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Sign-ups are open! ✨

Calling all writers, artists, and video editors! This fest is open to all generations (Marauders, Golden Era, and Next Gen) and all ships in the Harry Potter world. It's focused on the newly released The Tortured Poets Department, and there are 31 prompts corresponding to the 31 brand new songs on the album!

Below are important dates to remember if you plan to sign up, as well as a quick reiteration of the rules of the fest. We hope you'll come join us and have fun creating some angst, some happy endings, and maybe a combination of both and then some 🖤

⚡️ Fest Timeline

Sign-Ups Open: April 22, 2024

Sign-Ups Close: May 20, 2024

Submissions Due: June 24, 2024

Posting Begins: July 1, 2024

🌙 Sign Ups, Claiming & Rules

You must complete the Google Form and claim your prompt on the AO3 collection. If you do not submit the Google Form, your submission will not be considered.

There's an option when signing up for those who are still undecided (we totally get it since there are a lot of songs to choose from), but your first prompt must be decided by May 20, 2024, when sign ups close (you can do an additional prompt if you want to after this date, but the first must be fulfilled).

You may only claim one prompt at a time. If you decide to change your prompt, please let us know. You cannot claim two prompts; one must be fulfilled before you claim the other.

Collaborations are welcome!

Betas are not required to submit to the fest, though you're more than welcome to use an outside beta if you'd like (and there are other participants in the Discord server happy to help out).

There is a 1,000 word minimum for all submitted fics. There is no maximum.

This fest does allow darker themes (including dead dove: do not eat), but we require that all works be tagged appropriately and sensitively. This fest is an 18+ fest.

All submissions are due on June 24, 2024, by 11:59 PM EST. If you need an extension or to drop out, please let the fest mods know ASAP so we can adjust the posting schedules.

If you have any questions not answered here or in the FAQ & Rules sections on the AO3 collection, don't hesitate to shoot us an ask 🖤 We'd be more than happy to help!

We look forward to creating with you, and we hope you'll come join our little community on Discord where we talk all things Harry Potter, Taylor Swift, and so much more ✨🏛️🌙

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From your Tortured Poets Mods: @imdamagecontrol @wolfpadx @lemonlans @heartsoncover @multiimoments @abz-coralsunset

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it's not that I need a quiet day or a day off exactly; it's that I need a pocket of time that exists entirely outside of linear time as we know it that would allow me to get things done without time passing in the real world, and frankly, I don't think that's too much to ask.

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To All the Wizards I've Loved Before — Dramione fanfic on AO3

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TATWILB, a Dramione Eighth Year adaptation of To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, is now complete on AO3.

“𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧—” 𝘔𝘢𝘭𝘧𝘰𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘴, 𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘵 𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘣 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥. “𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘪𝘮?”

“𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵?”

“𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘸𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳? 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦. 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘭. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺.”

If you like love letters, fake dating, a Crookshanks/Draco friendship, and post-war fluff (and, of course, the original movie/book), you’re in good company. 🫶

Cover 🎨: drawn by hand in Procreate + Canva + Waterlogue (which is fantastic + doesn’t use GAI)

#dramione #harry potter fanfiction #hp fanfic #dracomalfoy #dracoxhermione #dramioneedit #dhr #draco malfoy #hermione granger #dramionefanfic #dramionefanfiction #hermione x draco #dramione fanfic #dramione fanfiction #to all the boys i've loved before

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the next time you hesitate to leave a comment on a fic remember that I go back and read all the comments I get on my fic whenever I'm feeling down and it makes me feel so much better

if you leave nice comments on ao3 i love you

#honestly though imposter syndrome is so real

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Writing advice from my uni teachers:

If your dialog feels flat, rewrite the scene pretending the characters cannot at any cost say exactly what they mean. No one says “I’m mad” but they can say it in 100 other ways.

Wrote a chapter but you dislike it? Rewrite it again from memory. That way you’re only remembering the main parts and can fill in extra details. My teacher who was a playwright literally writes every single script twice because of this.

Don’t overuse metaphors, or they lose their potency. Limit yourself.

Before you write your novel, write a page of anything from your characters POV so you can get their voice right. Do this for every main character introduced.

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can you believe that we have fanfiction. that we have websites dedicated to fanfiction. that there is a place that you can go and read tens, hundreds, thousands and thousands of pieces of writing that strangers have made. people who are not "writers". people who come home at the end of the day and have feelings and say, i am going to put that into words. i am going to share those words. short, long, sweet, sad, horny, funny, wonderful words. we are all just human and we all love to make and remake and share that with others. can you believe that.

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Chapter 1 of my new WIP Dangerous Game, a dark AU, is now live on AO3.

“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘥𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘦𝘵𝘴. 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘴. 𝘜𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴.”

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘵 𝘝𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘵’𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥. 𝘛𝘰 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥’𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘢 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦—𝘢 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘵. 𝘚𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘏𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘚𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘏𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥. 𝘚𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴. 𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘦?

Come for the angst, stay for the female rage. Please mind the tags. Fully outlined but no schedule – running entirely on adrenaline and coffee and vibes here.

#dramione #harry potter fanfiction #hp fanfic #dhr #dracomalfoy #dramioneedit #fanfic #fanfiction #hermione granger #draco x hermione #draco malfoy #draco lucius malfoy #dark au #voldemort wins #Instagram

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To All the Wizards I've Loved Before: Chapter 4 — Dramione fanfic on AO3

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Chapter 4 of TATWILB, a Dramione Eighth Year adaptation of To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, is live on AO3!

#harry potter fanfiction #dramione #fanfic #fanfiction #hp fanfic #dracomalfoy #dracoxhermione #dhr #dramioneedit #toalltheboysivelovedbefore #tatbilb #to all the boys i've loved before #to all the boys series #draco x hermione

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To All the Wizards I've Loved Before: Chapter 3 — Dramione fanfic on AO3

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Chapter 3 of TATWILB, a Dramione Eighth Year adaptation of To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, is now live on AO3!

It’s been so interesting to disentangle the HP vs. TATBILB characters... Hermione from Lara Jean and Draco from Peter—two sets of characters so deeply conditioned by different forms of losses. Narcissa from Mrs. Kavinsky—two women forced to pick up the pieces the men they loved left behind. I hope I’m doing them all justice.

And, let's say it together: Oh, Ron, our sweet summer child. I always felt that Josh Sanderson deserved far more sympathy than he received.

#dramione #dramioneedit #dramionefanfic #dramioneship #dramionefanfiction #fanfiction #fanfic #harrypotter #toalltheboysivelovedbefore #tatbilb #harrypotterfanfiction #dhr #dracoxhermione #dracomalfoy #hermionegranger #crookshanks

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To All the Wizards I've Loved Before: Chapter 2 — Dramione fanfic on AO3

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Chapter 2 of TATWILB, a Dramione Eighth Year adaptation of To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, is now live on AO3!

I hope you enjoy!

#dramione #dramioneedit #dramionefanfic #dramioneship #dramionefanfiction #fanfiction #fanfic #harrypotter #toalltheboysivelovedbefore #tatbilb #harrypotterfanfiction #dhr #dracoxhermione #dracomalfoy #hermionegranger

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To All the Wizards I've Loved Before — Dramione fanfic on AO3

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IT’S HERE! Chapter 1 of TATWILB, my new Dramione Eighth Year adaptation of To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, is now live on AO3.

“𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧—” 𝘔𝘢𝘭𝘧𝘰𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘴, 𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘵 𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘣 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥. “𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘪𝘮?”

“𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵?”

“𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘸𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳? 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦. 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘭. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺.”

If you like love letters, fake dating, a Crookshanks/Draco friendship, and post-war fluff (and, of course, the original movie/book), you’re in good company. This will be 5-6 chapters and regularly updated. I hope you follow along and enjoy! 🫶

Cover 🎨: drawn by hand in Procreate (yes, I was pretty excited about this!) + Canva + Waterlogue (which is fantastic + doesn’t use GAI)

#dramione #dramioneedit #dramionefanfic #dramioneship #dramionefanfiction #fanfiction #fanfic #harrypotter #toalltheboysivelovedbefore #tatbilb #harrypotterfanfiction #dhr #dracoxhermione #dracomalfoy #hermionegranger

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Meet the fanfic writer — takenbytheview on AO3

#harry potter fanfiction #hp fanfic #dramione #panville #meet the writer #ao3 fanfic #ao3fic #harry potter fic

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when you get this ask you have to answer with 5 of ur fav songs and then send this ask to 10 of ur most recent followers :)

AH, this is SO HARD. This is like asking me my favorite book. OK, 5 favorite songs at the moment:

Maroon - Taylor Swift (a forever favorite)

Can't Catch Me Now - Olivia Rodrigo

False Confidence - Noah Kahan

Nothing You Can Take From Me - Rachel Zegler, The Covey Band

Eat Your Young - Hozier

#favorite songs #music challenge #currently listening to

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I would love to know more about vigilante shit😌🫶🏼

ooh! this is entirely based on an epic narcissa malfoy tiktok, so basically it's all ~vibes~, but some key elements:

lucissa

(mostly) true to canon

BAMF, morally grey narcissa

marauders to golden era

part story, part character study

HEA if you squint (maybe, lol)

probably multi-chapter, but definitely a shorter fic.

#my wips #lucissa #narcissa malfoy #narcissa black #hp fanfic #harry potter fanfiction #character study

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wip tag game 📖✨

I know I am VERY new on here (and this is my first time back on tumblr since 2014, so I'm feeling real old), but this game/challenge is so fun. thank you for the tag @thefogofthefuture!

rules: in a new post, post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it and then tag as many people as you have WIPs.

I have a feeling this list is getting a bit out of hand:

to all the wizards I've loved before

dangerous game

vigilante shit

chosen ones

history is written by the victors

I don't quite have enough friends to tag (lol!) but no pressure either way! @arielle-reads @holygnocchi @imdamagecontrol @laurelsandlumos

#tag games #wip #hp fanfic #hp fandom #dramione #panville #lucissa #harry potter fanfiction

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favorite first lines: pride & prejudice, jane austen

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

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going into the new year with the mindset that not everything has to be perfect, there is no perfect, and it’s ok to post things even if they’re not pristine polished because i do this for fun and posting it is better than never