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daddyfestmod
HP Daddy Fest is a multi-ship, anon-posting, prompt-based kink fest in the Harry Potter fandom. It is open to all characters, pairings, poly-ships, tropes, themes and AUs.
A Daddy Kink is best defined as a branch of Dominant/submissive partnerships, where the Dominant partner is referred to as “Daddy”. A “Daddy Dom” takes a more gentle, affectionate and almost parental approach, using their Dominance to teach, protect and care for their submissive partner. Daddy kink may include age regression or “age play” (when the submissive partner takes on childish mannerisms), but does not have to.
Daddy Kink is not inherently incestuous or paedophilic. For the purposes of this fest, this dynamic is between consenting partners of at least 16 years of age, of all genders and sexualities, either as Dom/sub or Caregiver/little.
We are excited to share this new fest with you - as Daddies and Daddy’s pets ourselves - and cannot wait to see all the new content you help us create for the theme.
In that vein, below you can find the timeline as well as the rules and FAQ!
Timeline:
Prompting: May 1st - May 29
Signups and claiming: June 1st - July 15
Check-in: August 1
Call for pinch-hitters: August 25
Submissions due: September 15
Posting begins: October 1
Reveals: To be Determined
Main Rules
ALL PARTICIPANTS MUST BE 18+ - NO EXCEPTIONS
The fest is multi-ship. All pairings from any era of the Harry Potter universe (including Cursed Child and Fantastic Beasts) are welcome. Slash, femslash, opposite-sex pairings, threesomes, moresomes are all welcome.
1000 minimum word count but there is no maximum word count. For artworks, it should be evident that you have put time into the piece, this is not the place for doodles.
Fanworks of all ratings are welcome. Just because it's a Daddy kink fest doesn't mean it has to be pornographic. That said, we do expect the majority of our submissions to be Explicit/Mature or R/NC-17-rated. Participants, please provide a rating; readers, please observe your local laws.
Warnings/content tags are critical. Please adhere to AO3’s archive warning policy (or select ‘Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings’) and flag all and any non-vanilla goings-on. If you prefer not to use warnings, please include a note upfront that the content tags are non-exhaustive.
The mods reserve the right to ask you to add additional tags or warnings to your story if we believe something hasn’t been appropriately tagged.
All works must be beta’d before submission.
Mods reserve the right to ask contributor for a second beta.
Extensions will be given on a case by case scenario. However the more notice you give the mods, the easier it will be for them to accommodate you.
Works are anonymous until the reveals date. Please do not share your works with anyone prior to the reveals date - with the exceptions of your alpha reader, beta, etc.
All submissions will be read by the mod team after submission. The mods reserve the right to request further tags be added in-case of potentially triggering content.
All content creators must respond to any emails sent by the mod team.
Readers, if you have squicks or triggers please check the warnings carefully. Please contact the mods privately at
HPDaddyFest@gmail.com in the first instance if you have any tagging concerns.
Failure to follow these rules can lead to the disqualification of your submission.
Prompting
Prompting runs from May 1st - 10am EST / 3pm GMT on May 29th.
Everybody can leave up to ten prompts.
Prompting will be collected on airtable, HERE. You can view the prompts submitted so far HERE. This list will update automatically, please refresh the page if you don't see your prompt.
Anonymous prompts are permitted.
Claiming
Claiming opens at 5pm GMT / Midday EST on June 1st.
You may claim a prompt someone else has submitted or create for your own prompt. If you are self-prompting, you do not have to leave a prompt within the prompting window. In fact, we recommend you don’t, to avoid opening it up to general claiming.
Each prompt can be claimed TWICE. Once for FIC and once for ART.
You can sign up as a team, whether as collaborating authors, artists or author/artist. Please just include details of all collaborators in the sign-up.
If you wish to write for your own prompt, you still need to sign up as a fest participant. Instructions on signing up will be posted to the HP Daddyfest Tumblr, LiveJournal and Dreamwidth when claiming opens.
You may claim additional prompts when your first piece is completed. If you wish to claim additional prompts please submit your work to the Ao3 collection and if you wish to select another prompt send an email with the prompt you wish to claim next to HPDaddyFest@gmail.com .
September 15th is the due date and you will be responsible for submitting your fanwork to the Ao3 HP DaddyFest Collection on or before that date. Please do not post your work anywhere else until after fest reveals.
Submitting Guideline for Authors and Artists
All authors and artists are required to have an AO3 account.
Submit your fic or art to the fest collection on AO3 which you can find (HERE) on or before submissions are due.
PLEASE contact us at HPDaddyFest@gmail.com if you are unable to post. There are no penalties for dropping out. We understand that life happens.
Once you have submitted your work, please complete the header below. Do not amend the HTML coding.
<b>Title:</b>
<b>Pairing(s):</b>
<b>Rating:</b>
<b>Word Count:</b>
<b>Warnings:</b>
<b>Summary:</b>
<b>Author’s Note:</b>
Please email your headers to HPDaddyFest@gmail.com as soon as you have posted to AO3.
The moderators will post wrap-ups of fanworks in a single weekly post on the HP Daddyfest Tumblr, the HP Daddyfest Dreamwidth and the HP Daddyfest Livejournal. We will use your headers for that post. We will also post a final fest wrap up before and after reveals.
The fest is anonymous so please do not post your submissions to your own accounts on any platform with any telling comments or attributes as to the creator’s identity. Reblogging and sharing of submissions is highly encouraged, but as the fest is anonymous we encourage and require secrecy as to the creator of each submission.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ’s):
1) Do the submissions need to be NSFW to be included?
A: Absolutely not! Daddy-fest is very open in terms of the types of works being contributed. We love that the term “Daddy” means different things to different people, and cannot wait to see how all our lovely contributors interpret it themselves.
2) What is the minimum length requirement for fics?
A: There is a minimum of 1000 words, but no maximum length requirement for fics! Create your fic as concise or as lengthy as you desire!
3) What pairings are allowed?
A: Any and all pairings are welcome so long as they belong to the HP universe. This includes but is not limited to Marauders era, Lightening era, Next-gen, Cursed Child, and Fantastic Beasts characters.
4) Can I submit a story that belongs to an existing series or WIP?
A: No. We prefer that the stories are all original works submitted for this fest specifically.
5) Can a prompt be claimed more than once?
A: Each prompt can be claimed once for art and once for fic only.
6) Are Non-Magical AU’s allowed?
A: Absolutely! So long as you are using HP characters feel free to place them in any setting you choose. Feel free to stretch your creativity.
7) Do I have to use a fic beta?
A: Yes. We will put out a call for betas when the due date for entries draws near. The mods will be proofreading all entries and will contact you if there are a large amount of spelling/grammatical errors.
8) I finished my submission early, can I post it early?
A: Absolutely! Please feel free to submit your work as early as you have it ready. This actually gives us more time to moderate your piece so we are happy to have early submissions.
9) Will you grant extensions?
A: Of course! Life happens and this is meant to be fun and not stressful. Please contact as if you need an extension at HPDaddyFest@gmail.com .
10) I need to drop out, what should I do?
A: Again, life happens so please don’t stress but do let us know as soon as you can. Even if you think you might need to drop out email us and we’ll see what we can do for you. As with extensions, this is meant to be fun and if finishing it becomes stressful or not possible then just let us know. However, participants who do not inform us in due time of their intention to drop out may not be allowed to participate in future fests.
11) Does this kink always have to use BDSM?
A: No! Not at all. It certainly can be if you choose but it isn’t necessary. There’s a wide interpretation for Daddy kink, but the main idea is that there needs to be a dynamic where one partner dominates or takes care of the other partner(s) either sexually, post-sex, domestically, or all the above.
12) What tropes and kinks are commonly associated with this theme?
A: Getting off on dominance or being dominated, praise kink, age play, roleplay, humiliation. In BDSM, impact play like spanking, whipping, flogging, and restraints of all kinds. The list of kinks is almost limitless as long as the dynamic fits within the scope of Daddykink.
