Fall Femmeslash Fest

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Challenge
Name: The Fall Femmeslash Fest
Date(s): August - October 2005
Moderator(s): Aspen, girls_today
Founder: Aspen
Type: femslash fest/ficathon
Fandom: Harry Potter
Associated Community: girls_today
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The Fall Femmeslash Fest was a Harry Potter fic and art fest hosted by Aspen and the Girls Today recsletter community.

Girls Today posted links and recs for works created for the fest as they were published. Two stories and two pieces of fanart created for the fest were selected as the recsletter's "Editor's Picks": "Golden Glove" by nebuleaen (art, Ginny/Luna), "Memory of Summertime" by annabellatrix (fic, Petunia/Lily), "Puppet Princess" by lady_kareth (art, Bellatrix/Hermione),[1] and "Toad the Wet Sprocket" by foreword (fic, Umbridge/Hermione).[2]

Timeline

A link to a poll to gauge interest in a femslash ficathon was posted in the August 25, 2005 edition of the recsletter.[3] The fest was officially announced on August 29, 2005.

The fest deadline was October 9, 2005.[4][5] The fest masterlist was posted on October 10 issue of the recsletter.[6]

Fest Masterlist

Six artists and 14 authors submitted fanworks for the fest, for a total of 15 stories and 8 pieces of fanart included on the masterlist. The Fall Femmeslash Fest Master List was posted on October 10, 2005.

Fanfiction

Fanart

References

  1. ^ a b Girls Today, September 22, 2005 (posted 22 September 2005; accessed 08 March 2016). Note that although the rec for "Puppet Princess" appears under the "For the Fall Femmeslash Fest" heading, it does not appear on the fest masterlist.
  2. ^ Girls Today, September 1, 2005 (posted 01 September 2005); September 8, 2005 (posted 09 September 2005); September 26, 2005 (posted 27 September 2005). Accessed 08 March 2016.
  3. ^ Girls Today, August 25, 2005: "cursescar would like to know if people would be interested in a femslash ficathon." (Link to poll friendslocked as of 24 June 2013.)
  4. ^ cursescar at girls_today on LiveJournal. August 29, 2005. (Accessed 24 June 2013.)
  5. ^ cursescar at girls_today on LiveJournal. Non-issue Fest-type-post!, 09 October 2005. (Accessed 08 March 2016.)
  6. ^ cursescar at girls_today on LiveJournal. The Fall Femmeslash Fest Master List! 10 October 2005. (Accessed 24 June 2013.)