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hi! i wanted to get some clarification on the fest policy for including ace/arophobia in fics. the rules here say that any and all content is allowed as long as it follows ao3 TOS and is tagged appropriately, but the discord says no aphobia or other hateful ideologies in fics? as someone writing from personal experience i often include at least internalized acephobia in my fics, and some of the prompts include acephobia as plot points and stuff

The rules on the tumblr post are the current rules, I did not update the ones on discord (will be updating that shortly). There is no mention of aphobia being banned in the rules on the discord server, though. If you see something that say that, please point it out to me and I can revise that.

The "no hateful ideologies" is meant to keep people from creating works that have ace/aro-phobic messages. By which I mean works that paint those ideologies in a positive light and thus are spreading hate.

Now your work doesn't have to end with a happy ending like fixing all phobia in the world but I do want to keep this fest having a more positive light shone on ace/aro identities instead of hate.

I understand that facing these struggles are a part of real life for all of us in the community and I do not wish to downplay that real impact. At the same time, I do not wish to discourage people from creating a work that will be amazing and helpful for them to create so be mindful of the overall message that is being conveyed by including that element.

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I read through the guidelines and don't think this was mentioned, so apologies if it was already and I just missed it! Are we allowed to talk about the fest and what we're writing outside of the discord server?

Yes, you are allowed to talk about the work you are creating outside of the discord server! The fest is not anonymous or anything like that so you are allowed to discuss it anywhere you like.

The server is more just an explicitly aroace spec friendly space for HP fans to gather as well as to discuss the fest.

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Hiiii, can we cowrite ?

Yes! There are no restrictions to how many authors collaborate on a work, as long as the work completed still follows the rules of the fest!

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CLAIMING IS OPEN!

Hello hello everyone prompt claiming has officially opened!!

All 63 of the prompts can be viewed below, it will be updated as claims are made so what is available is visible in real time (or as close to as us mods can make it).

From now through 7/30 (just under 2 months) prompt claiming is open!

Each prompt can be claimed up to 3 times. This is done to encourage multiple mediums of work to be created for the same prompt but is not required.

You will receive an email confirmation of your claimed prompt from hpacearofest within 24 hours, first come first serve up to 3 claims.

If you have any questions, mods can be contacted via the email where you received the claim confirmation as well as through here on tumblr and in the discord server for the fest.

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56 prompts so far! Tomorrow is the last day so get in any last minute ideas!!

Hello everyone and welcome all to prompting for HP Ace Aro Fest, or HPAAF for short, for 2025!!

Prompting will be ongoing from now through Aromantic Visibility Day which is June 5th.

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Bumpity bumping! 32 prompts so far in 1 week, let's see how many more delicious ideas you all have!

Hello everyone and welcome all to prompting for HP Ace Aro Fest, or HPAAF for short, for 2025!!

Prompting will be ongoing from now through Aromantic Visibility Day which is June 5th.

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Are you guys allowing self prompt this year?

Yes, self-prompting is allowed! When claiming opens there will be an option to say that you are self-prompting instead of picking a prompt.

Adding this as a more in general tidbit. That will also be the best method for people who are interested in creating a podfic. Indicate that you are self-prompting as podfic of a specific work and share the link as well as any permissions you have obtained from the original creator to create it.

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Hello everyone and welcome all to prompting for HP Ace Aro Fest, or HPAAF for short, for 2025!!

Prompting will be ongoing from now through Aromantic Visibility Day which is June 5th.

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HP Ace Aro Fest - 2025

It is official, we are back for the second year running! Our amazing fest was created to highlight any character who you see as asexual, aromantic, or anywhere on those spectrums.  Any era, any age, anyone.  Give me your QPRs, your sex-repulsed lovey-doveys, your hypersexual aromantics, and everything else you got.  As long as you give me a main character from the HP fandom who is a-spec, your work has a home with this fest.  Accepting fic, fanart, podfics, any medium your heart desires to give us.

Stay tuned and keep your eyes peeled starting in May, claiming will be opening on Aromantic Visibility Day!!

Important dates

Announce: April 18

Prompting: May 1 - June 5

Claiming:  June 6 - July 30

Posting to start around: August 10

Guidelines

All content is allowed, no restrictions on what can be submitted so long as it is thoroughly tagged and doesn't violate tumblr or AO3 TOS.  Mods will have final approval on whether or not a work is sufficiently tagged in regards to potentially triggering matters in works rated M or above.

Etiquette

The goal of this fest is to celebrate and highlight the joys (and some of the stresses) of the lives of the HP-verse characters who fall into the a- sexual and romantic spectrums.  

There will be no ship or character bashing (even if it’s a fandom-wide hated character, please just avoid including a character/ship if you do not like them).

SALS - Ship And Let Ship.

YKINMKBYKIOK - Your Kink Is Not My Kink But Your Kink Is Okay.  Yes, this fest is about a-spec relationships. Yes, that means they can still be kinky as can be.  No, that does not mean you can shame others for what they want to create so long as it is duly tagged.

Each person has unique lived experiences within and and without the LGBTQIA+ community.  Just because you don’t see yourself in how someone is portraying something, doesn’t make them wrong for it.

This event and blog are created on the following 4 founding ideas. If your values do not align with these core principles, this event is likely not for you:

1. Trans Rights are Human Rights 2. Free Palestine and Free Congo and Free Sudan or else no one is free 3. All Nazi's deserve to be punched 4. FUCK JKR

Written fic

Written fic should preferably be longer than 500 words

There is no maximum word count

Must be a completed work, no on-going series to be completed after the fest

Works must be stand-alone (can be part of a collection but one must be able to read it without reading previous parts)

Using a beta is strongly encouraged but not required (if you would like help finding one, feel free to join the fest discord server to find them)

Art work

Work must be exclusive to this fest

Digital and physical art are both allowed as long as scans/photos of the physical are clear

Podfic work

Please provide proof of permission from the creator (unless it is yourself) which includes a screenshot of a blanket permission statement on their profile as long as the username matches 

Selected work must fit the theme of the fest as well as the 500 word minimum for written fics

Make sure you upload it with the author’s original tags as well as the fest tags and podfic notation

Submission

All works must be uploaded to the AO3 collection by the deadline of July 30 (around 1 week before posting  pending any extensions granted)

Add acearofest account as co-author so mods can just double check for correctly tagged content and posting as well as a final once over of the SPaG/formatting

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5th week - final week

So tired trying to see from behind the red in my eyes (locked) by HuntersWithCellPhones (rating G)

Summary: After being outed as AroAce, Regulus has had a hard time being taken seriously. Until a group assignment, where he ends up paired with Remus, who doesn't give a crap about Regulus' sexuality.

Prompt #43

Lover by melissamwrites (rating M)

Summary: Regulus has been James's lover for a while now, and he truly loves him and wants to be with him. But he comes to realise that the only reason he's sleeping with him is because that's what he's been taught relationships should be like. Finally he gets the chance to explore what he actually wants.

The Date by Anonymous (rating G)

Summary: All he can think about is the fact that he missed a hatching for this.

For prompt 12: After countless blind dates that his mum makes him go on, Charlie Weasley is fed up and tells says that he's asexual before storming out from the Burrow.

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WEEK 4 - HAPPY ACE WEEK

A Tale of Duty, Friendship, and ... Love?  by MidnightStargazer (rating M)

Summary: Asexual newlyweds navigate married life and pure-blood society during the first war. The relationship that develops between them isn't what they were told to expect, and nothing they try has the power to change that, not even Amortentia. Yet, still, they do grow to love each other in their own way.

Cake co. by toutcequonveut - a Podfic by Cailynwrites (rating T)

Summary: Draco is the ace of cakes! Or: the story of how Draco Malfoy goes from war criminal to baker incredible, makes some unexpected friendships, and learns more about himself along the way. A journey of growth told through cake.

You can just talk, and I'll stare at your mouth by xXXJamesHotterXXx (rating G)

Summary: Prompt #37 Ace!Peter Pettigrew who has a romantic crush on a Hufflepuff (featuring cheerleaders James Potter and Sirius Black who just want their friend to he happy)

title from Risk by Gracie Abrams

Joy Incarnate by Anonymous (rating G)

Summary: Narcissa Black is going to be married next year. This is the fulfillment of her duties as a daughter of the House of Black, and she ought to be ecstatic.

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WEEK 3

Loneliness as a Figure of Speech by MercurialVagabond (Rating G)

Summary:

“Oh. That’s a relief then. Sorry for assuming anything. For the record, I’m not interested either. In blokes, that is,” he remarked in an attempt to lighten the mood.

“Cheeky bastard.”

Remus felt the impulse to be open with her in return. He wanted her to not feel alone in the moment.

“Or women, for that matter.”

Tonks was quiet for an imperceptible moment, taking in such a heavy piece of information. It hardly seemed to phase her because her demeanor remained just the same.

“Well, that’s alright. Not missing out much I’d say, getting a date these days is a right arse.”

———

Or, Remus and Tonks have never been more than friends. They still decide to get married.

Hermione Granger and the New Tax Policy by Anonymous (rating G)

Summary:

Hermione Granger has to do interviews when running for Minister for Magic. Some of them go well. Some of them go worse.

For prompt 5: Aro ace hermiome

Aflame by cyandenial (rating M)

Summary: Sometimes, even in the cold of winter, a blazing fire can be lit up aflame. Narcissa never knew this could be applicable to her, but one encounter changed everything, and now she was ready to burn.

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WEEK 2

The second week of fics is ready to be devoured by you all! Comment and kudos are encouraged!

Meditations by Anonymous

Summary:

Ron hasn't been avoiding Lavender, in that he hasn't thought about her particularly much. Still a bit awkward.

For prompt 8: Aco OR Aro Ron navigating his life, focusing on eighth year (but could extend beyond)

Experiment in Progress by Lemongrass77777

"You know what I want to do about it.”

“Do I?” James asked, but Sirius could tell he did. He had that look in his eye; the one he got when Sirius laid out a new idea and James was already thinking five steps ahead, figuring out what materials they’d need and how soon they could get started.

So Sirius said two words he never thought he’d say.

“Kiss me?”

(Or: Sirius has never fancied anyone. He and James decide to test a theory. Written for the HP Ace Aro Fest 2024.)

Kiss me, I'm not scared by xXXJamesHotterXXx

Summary:

Prompt #7 Severitus to Snarry where they don’t have a typical father/son relationship because they’re both asexual.

title from Perfect For You by Peach PRC

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Our first three works are public! We will be uploading 3 per week on Wednesdays (with a bonus fic during Ace Pride Week, the 20-26th)! Get your commenting and kudos-ing fingers ready!

Catching Up and Falling Down (pleading for a soft landing) by p0intless_p0et

Summary: In which Charlie Weasley stumbles into a philosophical, sexual, and deeply personal, quagmire, in the kitchens of Grimmuald Place. He finds himself in, through, and with, the odd pair of Tonks and Lupin. Snape does not offer to help, so at least Charlie has some grounding in knowing not *everything* changed while he was away.

I came in from the outside, burned out from a joy ride by HuntersWithCellPhones

Summary: Regulus spends his first Holidays at the Potters, thinks James will want more from him than he is comfortable giving, and they have a conversation that turns an awful night into something great.

Pride within Bravery by Nena96

Summary: Oliver is tired of the reporters of the Daily Prophet, their lies have come to far and now it's time to retaliate, nothing is more powerful than the truth.

Keep an eye on the collection (link here) and feel free to join us in the Discord server (link here) to discuss these works or for the community of fellow HP AceAro headcanons!

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CLAIMING IS OPEN!

From now through 9/22 (just under 2 months) prompt claiming is open!

All 70 of the prompts can be viewed here, it will be updated as claims are made so what is available is visible in real time (or as close to as us mods can make it).

Each prompt can be claimed up to 3 times. This is done to encourage multiple mediums of work to be created for the same prompt but is not required.

You will receive an email confirmation of your claimed prompt from hpacearofest within 24 hours, first come first serve up to 3 claims.

If you have any questions, mods can be contacted via the email where you received the claim confirmation as well as through here on tumblr and in the discord server for the fest.

[hpacearofest]

CLAIMING IS OPEN!

From now through 9/22 (just under 2 months) prompt claiming is open!

All 70 of the prompts can be viewed here, it will be updated as claims are made so what is available is visible in real time (or as close to as us mods can make it).

Each prompt can be claimed up to 3 times. This is done to encourage multiple mediums of work to be created for the same prompt but is not required.

You will receive an email confirmation of your claimed prompt from hpacearofest within 24 hours, first come first serve up to 3 claims.

If you have any questions, mods can be contacted via the email where you received the claim confirmation as well as through here on tumblr and in the discord server for the fest.

[hpacearofest]

CLAIMING IS OPEN!

From now through 9/22 (just under 2 months) prompt claiming is open!

All 70 of the prompts can be viewed here, it will be updated as claims are made so what is available is visible in real time (or as close to as us mods can make it).

Each prompt can be claimed up to 3 times. This is done to encourage multiple mediums of work to be created for the same prompt but is not required.

You will receive an email confirmation of your claimed prompt from hpacearofest within 24 hours, first come first serve up to 3 claims.

If you have any questions, mods can be contacted via the email where you received the claim confirmation as well as through here on tumblr and in the discord server for the fest.