House Cup - Contest Book

(Closed) Winter Festivals at Hogwarts

Prompt

Christmas fever has taken over Hogwarts, but it's not the only holiday being celebrated this winter.

Hogwarts has a diverse mix of students, who bring all kinds of cultural festivities with them. There's a menorah in each common room and late-night whispers about the Krampus. Lucky red envelopes are filled for Chinese New Year, and the Russian-British students have another feast for their Christmas in January. First years put their shoes outside their dormitories on the eve of St Nicholas' Day, and Auld Lang Syne can be heard through the halls on Hogmanay. A few muggle-borns even celebrate Festivus!

Write a 500-word short story about any winter festival you like (Christmas or another one - doesn't have to be one listed), and what that might look like at Hogwarts. It can take place in any era, with the canon characters or original ones. The choice is yours!

Rules:

1: Contest begins on December 10th, 2019 and will end on December 22, 2019.

2: Word count: keep it to a maximum of 500 words. Anything over that will be disqualified.

3: All other entries will not be considered.

4: Please submit only ONE story for the contest.

5: Story can either be a new story and written only for the contest or part of a collection of short stories.

6: Stories must be written in English only.

7: If you add your story into an existing anthology, please submit the chapter link.

8: We ask that you please follow Wattpad Content Guidelines.

Any story that does not adhere to the Guidelines will be disqualified and reported.

Winners:

Three winners will be selected!

- Winning entries will be announced on the WattpadRowling profile.

- Winners will get a contest-specific badge to add to your story cover.

- Winners will get bragging rights and their entries will be featured on our anthology.

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