Mini Fest

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.

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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!

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CLICK HERE FOR SUBMISSION AND POSTING INFO

First of all... Late Sign-Ups:

If you have not yet signed up and you'd still like to be part of the fest, 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!


Extensions:
If you sign up late or just need more time, please let us know! We are happy to work with you to create more holiday fun for the Harry Potter fandom!


Posting:

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

We'd love to be able to share at least one or two holiday/wintery offerings each day throughout the month of December, so please keep all the winter/holiday creations coming!

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 2019 AO3 collection can be found here:
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.

- 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.
<b>Title:</b> <b>Author/Artist:</b> <user site="livejournal.com" user="""> <b>Pairing(s):</b> <b>Prompt:</b> <b>Word Count/Art Medium:</b> (Remember that the minimum is only 500 words!) <b>Rating:</b> (G to NC-17) <b>Contains (Highlight to view):</b> *<span style="color: white; background:white;">A spoiler code is provided but if your story does not have spoilers you don't have to use this code.</span>* Please warn for possible triggers and squicks. <b>Disclaimer:</b> Harry Potter characters are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended. <b>Notes:</b> (You may put your beta's name/initials here along with any other notes.) <b>Summary: </b> <b>AO3 Link:</b>

Remember, 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 awesome year of mini_fest!

First of all... If you have not yet signed up and you'd still like to be part of the fest, please comment HERE! We'd love to have you!

The submission date for mini_fest is on November 25th this year (in just about two and a half weeks), but if you need more time, please let us know! We are happy to work with you to create more holiday fun for the Harry Potter fandom!

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Here are a few things that will make your mod's job much easier as you prepare to send in your submissions:

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

- Include your name in the email subject as well as 'fic' or 'art'.

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

- 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!

- 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.

- The fic/art header appears below.
<b>Title:</b> <b>Author/Artist:</b> <user site="livejournal.com" user="""> <b>Pairing(s):</b> <b>Prompt:</b> <b>Word Count/Art Medium:</b> (Remember that the minimum is only 500 words!) <b>Rating:</b> (G to NC-17) <b>Contains (Highlight to view):</b> *<span style="color: white; background:white;">A spoiler code is provided but if your story does not have spoilers you don't have to use this code.</span>* Please warn for possible triggers and squicks. <b>Disclaimer:</b> Harry Potter characters are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended. <b>Notes:</b> (You may put your beta's name/initials here along with any other notes.) <b>Summary: </b>

Remember, 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 awesome year of mini_fest!

Submissions are due tomorrow, Sunday, November 18! (Unless you've already made arrangements with us!)

As long as we receive it while it is still November 18 somewhere in the world we will be happy!

It's also not too late to request an extension if you need one! Please just let us know!

And a few reminders to make the submission process go more smoothly:
- Please send your submissions to: hpminifest at gmail.com
- When you send your submission please include your name in the email subject as well as 'fic' or 'art'.
- Please include your header in both the .doc and the email.
- Don't forget to include an lj-cut tag in your story.
The lj-cut text should be "The Title of your Fic". < lj-cut text="FIC TITLE" >
- Please check the formatting of your fic to ensure there are manual line breaks between paragraphs. There is a problem with some Microsoft Word settings and you have to double space manually!
- Include all other other html coding that is needed and please test post your submission in a private entry to your journal before submitting to be sure that the coding is correct.
-The fic/art header appears below.
<b>Title:</b> <b>Author/Artist:</b> <user site="livejournal.com" user="""> <b>Pairing(s):</b> <b>Prompt:</b> <b>Word Count/Art Medium:</b> (Remember that the minimum is 500 words!) <b>Rating:</b> (G to NC-17) <b>Contains (Highlight to view):</b> *<span style="color: white; background:white;">Please warn for possible triggers and squicks.</span>* <b>Disclaimer:</b> Harry Potter characters are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended. <b>Notes:</b> (You may put your beta's name/initials here along with any other notes.) <b>Summary: </b>