Mini Fest

Fest 2021: Mini-Fest Reveals!

2022-01-08T01:20:43Z

Posted by: mini_fest_mod

mini_fest
2021 Masterlist & Reveals

Thank you to those of you who joined us for Round 13 of mini_fest!

The holiday and seasonal love is so appreciated! Thank you to the creators who supported the fest once again by sharing your works ~ you were few, but you were fantastic! And thank you to those who read, commented, and/or recced!

ART:

digthewriter drew This Holiday, Be Mine. [Neville/Charlie; G]
Summary: No party is complete w/out a little bit of tongue action and getting together.

sugareey drew I Still Have You [Dean/Seamus; G]
Summary: It's usually during moments like this where Dean and Seamus are glad they've stuck by each other's side, even after everything they've been through.

PODFIC:

blue_dreaming recorded Not Just Ornamental [Severus/Remus; 3:29; G]
Summary: Despite an absence of conventional decorations, Severus' Christmas is still perfect.

FIC:

rosevalleynb wrote Fred's Christmas Wish [Angelina Johnson/Graham Montague, Fred Weasely; 1541; PG]
Summary: OoTP AU - There was no way in the world that it was Angelina in the arms of that knuckle-dragging, mouth breathing Graham Montague.

articcat621 wrote A Christmas Confession [Severus/Hermione; 505; T]
Summary: Hermione and Severus go for a walk after leaving the Christmas party.

goddess47 wrote Mystery Dinner [Harry/Severus; 610; PG]
Summary: Severus leaned over to Harry and asked softly, "What is it?"

mothwing wrote If only in my dreams [Minerva/Severus; 1393; G]
Summary: It has been thirty years, but as a familiar scent brings back sudden and unbidden memories, Minerva finds herself grieving for a past she believed gone.

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ANONYMOUS FEST ROUND-UP

2022-01-04T06:26:56Z

Posted by: mini_fest_mod

ART:

This Holiday, Be Mine. [Neville/Charlie; G]
Summary: No party is complete w/out a little bit of tongue action and getting together.

I Still Have You [Dean/Seamus; G]
Summary: It's usually during moments like this where Dean and Seamus are glad they've stuck by each other's side, even after everything they've been through.

PODFIC:

Not Just Ornamental [Severus/Remus; 3:29; G]
Summary: Despite an absence of conventional decorations, Severus' Christmas is still perfect.

FIC:

Fred's Christmas Wish [Angelina Johnson/Graham Montague, Fred Weasely; 1541; PG]
Summary: OoTP AU - There was no way in the world that it was Angelina in the arms of that knuckle-dragging, mouth breathing Graham Montague.

A Christmas Confession [Severus/Hermione; 505; T]
Summary: Hermione and Severus go for a walk after leaving the Christmas party.

Mystery Dinner [Harry/Severus; 610; PG]
Summary: Severus leaned over to Harry and asked softly, "What is it?"

If only in my dreams [Minerva/Severus; 1393; G]
Summary: It has been thirty years, but as a familiar scent brings back sudden and unbidden memories, Minerva finds herself grieving for a past she believed gone.

Reveals will be posted on 01/07/2022

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Posting Begins Today!

2021-12-24T22:05:54Z

Posted by: mini_fest_mod

Our 2021 round of mini_fest starts today, December 24!

Thank you to everyone who is joining us for another year of sharing holiday spirit through fic and art!!

Please watch the mini_fest community on LiveJournal and our AO3 collection for updates from now and Dec 31! Hopefully we'll continue our tradition of having a little something for everyone!

I hope you will enjoy the festivities and please take a moment to leave some love in the form of comments/kudos if you find something you enjoy!

♥ THANK YOU! ♥

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Mini Fest Check-in and Info!

2021-12-21T07:56:38Z

Posted by: mini_fest_mod

Thank you everyone who has expressed interest in this year's fest! And especially those who have already submitted your works to the fest collection!

As stated on our previous post, we'll have a small fest again this year, but mini_fest has been running for many years, so I'm very excited that we still have people who want to take part in this mini event!

Here are the basics for mini_fest 2021:

• This is our 13th run of the fest!

• Posting will be on both LJ and AO3.

• The fest will be anonymous + mod posting.

• We will cross post any weekly roundups and fest masterlists to DW and tumblr.

If you'd still like to join us, please comment HERE! We'd love to have you and will work out a fair deadline for you to join us!

The minimum word count is only 500 words and we happily accept all art (pencil, painting, digital, etc.), handmade crafts (holiday ornaments, dolls, cake decorating, etc), podfic, fanmixes, and more! If there's something you'd like to create, we'd love to have you join us!

CLICK HERE FOR SUBMISSION AND POSTING INFO

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Still accepting prompt submissions!

2021-12-04T21:54:35Z

Posted by: mini_fest_mod

PROMPTING POST

mini_fest is accepting prompt submissions
through Sunday, December 5!

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Mini Fest Prompting and SIgnUps!

2021-12-02T02:56:19Z

Posted by: mini_fest_mod

mini_fest

Prompt Submissions are OPEN (thru Dec 5)

2021 Creator Sign Ups are OPEN

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Call for Interest: Mini Fest 2021

2021-12-01T03:31:17Z

Posted by: mini_fest_mod

Art used with permission. <3

I've had a few people ask about mini_fest for 2021, and I've once again crawled out of my hiatus to try and offer a very small version of our fest this year and keep the tradition going.

As last year, I'm not expecting a large turn-out, but if you'd like to send us some prompts or submissions we can have another MINI mini-fest this year.

We will follow the same basic fest rules again with a modified posting schedule depending on how many submissions we receive.

(We won't be able to post every day in December, but depending on how many signups/submissions we have will determine how posting works)

Tentative Timeline:
Prompting: December 1-5
Signups open: December 1
Last day to send your work: December 20 (but the earlier the better)
Posting Start: TBD depending on number of submissions

Again, it'll likely be a smaller fest this year, but if you can spread the word and send us any holiday ficlets or art, we can continue the tradition of of our low stress holiday mini-fest!

Give a shout in comments and answer the questions below if you're interested in joining us for a 2021 mini_fest!

Name?
Are you interested in prompting for mini_fest?
Are you interested in creating for mini_fest? (fic, art, something else?)
Would you be interested if mini-fest was run through a discord server?
On what platform(s) would you prefer to follow mini-fest?

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Fest 2020: Mini-Fest Reveals!

2021-01-07T17:01:00Z

Posted by: mini_fest_mod

mini_fest
2020 Masterlist & Reveals

Thank you to everyone for making Round 12 of mini_fest a success! As always, you were fantastic with all the holiday and seasonal love! Thank you to all the authors and artists who supported the fest once again by creating! And thank you so much to those who read, commented, and recced!

PODFIC

• A shop sign | Read by: BLUEDREAMING | [Harry/Draco, G]

ART

( ART LIST )

FIC

( FIC LIST )

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Fest 2020: Anonymous Masterlist

2021-01-04T13:50:00Z

Posted by: mini_fest_mod

Thank you again to all the wonderful authors and artists that joined in again this year and made mini_fest a success! All the entries have been amazing and we couldn't have asked for better participants! THANK YOU!

Please enjoy the anonymous list of works and please take a moment to leave your love and appreciation! ♥ Reveals are scheduled to go up on the 7th/8th January!

PODFIC

• A shop sign | Read by: BLUEDREAMING | Harry/Draco, G

ART

( ART LIST )

FIC

( FIC LIST )

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ART: Teach Me How to Love (Percy/Oliver - PG-13)

2021-01-02T00:28:00Z

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Title: Teach Me How to Love
Author/Artist: ???
Pairing(s): Percy/Oliver
Prompt: 2016 prompt: Percy/Oliver - The year that all the Weasleys stay at Hogwarts, Oliver does too, having Percy and Oliver alone in their dorm room for the entire Christmas holidays.
Art Medium: Digital
Rating: PG-13
Contains: Sweet fluffiness
Disclaimer: Harry Potter characters are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended.
Notes: Title inspired by one of Shawn Mendes' newest songs, "Teach Me How To Love". Head!canon had me thinking they actually ended up staying at school during their 7th year too (not just 5th year in 1991), because there's no point of wasting opportunities with a Head Boy and Quidditch Captain. ;) Here's to the end of a year and start of a new one. Cheers, and enjoy!
Summary: If staying at Hogwarts for the holidays meant having an empty dormitory room all to themselves, Percy and Oliver were completely fine with that. That just meant having more time to touch, tease and caress each other without any interruptions.

SEE ON AO3

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FIC: A Non-Christmas Non-Romance (Minerva/Severus | 870 | PG-13)

2020-12-31T16:40:00Z

Posted by: mini_fest_mod

Title: A Non-Christmas Non-Romance
Author: ???
Pairing: Minerva McGonagall/Severus Snape
Prompt: "a quiet Christmas"
Word Count: ~870
Rating: PG-13
Contains (Highlight to view): *A bit of drinking, a bit of snark.*
Disclaimer: Harry Potter characters are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended.
Notes: Thanks to B for the beta and thanks to the patient and gracious mods. mini_fest was one of the first fests I ever wrote for, back in 2009, and I'm so glad it's still giving us holiday cheer. Happy Winter Celebration (whatever it is) to you all!
Summary: Severus Snape doesn't do Christmas. And he certainly doesn't do romance.

READ ON AO3

( A Non-Christmas Non-Romance )

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ART: An Evening Like No Other (Pansy/Ginny | G)

2020-12-30T23:59:00Z

Posted by: mini_fest_mod

Title: An Evening Like No Other
Author/Artist: ???
Pairing(s): Pansy/Ginny
Prompt: SELF
Word Count/Art Medium: Digital Gif
Rating: G
Disclaimer: Not mine. No profit is being made.
Notes: Thanks to PhenomenalAsterisk & thestarryknight for their help w/ the title & summary.
Summary: Pansy loves a fancy dress function. But she loves even more the way that dress fits on her long time girlfriend. As the night goes on, Pansy can't keep her eyes off Ginny.

Preview:

(An Evening Like No Other)

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FIC: Guessing Working on Christmas wasn't so Bad (Lily Luna/Cormac | 3416 | NC-17)

2020-12-30T23:59:00Z

Posted by: mini_fest_mod

Title: Guessing Working on Christmas wasn't so Bad
Author/Artist: ???
Pairing(s): Lily Luna/Cormac
Prompt: Expecting to spend the holiday (of your choice) alone, person A is surprised by a knock on his/her door.
Word Count/Art Medium: 3416
Rating: NC-17
Contains (Highlight to view): **
Disclaimer: Harry Potter characters are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended.
Notes: This is for the 2020 Mini Fest.
This was written for the following prompt: Expecting to spend the holiday (of your choice) alone, person A is surprised by a knock on his/her door.
Hope you all enjoy!
Summary: Rather than taking the day off, Lily Luna Potter decides to work on Christmas before spending the evening alone. When her boss, Cormac McLaggen, shows up on her door upset over a memo she had sent, despite his explicit instructions not to work that day, her night takes a completely different turn.

READ ON AO3

( Guessing Working on Christmas wasn't so Bad )

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FIC: Unexpected Visitor (Hermione/Neville | 841 | PG-13)

2020-12-29T23:05:00Z

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Title: Unexpected Visitor
Author/Artist: ???
Pairing(s): Hermione Granger/Neville Longbottom
Prompt: Expecting to spend the holiday alone, person A is surprised by a knock on their door.
Word Count: 841 words
Rating: T
Contains (Highlight to view): *Post-Hogwarts, Mild Language*
Disclaimer: Harry Potter characters are the propert y of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended.
Notes: Thank you to my beta for looking this over.
Summary: A brief moment under the mistletoe leads to a new discovery.

READ ON AO3

( Unexpected Visitor )

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ART: Christmas Sleepover (Harry, Teddy | G)

2020-12-28T23:35:00Z

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Title: Christmas Sleepover
Artist: ???
Pairing(s): Harry, Teddy
Prompt: It’s Christmas, and the first time Teddy is spending the night at Harry’s (he’s 4) by Aristi
Art Medium: MS Paint
Rating: G
Contains (Highlight to view): *Stick art*
Disclaimer: Harry Potter characters are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended.
Notes: Happy holidays, everyone!
Summary: Teddy is excited to spend the hols with Harry.

SEE ON AO3

( Christmas Sleepover )

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FIC: Unexpected Cheer (Luna, Blaise | 941 | G)

2020-12-28T23:35:00Z

Posted by: mini_fest_mod

Title: Unexpected Cheer
Author/Artist: ???
Pairing(s): Luna Lovegood, Blaise Zabini
Prompt: After the war, a lot of Slytherins end up having to stay at Hogwarts over the holidays. Luna decides it's her job to spread some holiday cheer amongst those who aren't so cheerful.
Word Count/Art Medium: 941
Rating: G
Disclaimer: Harry Potter characters are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended.
Notes: It's been a while since I've written anything, and I think this fic can certainly attest to that fact if you can manage your way through it. I just couldn't let this minifest season go by without contributing something. And hey, at the end of the day I'm happy I made it. I hope it can spark some joy in even just one person.
Summary: Luna finds an unexpected surprise at the end of a floating cookie trail.

READ ON AO3

( Unexpected Cheer )

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FIC: Dance With A Twist (Harry/Parvati | PG | 834)

2020-12-27T17:28:00Z

Posted by: mini_fest_mod

Title:Dance With A Twist
Author/Artist: ???
Pairing(s): Harry Potter/Parvati Patil
Prompt: Own
Word Count/Art Medium: 834
Rating: PG
Contains (Highlight to view):Romantic fluff
Disclaimer: Harry Potter characters are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended.
Notes:Thanks to T for a lightning-quick beta read and to the mods for running the fest again.
Summary: Harry ponders why Parvati went to the Yule Ball with him and comes to a realisation.

READ ON AO3

( Dance With A Twist )

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FIC: Comforts of Tidings of Joy (Harry/Severus | R | 1850)

2020-12-27T17:24:00Z

Posted by: mini_fest_mod

Title: Comfort and Tidings of Joy
Author/Artist: ???
Pairing(s): Harry Potter/Severus Snape
Prompt: Adapted from themightyflynn: Harry arrives at Grimmauld Place exhausted and a bit broken after a tough mission that ends just before Christmas. He finds comfort from an incredibly unexpected person
Word Count: 1850
Rating: M (for PTSD)
Contains (Highlight to view): *Brief discussion of the death of small children; no ages or details given.*
Disclaimer: Harry Potter characters are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended.
Notes: Sorry, Flynn, I made some tweaks in your prompt. I hope you like it anyway!
Summary: "Potter, what are you doing lying on the floor?" Severus asked, sounding pained.
Harry sighed in frustration. Kreacher would let Severus in. Bloody hell. "It's comfortable?"
"Try again," Severus demanded.
"Did Kingsley send you?" Harry asked.
"No, but I heard about your case," Severus admitted. "It's of the utmost secrecy, so of course everyone knows what happened."

READ ON AO3

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FIC: Festive Mood (Amelia Bones/Molly | PG | 1000)

2020-12-26T21:48:00Z

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Title: Festive Mood
Author: ???
Pairing(s): Amelia Bones/Molly Weasley, Molly Weasley/Arthur Weasley
Prompt: Photo prompt from 2012 – 2015: an invitation to the Ministry Yule Ball
Word Count: 1000
Rating: PG
Contains (Highlight to view): *Old grief and loneliness, friendship, romantic feelings, possibly unrequited, no infidelity*
Disclaimer: Harry Potter characters are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended.
Notes: Thank you for being my beta, L!
Summary: At Christmas 1987, Amelia appreciates feminine grace.

READ ON AO3

( Festive Mood )

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PODFIC: A shop sign (Harry/Draco | G)

2020-12-26T21:36:00Z

Posted by: mini_fest_mod

Title: A shop sign
Author: a_reader_and_writer
Narrator: bluedreaming
Pairing(s): Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter
Word Count/Art Medium: 506 words/02:55 min
Rating: G
Contains: no warnings
Disclaimer: Harry Potter characters are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended.
Notes: Thanks so much to a_reader_and_writer for permission to create this podfic!
Summary: Harry stumbling over a shop sign might be the best thing that happened all day.

AO3 Link (story): A shop sign
AO3 Link (podfic): [podfic] A shop sign by a_reader_and_writer

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FIC: The Ethical Treatment of Mistletoe (Harry/Hermione | PG | 4012)

2020-12-25T23:55:00Z

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Title: The Ethical Treatment Of Mistletoe
Author/Artist: ???
Pairing(s): Harry Potter/Hermione Granger
Prompt: From 2019 : Somehow they end up underneath the enchanted mistletoe each time they run into each other, their kisses getting steamier with each meet. He’s running out of excuses to explain that he has nothing to do with it. Maybe she can explain?
Word Count: 4012
Rating: PG
Contains (Highlight to view): None
Disclaimer: Harry Potter characters are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended.
Notes: Thanks to my beta for the once over. Any mistakes you find are my own as I had to tweak it one more time.
Summary: The holidays come to the Ministry, and Harry and Hermione get caught up in the decor.

READ IT ON AO3

( The Ethical Treatment Of Mistletoe ) 

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ART: Holiday AU (Sirius/Remus | G)

2020-12-25T23:33:00Z

Posted by: mini_fest_mod

Title: Holiday AU
Author/Artist: ???
Pairing(s): Sirius/Remus
Prompt: NA
Word Count/Art Medium: Digital Gif
Rating: G
Disclaimer: Harry Potter characters are not mine. No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: An AU featuring a soft!Remus. Kind of inspired by a twitter post I saw regarding "hard lines" for men and society telling you how to create your men and women in art.

SEE IT ON AO3

( Holiday AU )

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Posting Begins Today!

2020-12-25T05:57:00Z

Posted by: mini_fest_mod

Our 2020 very mini mini_fest starts later today, December 25!

Thank you to everyone who joined us for another year of sharing your awesome holiday themed fic and art!!

Please watch the mini_fest community and our AO3 for holiday fun! There should be a good mix of pairings! Hopefully we'll continue our tradition of having a little something for everyone!

Please enjoy the festivities and please be sure to leave some love in the form of comments if you find something you enjoy!

♥ THANK YOU! ♥

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Mini Fest Check-in (and submission info!)

2020-12-16T15:38:00Z

Posted by: mini_fest_mod

Thank you everyone who has expressed interest in this year's fest!

As stated on our previous post, we'll have a very small fest this year, but mini_fest has been running for over 10 years, so I'm very excited that we still have people who want to take part in this mini event!

Here are the basics for mini_fest 2020:

• This is our 12th run of the fest!

• Posting will be on both LJ and AO3.

• The fest will be anonymous + mod posting.

• We will cross post any weekly roundups and fest masterlists to DW and tumblr.

If you'd still like to join us, please comment HERE! We'd love to have you and will work out a fair deadline for you to join us! The minimum word count is only 500 words and we happily accept all art (pencil, painting, digital, etc.), handmade crafts (holiday ornaments, dolls, cake decorating, etc), podfic, fanmixes, and more! If there's something you'd like to create, we'd love to have you join us!

Posting:

Submissions will be posted anonymously, by mini_fest_mod with reveals occurring in the New Year.

We plan to post to both LJ and AO3. We've set up an AO3 collection for the fest. You can submit your fics to the collection and they will be marked as anonymous and unrevealed until the mods post them for you! If you need help posting to AO3, please let us know!

Our 2020 AO3 collection can be found here:
2020 MINI FEST AO3 COLLECTION
(please add mini_fest_mod as a co-creator)

There is also our Mini Fest Archive Collection. Please feel free to add any older works created for any previous year of the fest:
MINI FEST ARCHIVE

Submission Info:

Here are a few things that will make your mods' jobs easier as we receive your submissions:

- Please send your submissions to: hpminifest at gmail dot com

- Include your name in the email subject as well as 'FIC' or 'ART'.

- Include your header in the body of the email as well as in your document.

- Please place an lj-cut tag in your story.
The lj-cut text should be "The Title of your Fic". < lj-cut text="FIC TITLE" >

- Check the formatting of your fic to ensure there are manual line breaks between paragraphs.

- Include all other other html coding that is needed. You may want to test post your submission in a private entry to your journal before submitting to be sure that the coding is correct.

- Artists, as this is an anon fest, please do not sign your art. If you'd like us to provide a fest watermark for you, we are happy to do so!

- The fic/art header appears below.

If you need a beta you can check with hp_betas or hp_betas_wanted. If you have done so, and are still having a problem finding someone to look over your story, please let the mods know.

Thank you very much to all who have supported the fest! We are looking forward to another celebrating the holidays with you again this year!

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2020 Sign-Ups are NOW OPEN!

2020-12-01T18:00:00Z

Posted by: mini_fest_mod

2020
mini_fest Holiday Sign Ups
NOW OPEN!

- AVAILABLE PROMPTS:
New for 2020
2009-2019
Photo Prompts: (Warning: Some images may be NSFW)
+ photo prompts 3 (2016-2019)
+ photo prompts 2 (2012-2015)
+ photo prompts 1 (2010-2011)

- Prompts are available for use by multiple participants.

- You may create something for your own prompt.

- If you don't see a prompt that you like, you come up with your own idea or inspiration.

- You do not have to have an LJ to sign up. You may also comment here to sign up using open ID or comment anonymously and fill in your info using the form below.

- You are allowed and encouraged to claim as many prompts and submit as many creations as your muse and time allows.

- All submissions must have a theme of any holiday held during December. This includes but is not limited to Christmas, Hanukkah, traditional Yule, Winter Solstice celebrations, or New Years.

- Last day to send your work is December 20 (but the earlier the better).

- Entries are to be emailed to HPMINIFEST@GMAIL.COM.

- The minimum word count is only 500 words and there is no maximum.

- If you have any questions or concerns, you can contact the mods at HPMINIFEST@GMAIL.COM.

- Please comment here using the following form to register your interest in the fest:

(Comments are screened)

Thank you!

Participants:

[Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com]

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