We have a bit of a dilemma, in that we only received 22 prompts for our 2017 Dark Witches fest. I don't want to put on a fest that nobody is interested in, so I thought I'd ask the community what they thought the best course of action was. Since the fest hasn't run since 2013, I think the problem is that we haven't got a lot of the newer people to ( Read more... )

I'm happy to announce that darkwitches is returning this year for it's third round! There is one major change, and that's the style of the fest. The last two fests were exchange fests, however I think this time we'll try it as an anonymous prompt based fest.

As such, the timeline is as follows:

Prompting: 1st - 14th April
Claiming: 17th April
Submissions ( Read more... )

All good things come to an end, and this is the end of our second year of darkwitches. It's been another wonderful year with an even bigger variety of pairings, and the quality has been astounding.

( Master List: The Reveal 2013! )

Due to outstanding submissions and myself not being very well at the moment, I've decided we should take a brief posting hiatus. Posting will resume on Monday 9th DecemberThis should hopefully give everyone some time to catch up with any gifts they haven't managed to check out yet, and allow the remaining submissions to not have to be rushed ( Read more... )

In just a few moments, posting for the second round of darkwitches will begin! Before it does, though, here are a few notes.

For participants, the most important thing to remember is that this is an anonymous exchange, so please do not respond to comments or post your piece anywhere else until the Masterlist has been posted at the end of the fest ( Read more... )

I may be in need of pinch hitters, so if you'd like to help out, please leave your contact details here. Comments are screened. You don't need to feel as if you're committing yourself by offering; if the assignment doesn't work for you, you don't have to take it ( Read more... )

All darkwitches submissions are due today ( Read more... )

The deadline is fast approaching and is only a few days away now. Your submissions are due on the 1st November! I've received a couple of submissions and extension requests, but I haven't heard from the majority of you ( Read more... )

It is officially one month until your darkwitches gifts are due! Here are the headers and submission guidelines for when you need them.

Please use the following headers when submitting:

For Fic:
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All assignments have now been sent out :) If you have not received your assignment, please let me know and I'll re-send it again ( Read more... )