#2022 hdmpregfest
Title: Unwanted — Beloved
Author: Anonymous
Prompt: Harry (or Draco) opens the door one morning to find a baby in a basket on the doorstep.
It looks exactly like him.
Well, fuck.
Rating: Teen and Up [PG-13]
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.
Epilogue Compliant: No
Who is pregnant: Draco
Notes: Thank you to maesterchill for leaving this lovely prompt.
Also thank you to my beta.
And a big thank you to the mods!!! Participating in your fest was a lovely experience. Thanks for your patience!
Summary: Feeling tears sting at the edges of his eyes, Harry picked the baby up and scooted inside.
Who’d do something like this? Who’d discard a baby on someone’s doorstep? On his doorstep?
Unwanted — Beloved
Posting for the 2022 H/D Mpreg Fest begins this Sunday, 8 May, US Mother’s Day!!
We have really great fics and art and even a podfic. Do remember, the fest is anonymous, so even if you’re pretty sure who created something…keep it to your self until reveals. THEN - you can brag on how brilliant you are for figuring it out. ♥
We’ll be posting at least three times a week with a recap every Saturday. Posts will generally be in the morning (using US Central time as a guide) but due to work schedules it might be later some days.
Posting will end the week of 12 June and reveals will be on Sunday, 19 June, US Father’s Day.
We’re so excited to share the wonderful creations with you and hope you’ll show all of our creatures love with comments and kudos.
See you Sunday!
sassy_cissa and timothysboxers
your H/D Mpreg Fest Mods
Unless you have:
● already submitted (thank you for being awesome)
● have requested and received confirmation of an extension (thank you for being proactive)
YOUR SUBMISSION IS DUE BY MIDNIGHT CST - TODAY!!
This means you have approximately 14.5 hours for your submission to be uploaded to AO3 and your header completed.
For information on how to submit, please see this post:
ON LJ: Check-in and Submission Guidelines
ON TUMBLR: Check-in and Submission Guidelines.
If you have questions or concerns, please email the mod account at [email protected] or DM a mod (sassy_cissa or timothysboxers) on the Drarry Discord.
We can’t wait to see what you’ve created for the fest!!
Your H/D Mpreg Mods
Hello all!
We hope you’re busily writing or creating for the fest. We emailed a reminder that submissions are due on 29 April 2022.
Please take a moment to reply to the email. It helps us keep organised and begin to prepare for posting in May.
We’re a fairly small fest, so each submission is even more important in helping us make the fest a success. And we’re pretty easy to work with - just get in touch! ♥
Your mods are very excited to see everyone’s hard work and even more excited to share it with this great fandom!
sassy_cissa and timothysboxers
It’s Check-in and Submission Guidelines Time!
We’ve just sent out our check-in emails, so please be sure to respond so we can begin to plan for posting. Submissions are due on 29 April which is about a month away.
Here are the directions for posting submissions to the 2022 H/D Mpreg Fest.
Posting your Work to the AO3 Collection
Avoid posting your work as a DRAFT. This can lead to confusion when it’s time to release works. If you want to preview post your work, you can do this on your personal AO3 without adding the Mod account as co-author.
Once you’re happy with your work (and any writing has been beta’d), add the Mod account and post your submission to the Mpreg Collection.
This is the link to the 2022 H/D Mpreg Collection. All works will be posted to AO3 by their creator.
What does this mean?
- ♥ All fics (regardless of length) will be posted to AO3.
- ♥ All artworks will be posted to AO3, unless the artist specifies otherwise. Talk to a Mod if applicable.
- ♥ All podfic works will be posted to AO3, unless the recording artist specifies otherwise. Talk to a Mod if applicable.
How do I submit my work to the H/D Mpreg Fest?
- ♥ On or before Friday, 29 April, go to the 2022 Mpreg Collection and click Post to Collection.
AO3 has further directions on making a post to a collection. (Ignore the challenge references.) - ♥ Tick the Add co-authors? box, and add the Mod ID hdmpregmod as a co-author.
This ensures that the mods will be able to proof all entries and keep them uniform, add details to the foot-notes, and adjust any tags if necessary. Without this we are unable to post your work for the fest.
We need to accept the co-author request before it will show, and will do so as quickly as possible.
After the reveals, the Mod ID will be removed. The works will, however, remain part of the Collection. - ♥ Content Notes: If your work contains Graphic Depictions of Violence, Major Character Death, Rape/Non-con and/or Underage, you must include these warnings in the header Content Notes and utilise the appropriate archive warning(s) on your AO3 post.
- ♥ AO3 tagging: You may add relevant Additional Tags (e.g. “romance”, “post-Hogwarts”, “BDSM”, etc). Many followers on AO3 subscribe to certain tags; choosing tags wisely allows readers to find your work more easily.
Please refrain from using freeform tags (e.g. “omg i cannot deal”, etc.) while the fest is in progress. You can add these after reveals.
Unless it’s a “secret”, we highly recommend tagging who is pregnant. This is a polarising topic, and it’s best if people are informed from the start.
We will review the tags as we review the submissions, but will not make major changes without contacting the creator. - ♥ Beta and Author’s Notes: All written submissions must be beta-read. Please acknowledge the beta(s) and cheer-leaders in your header under the author’s notes. Use their initials if naming them would be a huge give away. (Don’t forget to update it after reveals.)
- ♥ Submit: Once you’ve uploaded your work to our AO3 collection, please head on over to our Header Submission Form on AirTable for an HTML-free experience. You will need the submission code that was provided in your prompt allocation email. If you’re not scared of the HTML, you can rock it old-school and head down below the cut and copy and fill the relevant header provided and email it to the mod account at [email protected].
- ♥ We will post these headers to the harrydracompreg LiveJournal communityandtumblr during H/D Mpreg Fest, with a link to your work on AO3. If your work has any accompanying goodies (think fic-and-art combo, podfic cover-art, etc.), please include these in the AO3 entry.
- ♥ All submissions will be listed as unrevealed Mystery Works in the collection. The Mods will reveal your work as anonymous when it posts. Nobody but yourself and the mods will be able to see your fest entry before its posting date in the fest. At posting time, the Mods will change the date so that your submission gets maximum exposure. Please do not change it again.
- ♥ All creators will appear as Anonymous until the fest is over. Please don’t cross-post or otherwise make mention about your submission until the fest is over. It’s only a month… please be patient.
Does this mean I have to have an AO3 account?
- ♥ We highly recommend all participating creators get an account. If you need an invite code, let us know and we will send you one.
- ♥ Please talk to the Mods if you do not have or cannot create an AO3 account. We will work something out.
Closing Notes
For more information and context, the 2022 H/D Mpreg Fest Rules and Information post is here.
Confused? Questions? Please comment on this post, or send an email to [email protected]. If you’re on the Drarry Discord, feel welcome to DM either of the mods there. We’re here to help.
sassy_cissa and timothysboxers
H/D MPREG MODS
Header Information
Submissions/Header information and/or artworks can be sent to [email protected] at any time before or on the submission date (Friday, 29 April). Please include the word ‘submission’, your username, and your prompt number in your email’s subject line (e.g. Submission, sassy_cissa, prompt 85). Please complete the header in its entirety; we will anonymise it as necessary until the fest reveals.
The fic header is here:
The art header is here:
The podfic header is here:
Please respond to the check-in email sent to you this weekend. It helps the mods plan. We’re a very small fest this year and we hope everyone will be submitting. But don’t be afraid to tell us anything. We’re pretty chill to work with as long as you communicate.
sassy-cissa and timothysboxers
Prompting for the H/D MPREG Fest is set to close Sunday, 6 February 2022.
You’ve got about four more days to get that prompt bunny out of your head and into the form! That Mod-Life that we’re living is still crazy so we can’t give a fixed time that it will close, so feel free to submit your prompts until the form tells you no more!
At the time of this posting, we have 80 fabulous prompts to select from, and we want to thank everyone who has taken the time to leave a prompt.
As a quick reminder, we are again accepting prompts of existing works to be podficced. If you have an MPREG fic that you’ve written or one that you love dearly, consider prompting it for a podfic creation—just remember that you need the consent of the original author.
We’re also super excited to announce that claiming will open on Tuesday 8 February 2022 (5am US-CST), and will be processed through AirTable.
If you have any questions, you can email the mods at [email protected], send either of us a DM on Discord, or an ask on tumblr.
@sassy-cissa and @timothysboxers
H/D MPREG MODS
