The SSHG Prompt Fest

Reminder: The 2019 run of the sshg_promptfest has been cancelled, but the fest will return for a 2020 July run.

In lieu of new SSHG Prompt Fest works this July, I invite you to (re)view the fest's previous offerings. The fest previously ran in July 2013, January 2014, July 2014, July 2015, July 2016, July 2017, and July 2018, and there is something for everyone to enjoy amongst its offerings.

Sign ups for our 2020 run will begin on 1 March.

Announcement: With regret, I must inform you that the 2019 run of the sshg_promptfest has been cancelled.

What a splendid fest we've had! *twirls happily* Thank you ever so much, everyone, for making this run a success!

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I can't wait to do it all over again next year!

See you then, and all best,

iulia_linnea

P.S. I've revised the rules, schedule, and submission guidelines (primarily) for brevity and clarity towards the Prompt Fest's next run. If you've any questions about the changes, please ask them in comments or email them to sshg.promptfest [at] gmail [dot] com. *waves*

Title: Partners in Law
Type: Fic
Prompter: iulia_linnea
Creator: delphipsmith
Rating: G
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(Highlight to View) Prompt: Severus and Hermione attempt — Merlin knows why — to complete a how-well-do-you-know-your-partner quiz (SS/HG).
Note: Inspired by this New York Times article (content is a bit spoilery for the story, so don't click through unless that's what you want!). This story takes place six years or so after Voldemort's defeat. In canon, Kingsley Shacklebolt was Minister of Magic at this point (1998-2019), but I wanted a woman (sorry, JKR).
Summary: The Ministry married them; now the Ministry wants to set them free. But will they pass or fail the test?

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Title: For Better Through Worse
Type: Fic
Prompter: aleysiasnape
Creator: chobot_so_hot
Rating: PG-13
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(Highlight to View) Prompt: Marriage law fic during the war where Hermione picks Severus over other Death Eaters. Hermione doesn't know that Severus is a Veela and she is his mate.
Summary: On her own after Harry and Ron go off to find the Hallows on their own, Hermione continues to fight as best she can, until the Ministry brings her in on charges of evasion and law breaking. Desperate for help, Hermione thinks up her most impossible chance for freedom. What she doesn't know is that her desperate plan will lead her to the fiercest ally she never knew she had.

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Title: Still Life
Type: Fic
Prompter: Anonymous Five
Creator: mundungus42
Beta(s): zigadenus
Rating: G
(Highlight to View) Warning(s): None.
(Highlight to View) Prompt: The enchantment over the Great Hall's ceiling fails, and Headmaster Granger summons Severus Snape to Hogwarts to fix it. Why does she believe that this is a job for him?
Note: Enormous thanks to zigadenus for lightning-fast and brilliant beta-reading and Brit-picking, to Anonymous Five for a wonderful prompt that ran away with me, and to iulia_linnea for organizing this fantastic fest and especially for her patience with long-winded authors like myself!
Summary: The thirtieth anniversary of the Battle of Hogwarts is days away, end of term looms, and trouble is brewing with the Hogwarts portraits. What's the new Headmistress of Hogwarts do?

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Title: The Other Side of Now
Type: Fic
Prompter: hiddenhibernian
Creator: hiddenhibernian
Beta(s): williamsnickers
Rating: PG-13
(Highlight to View) Warning(s): None.
(Highlight to View) Prompt: Prompt yourself for fic!
Note: My beta did a fantastic job as per usual, turning this around in no time at all. Any remaining mistakes are my own.
Summary: Hermione is plagued by love letters. Unfortunately, they're not for her. Even more unfortunate, Severus claims he has no idea who they are from or what's in them.

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Title: A Honeymoon in Paradise
Type: Fic
Prompter: rayvyn2k
Creator: articcat621
Beta(s): xxdustnight88
Rating: PG-13
(Highlight to View) Warning(s): Implied sexual content, mild language.
(Highlight to View) Prompt: A tropical vacation. (Tahiti? Hawaii? Somewhere else?) What are they doing? Hiding in the shade? Swimming? Sunning themselves? Something else? You decide.
Note: Thanks to the wonderful mod for both hosting this fest and granting me an extension. I hope everyone enjoys this bit of fluff.
Summary: Severus surprises Hermione with their honeymoon destination.

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Title: Good Vibrations of a Guardian Angel
Type: Fic
Prompter: jaxomsride
Creator: mykesprit
Beta(s): Orcl777
Rating: R
(Highlight to View) Warning(s): Mentions of a sex toy (although no actual sexual acts).
(Highlight to View) Prompt: Snape finds the Afterlife is not quite what he expects. It's not all harps and rainbows. Being made a Guardian Angel and responsible for the health and happiness of a certain Miss Know-It-All does nothing to improve his disposition. Against all the rules, he feels a definite attraction towards his charge.
Note: Thank you to sshg_pf_mod for putting this fest together!
Summary: Severus found it quite difficult to be dead; it was turning out to be a lot of work. Not only was he assigned as Hermione Granger's Guardian Angel, but he had to constantly trick her into going on dates with her 'soulmate.'

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Title: Prophecy Revealed
Type: Art
Prompter: delphipsmith
Creator: orangeblossom17
Rating: G
(Highlight to View) Warning(s): None.
(Highlight to View) Prompt: Stained glass. Interpret that any way you like.
Note: While searching for inspiration, I came across the perfect scene in delphipsmith's 2014 Prompt Fest offering, The Heart the Adder Gave Him. Digital art with vector linework and colored using images of stained glass sheets. If you'd like a BW version for coloring, let me know after the reveal.
Summary: A snake, a prince, a death. Snape's need to hear the rest led to an impromptu visit to the Hall of Prophecy with one Miss Granger as the key.

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