Dreamers

Fest Name: Blackcest Fest 2026
Links: Tumblr | Timeline | Rules | Character Eligibility | Claiming
Type of Challenge: Anonymous prompt fest
Description: A fest featuring works which depict a sexual or romantic relationship between two or more members of the Black family. See Eligibility Details for a list of eligible characters for this fest. AI use (including using AI to edit a work) is not allowed. Claiming is open till February 28.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions:
Fic: Minimum 1,000 words; no maximum
Art: Must demonstrate approximmately 2 hours worth of effort (no single sketches or doodles)
Podfic: Required permission from the original author
Timeline:
Prompting: November 24 - December 7
Claiming Opens: December 10
Claiming Closes: February 28, 2026
Submissions Due: March 8
Posting Begins: March 16
Author Reveals: TBA

Fest Name: Dorlene Big Bang 2026
Links: Tumblr | Rules | Schedule | Sign-up
Type of Challenge: Big bang
Description: A Dorcas Meadows/Marlene McKinnon big bang. Writers will write a fic, and artists will create art based on the fic they claimed. Sign-up for writers and betas are open till January 31. Artist sign-up is open till April 15.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions:
Fic: Minimum 20k words
Art: One piece of original art and one banner per fic
Timeline:
Sign ups open - December 1, 2025
Writer & beta sign ups close - January 31, 2026
Fic summaries due - March 31, 2026
Artist sign ups close - April 15, 2026
Artist claiming - May 1, 2026
First draft due - May 31, 2026
Final draft due - June 30, 2026
Art due - July 7, 2026
Posting begins - July 15, 2026

Fest Name: Wolfstar Scrapbook Project
Origin: Misc Marauders Fests Tumblr
Links: Fest Rules | Artist Sign-up
Type of Challenge: Art and fic collaboration
Description: A Remus/Sirius collabration project where artists and writers will be paired up based on their interest. AI-created submissions are not allowed. Artist sign-up is open till December 31.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions:
Art: Any 2-D medium or style; it must resemble a photograph (no moodboards, comic strip, etc.)
Fic: Between 1k and 5k words
Timeline:
Artist sign-up: December 1 - 31
Writer sign-up: January 1 - 14
Match up: January 15 - 18
Assignments: January 18
Polling: January 18 - 23
Submit a short summary of your idea: January 31
Submit a progress piece (sketch from artist and/or 70% draft of fic: February 15
Final submission (fic and art): March 31
Posting begins: April 11

Fest Name: Ronarry Fest 2026
Links: Tumblr | Guidelines | Prompting
Type of Challenge: Anonymous prompt fest
Description: A Ron/Harry fest for fic, art and podfic. AI works are not allowed. Prompting is open till December 15.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions:
Fic: Minimum 1000 words
Art: None?
Podfic: With permission from original author
Timeline:
Prompting Opens: Monday, 1st December, 2025
Prompting Closes: Monday, 15th December, 2025
Claiming Opens: Thursday, 18th December, 2025
Claiming Closes: Sunday, 22nd March, 2026
Submissions Due: Tuesday, 31st March, 2026
Posting Begins: Monday, 6th April, 2026
Reveals: TBD

Fest Name: Black Brothers Fest 2025-2026
Links: Tumblr | Discord | AO3 | Rules | Claiming
Type of Challenge: Anonymous prompt fest
Description: A fest exploring the relationship between the Black brothers, Sirius and Regulus. Claiming is open till December 31.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions:
Fic: Minimum 1,000 words; no maximum
Art: Minimum clean lineart or coloured sketch of one character (bust-up) on unlined paper (or digital equivalent)
Podfic: Minimum 10 minutes of podding a previously written work or minimum 500 words of written fic with an accompanying podfic of the same fic
Timeline:
Tagset Nominations & Prompting Open: November 15
Claiming Opens: November 30
Nominations and Prompting Close: December 15
Claiming Closes: December 31
Works Due: February 28, 11:59 PM EDT
Works Revealed: starting April 1
Creators Revealed: two weeks after all works go live.