Being naughty finally pays off

Before turning in your story or artwork for smutty_claus, please use these guidelines to make sure it's properly formatted. The right formatting will help readers focus on the gift you worked so hard to create without being distracted by coding errors, and will save your moderator a lot of time and trouble. :)

( basic instructions on headers, artwork and stories. Same as previous years, except for long stories )

If you have any questions regarding the coding and formatting of your submissions, please contact me in advance. Thank you for your help!

A quick note to readers of this community: our long stories have moved! Please update your bookmarks.

As you may know, geocities is closing its doors forever next month. The smutty_claus stories hosted there needed to be moved to another location or lost -- but no worries, I would never let that happen to some of this fest's finest pieces! Thanks to the OTW's the Geocities Rescue Project, a new home has been found which should serve us well for years to come.

All of smutty_claus's long stories from past years can now be found here on the Archive of Our Own, and any stories too long for lj in the 2009 exchange or future rounds will be hosted there as well. (Stories shorter than 12,000 words will not be affected.)

Any questions, comments, or concerns? Just let me know -- I'm always happy to talk about the fest. :) Feel free to leave a comment here or email me at smutty_claus @ yahoo.com.

Assignments have been sent!

Participants, check your inboxes. :) Please look over the assignments and then reply back to confirm that you can fill the request and there are no problems or mistakes.

Any questions or concerns? Let me know as soon as possible so we can smooth the way to an awesome fest. :)

And in case you missed it, there are beautiful participant icons available for your use here!

Signups are now open for all participants, new and returning!

Signups are now open for all repeat participants!

Smutty Claus is a fannish "secret santa" exchange -- Basically, you sign up and tell us what you like -- characters, scenarios, pairings and kinks. Then you tell us what you can write or draw. We swap assignments, you make a present for someone else, and get one in return. Sexy surprises all around!

This community is for gifts of fanfic and fanart within the Harry Potter fandom, and we focus on het couples here: male/female pairings, and all the variations our authors and artists can dream up.

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Timeline

September 1 - Signups open for returning participants only.
September 2 - Signups open for all participants
September 7 - Signups close if maximum number not met earlier.
September 21 - Assignments sent out by this date
November 17 - Fic & art due for first-time participants
November 24 - Fic & art due for all other participants
December 1 - Posting starts
December 31 - Posting finishes
January 7 - Author/Artist identities revealed by this date

smutty_claus is an "adult holiday fic and art exchange." What the heck is that?
Basically, you sign up and tell us what you like -- characters, scenarios, pairings and kinks. Then you tell us what you can write or draw. We swap assignments, then you make a present for someone else and get one in return. Sexy surprises all around!

What's the focus of the community? What kind of stories and artwork are included?
We focus on Harry Potter het pairings here. Any characters, any era, any kink... but all with an emphasis on male/female relationships.

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Here it is -- the master list of all art and fic posted in smutty_claus in the fifth fabulous year of the fest. All stories are also mirrored at our JF community.

I hope you enjoyed this year as much as I did, and will join us again in 2009!

( Specialis Revelio! )

Our Secret Santas' identities will be revealed in one week. Until then, why not plan to do a little reading and reviewing? Our authors and artists may be anonymous, but they still love to read your comments. Immerse yourself in long stories, or admire some beautiful artwork. Rediscover old favorites, or if you're looking for something new and different, try one of the 23 pairings that was introduced to the fest this year: Binns/Pince, Cedric/Angelina, Charlie/Luna, Draco/Rita, Draco/Rose, Lysander/Lily II, Lysander/Lily II/Lorcan, Michael/Hermione, Oliver/Hermione, Ron/Lavender, Ron/Susan, Scorpius/Rose, Seamus/Lavender, Sirius/Rita, Snape/Charity Burbage, Snape/Hermione/Draco, Snape/Hermione/Lucius, Snape/Pansy, Snape/Rita, Teddy/various, Teddy/Victoire, Theo/Pansy and Tom/Minerva.

I'd like to thank a few people for helping me out behind the scenes. Thanks to my elf lunalovepotter, and to pocketfullof for making a couple of posts when I was busy with other stuff. Thanks also to florahart for helping with a story, and to cheapxdate for going above and beyond. Thanks to everyone who volunteered to fill in -- even though I didn't need to call on you this year, just knowing you were there helped me sleep easier at night.

2008 was the smoothest fest I've ever run, and that's because of our wonderful participants. Thank you all for being a mod's dream come true. You're talented, enthusiastic, responsive, and above all you really capture the spirit of giving that this fest is all about. You've made this fest a joy to run, and there's just no way I'd miss it next year.

Mark your calendars for signups on September 1!

This year, the following people signed up to participate in smutty_claus and did not complete their assignments: oh_honestleigh and oracleholly.

Per community rules, they will not be eligible to participate in future years.

To: odogoddess
From: Your Secret Santa

Title Coming to Life
Author leni_jess
Pairings Snape/Pansy, hint of Snape/Millicent
Summary When Slytherin females decide to do a Slytherin male a favour, it's possible they all think too hard about what that means.
Rating NC-17
Warnings Smut. Slytherins. No squicks.
Word length 5,435 words
Author's notes odogoddess, you asked for "a clueless Snape/seductress Pansy moment", and "Slytherin motivations". I hope Snape is sufficiently clueless, here! The motivations (real or imagined) are thick on the ground. You should find a few other things you asked for. I hope it pleases you.
Thank you to my beta reader S and her good eye for significant detail, and to smutty_claus moderator r_becca, whose patience is unearthly.

( Coming to Life )

To: simons_flower
From: Your Secret Santa

Title: At Every End, There Is A New Beginning
Author: cheapxdate
Pairing: Harry/Hermione
Summary: Harry is having a hard time adjusting to life after the war. When things get too overwhelming, there’s only one place he can think to go.
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: none
Author's notes: Firstly, thanks to Rebecca for being so patient and helping keep me on track! Also a HUGE thank you to my stand-in beta “L” who not only made amazing edits, but did it all under a time crunch. I hope you like it simons_flower, I worked very hard to write something you’d enjoy!

( At Every End, There is a New Beginning )

To: irenacandy
From: Your Secret Santa

Title: Second Chances
Author: selinakyle47
Pairing: Draco/Luna
Summary: Five years after the War ends, Draco returns to Hogwarts to settle debts.
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: None
Author's notes:Slightly AU. Many thanks to r_becca for her patience and to W for her helpful comments. All other mistakes are mine. I do hope you enjoy this one, irenacandy!

( Second Chances )

To: luvscharlie
From: Your Secret Santa

Title: Nothing Is Real But The Girl
Author: ragdoll
Pairing(s): Bill Weasley/Nymphadora Tonks/Charlie Weasley
Summary: Bill and Charlie are home for the holidays and ready to continue their most unconventional relationship with Nymphadora Tonks, but will sibling rivalry and some unexpected emotions get in the way of their Christmas cheer?
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Bondage, dirty talk, anal sex (het only), double penetration, threesome, faux dub-con
Author/Artist's notes: This one is for luvscharlie who requested: a threesome, tattoos, fluffy endings, snow, a Christmas theme, humour and incredibly hot sex, and so that's what I gave her. I really hope this is what you wanted, my dear. Happy Smutty Claus!

As always, eternal thanks to my betas and helpers for getting me through writing this relatively unscathed, and to r_becca for being such a brilliant and understanding mod.


( Nothing is Real but the Girl )

To: damned_queen
From: Your Secret Santa

Title: Worth Keeping
Author: bewarethesmirk
Pairing: Snape/Luna
Summary: Snape had gone to the Squealing Pig for some peace and quiet, and instead he got Luna Lovegood in a fluffy scarf.
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Snape’s drunk, so the consent is murky at first – but it makes more sense in context.
Author/Artist's notes: Thanks so much to r_becca for running another round of this wonderful fest. I adore writing this pairing and I’m glad I got another chance to do so. damned_queen, I hope you like this. :) Thanks to R for the beta and Brit-pick and L, my lover, for the beta.

( Worth Keeping )

To: almond_joyz
From: Your Secret Santa

Title: Private Gifts
Author: dragyn_42
Pairing: Harry/Ginny
Summary: Harry and Ginny are home from their last year at Hogwarts for the holidays, need more be said?
Words: ~6100
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: none
Author's notes: Wow, my first exchange ever and its for almond_joyz, one of the excellent writers whose works got me into H/G smut. This really was an excellent opportunity for me to write a thank you gift to a great author. I also need to thank my beta (you know who you are), who helped organize my admittedly dense writing into something more readable, as well as our wonderful moderator Becca, both for running the exchange and for giving me the extra time I needed when real life interfered.

( Harry slowly came awake... )

To: cmwinters
From: Your Secret Santa

Title: Caritas
Author: kethlenda
Pairing(s): Severus Snape/Charity Burbage, a bit of Bloody Baron/Helena Ravenclaw, and a brief implication of Snape/Lily Evans
Summary: A chance meeting in an ancient sacred place. A sacrifice.
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Canonical character death, violence
Author/Artist's notes: Happy holidays, cmwinters, and I hope this warms your December a bit! I've taken some artistic license with pagan lore, and all errors are my own. Thanks to J. for everything.

( Caritas )

To: kereia
From: Your Secret Santa

Title: Across The Divide
Author: idea_of_sarcasm
Pairing: Marcus Flint/Katie Bell
Summary: As Voldemort gains power, Katie and Marcus start to learn there is more to life than Quidditch.
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Mild violence, and profanity
Author's notes: Kereia, well, you asked for a story with plot and I did try to oblige. I do hope this fulfills somewhat what you were looking for, and you're not scared off by the length. Much thanks to the ever patient and understanding moderator of this fest who puts up with late submissions *cough*, and runs an all around great event every year.

NOTE: with the closing of geocities, this story has been moved! Please update your bookmarks.

Read the story at its new home here.

To: lyras
From: Your Secret Santa

Title: The Problem with Dating a Professor Named Neville
Author: coffee_n_cocoa
Pairing: Neville/Ginny
Summary: Twelve-year-old James is horrified to discover his mother’s boyfriend and his Herbology professor at Hogwarts are the same person.
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: None
Author's notes: Thanks to my beta for looking it over. Merry Christmas, lyras! I do hope you enjoy the story!

( The Problem with Dating a Professor Named Neville )

To: grayglube
From: Your Secret Santa

Title: How Not to Marry a Weasley
Author: violet_quill
Pairing: Charlie/Tonks
Summary: Charlie and Tonks are at an impasse on a fundamental disagreement: she thinks she should go kick ass in Auror training, and he thinks she should be popping out red-headed babies. Guess who wins?
Rating: R
Warnings:
Author's Notes: I do hope that you like this! Your request was pretty open-ended, and somehow this was what the image of a gal strangling a bloke with her thighs inspired from me.

( How Not to Marry a Weasley )