker, making people forget why they even wanted to bore, er, approach you.
Secret Santa gift for @quite-unbalanced ♥️ But I also felt it was fitting for his birthday
Okay, LISTEN. There was lots of greatness to be had in 2022. This is not my fault. This is all of your faults. This is what you all get for having so much talent and passion for fandom!! Some of us are overly excitable and chatty and can't shut up!!
In fairness, one can never spread too much goodness and positivity. If I talk about the same fics, the same creators, and make new lists every other day, it's all born out of love and appreciation, which the world could use plenty of! And with that said, these are all my own opinions and preferences so please keep that in mind!
So...here we go?? Should I do a Top 22???? That seems fitting.
1.) Post Mortem [fic, Snarry, E, 17k] by @inarticulateimbecile. I'm still dying over how fabulous this is. The characterizations, the dynamic, the descriptions...chef's kiss, truly. This might be one of my new favorites. (Also this Snarry art they did as a runner up, though all of their art just does things to me.) (I really would have thought art would have been their mention on this list, but no, they had to go be a great writer, as well!! Rude of them, really.)
2.) Slipping [fic, Snarry, 11k] by @bluesundaycake are you kidding me???? This is fabulous. Gritty postwar story that is too real with our hero, Harry, not "living up" to his potential, and not having the happily ever after he so deserves with a bittersweet, hopeful ending. Just lovely.
3.) The Lover and the Boytoy [fic, Drucius, Snaco, Draco/Snape/Lucius, E, 10k] by @fleetingdesires. Why the heck are my friends so talented?? This is offensive. And like...I clicked it for the Malfoycest?? And I left with Snucius feels?? What the heck. Just ??? Brain melted, all I can say.
4.) Clip, Ravel, Cleave [fic, Andromeda/Bellatrix, Andromeda/Ted, E, 15k] by @vdoshu. It was hard to narrow it down to one doshu work because wow they've done the dang thing this year!!!! So much great variety, but this one really blew me away. However toxic and dark the sisters' relationship was, I was rooting for them and heartbroken for them. What a beautiful, dark, sad story.
5.) Wind and Cardamom [podfic, Angelina/Hermione, G, 5 minutes] by JocundaSykes (fic by Arsenic). All of Joc's podfics are truly so, so good. Her voice work is always amazing and I easily can (and have!) listened to her read all day. Nothing like having a good fic read to you while doing chores, let me tell you!
6.) Lover's Flight [poem, Snarry, T, 200] by PinaNaponi (@vulnerasanenturmyprince.) My dear Nina is another case of "stupidly talented friends" and "hard to narrow down", but since I've waxed poetic about some of her other works recently, and in other lists, I figured I'd shed some light on this lovely thing. It's an adaptation of Goethe's "Elf King."
7.) Compulsory Figures [fic, Snarry, 6] by @liladiurne. Listen, my lovely Lila has arguably "better" works, and more "literary" works, but...her smut speaks to me, okay? I read this and was like "Ooooh, Lila can be FILTHY." I'm obsessed with it. Even back when it was just an idea and she was brainstorming it, I was obsessed. In fact, I was grocery shopping with my partner and being useless because I couldn't stay away from our DMs talking about said idea! Then she actually wrote and posted the dang thing and !!!! Obsessed.
8.) Some morning cuddles and coffee [art, Linny] by @luendland. Lu's snarry art is great, but they also do other ships (and characters) too and equally as lovely!! This Linny one speaks to my heart. It's so warm and lovely and gives me all the feels. I do digging for it to fawn over fairly often!
9.) Alphard's Favourite [fic, Sirius/Peter, Sirius/Alphard, M, 4k] by @thistlecatfics. Another top tier fic from Blackcest Fest! Not a ship I ever had interest in but oh gosh. The complicated characterization of Peter, the screwy interactions between him and Sirius, the way Sirius acts out as a way of dealing with trauma. It's such difficult subject matter treated in such a realistic manner. Not "good", not "easy", not "romantic", just that gritty, awful realness of how trauma impacts us, and how we don't always handle it in perfect, ideal ways.
10.) Untitled Harrymort Art [art, Harrymort] by @mrviran. I have no words. This isn't even my ship. But good golly is this spicy hot!! The corset! The sweat! Voldemort's smug, amused, mischievous little grin! Those red eyes and the red string!!!! Wooooo boy.
11.) Death and the Snarry [art, Snarry] by @necromanticnoir. This is another case of "I expected one thing from this creator, but my top choice for them is another??" Great writer is Noir, but also artist???? Multi-talented folk are killing me, I stg. And like...I need more Snarry versions of Klimt works, truly. So gorgeous!
12.) even the stars admire you [art, Snarry] by @acydpop. Speaking of Snarry versions of Klimt, THIS GORGEOUS THING. I'm so obsessed. Look at those colors!! Look at that embrace!!! Oh geez, I'm having feelings.
13.) Tom Riddle: interview with @phantomato [podcast] by @fanficmaverickpodcast. ChaosBlue is a great host and listening to writer interviews is always such a treat! And hearing what Phantomato had to say here was super fascinating, and made me much more intrigued by the Tom Riddle/Voldemort character!
14.) Snape's Hungry for a Snaco...[podcast, Snaco] by @careofmagicalshippers. Every episode of this podcast is great. Megs and Nathan are charismatic, hilarious, passionate hosts and listening to them chat is always such a fun time. Even guest episodes, even when Megs or Nathan is out, they have such interesting people to talk to and such interesting ships to talk about. This Snaco episode in particular spoke to me! (Especially since they went into it intending to cover Snack, but moved onto Snaco fairly quickly...I don't blame them!)
15.) When the Rose and the Fire Are One [ficbinding, Snarry] by @witchyficbindery. The fic by perverse_idyll is just stunning, as all of her works are! I believe earlier this year I was chatting about how I'd love to have fics on my shelf and what I imagined they might look like. And I thought "this fic would have to be STUNNING, just visually stunning." And midway through this year, I saw this post about an actual ficbinding of this fic! And...I was correct. And completely blown away. This cover is more gorgeous than I could have imagined. All of witchyficbindery's bindings are so, so outstanding. I can't imagine how they do it! But this one is the clear standout to me.
16.) 22 femslash recs from 22 years [rec list] by @consistentsquash. Squash always has the best recs, I stg!! Writer crushes I've had, but reccer crushes?? Such good taste, and always such good things to say. And this list especially is great with lots of gems for wlw content!
17.) Traid/Threesome recs [rec list] by @sitp-recs. Liv is a Queen Reccer, truly! This one is especially nice with options for Drarry+ ships, and non-Drarry ships, and a few bonus moresome fics! Lots of good stuff on this list, and more for me to check out! (RIP my TBR, fr.)
18.) The Bravest Man [fan-comic, Snarry, T] by @ac1d6urn. Acid is such a very skilled creator, both as a writer and an artist! The story, the characterizations, the art...all so stunning and perfect!
19.) Snitches and Songs [fic, Snarry, E, 50k] by @lizzy0305. When I tell you how PUMPED I was to see when this story was posted. Lizzy fic? Check. Severus sings? Color me intrigued. 'Magical tattoos'? Sign me UP. Then...I spent ages waiting to read it because I'm weird and like to "save" things that I know are going to be good. And I was right to save it! (Also: I should have read it sooner!) (Please don't expect my brain to do logic, because it will not.) What a gorgeous and enjoyable love story this was! My plan is to give this one a reread soon, actually; with luck, in January! (And I'll have the time and energy to do so!)
20.) A Life Worth Remembering [Snarco, E, 22k] by @writcraft. When Writ first reached out to me, I had to be like "okay, self, be cool. Don't fangirl and scare them off, okay?" Turns out, Writ is a lovely human and hearing they were coming back to Snarry had me just plain ecstatic!! And while Snarco isn't always my jam, I did know how invested they were in writing it, and couldn't resist checking it out! And I'm so glad I did!! One, because Writ's work is always fantastic. Two, because...I was sold on Snarco???? Maybe???? Or as close as I get to being sold. Geez Louise. It's such an interesting tale of de-aged Snape, the memories he lost, the established Drarry, and how they all come together. Their dynamic as a triad, and the individual pairs that make it up (Drarry, Snarry, and Snaco), and the individual people are all so lovely and well done!!
21.) Obedience Lessons [Snarry, E, 7k] by @likelightinglass. Um, how many times have I read this story this year? Too many, probably. (Is there such a thing as too many? Who knows.) ANYWAY. A/B/O with Alpha Harry and Omega Snape???? Yes please and thank you. All the kink and spiciness that I love. 100% did it for me (multiple times.)
22.) The Afterlight [Snarry, E, WIP] by @perverse-idyll. Good golly. Can I tell you how overjoyed I was when PI first posted this???? New PI Snarry???? All of my hopes and dreams coming true, awesome. And it's only 4 chapters in (out of ????) and so far, so GREAT. Postwar, death themes, gritty realism, A+++ characterizations, dark and spicy Snarry dynamic!!!! I don't often read WIPs (my patience is nonexistent, and not knowing how things end is bad for my anxiety (let's please not talk about my undying love and need of spoilers)), but this is totally worth it. I'll wait forever and a day for this fic if I have to. PI has been among my favorite authors for YEARS and for good reason. Characterization and relationships always so on point and exactly what I want and need. Not to mention gorgeous, stunning, unforgettable prose. The words that strike right through the heart, and burrow in to live there forever. Genuinely, PI's work is always stellar, and I already feel in my bones this will be a favorite. It's already the WIP I most look forward to update emails for! (Not that I have many, in fairness.) (Again, I generally steer clear of WIPs; no offense WIP writers. It's for my own good, I swear!) Side note: PI is another excellent human who I so appreciate knowing. Thanks for always taking time to listen to my babbling, especially knowing how busy you always are!
