HDS Beltane 2011 Statistics

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Fest community: hds_beltane 
Master List: Here
Fest type: Anonymous exchange
Premise: Beltane-themed, focus on Harry, Draco, and/or Severus in any combination
Ratings restrictions: None
Length restrictions: Minimum 2,000 words, no maximum
Creation period: 3 and a half months

There were 35 gifts created for this exchange by 31 participants. kath_ballantyne ,lomonaaeren, ships_harry and tinarebekka created 2 gifts each.

Art - 11
Fic - 24

Ratio of art to fic: 46%

By rating:

ART
G - ii
PG - iii
PG-13 - iii
R - ii
NC-17 - i

FIC
G - i
PG - i
PG-13 – iiiii ii
R - iii
NC-17 – iiiii iiiii ii

By word count:

2-3K - iii
3-4K - ii
4-5K - iii
5-6K - iii
6-7K - 0
7-8K - ii
8-9K - 0
9-10K - i
10-15K - iiii
15-20K - ii
20-25K - ii
25-30K - 0
30-40K - i
40K+ - i
 

Total: 262,465 words
Mean (average fic length): 10,936 words
Median (half the fics shorter, half the fics longer): 7,000 words
Mode (most frequest fic length): 2-3K, 4-5K, 5-6K

By pairing:
(Note that some gifts had more than one pairing.)

Harry/Draco - 20
Harry/Draco/Severus - 7
Harry/Severus - 5
Gen - 3
Draco/Severus - 1
Harry/Severus/Remus - 1

Some thoughts: For the fact that this exchange allowed two of the most popular pairings in fandom (Harry/Draco and Harry/Severus), I actually might have expected more participation. Just for comparison and to show how popular those two pairings are in fandom currently, the 2011 Snarry-A-Thon hosted on snape_potter had 98 submissions, and the hd_smoochfest which is currently underway already has 40 gifts posted after 2 weeks. However, this is a bit of a specialized fest with the Beltane theme. Still, the turnout was healthily respectable, on a par with springtime_gen's and hp_nextgen_fest's 2011 editions.

The amount of art was happily quite high, with some really stunning pieces.

Interestingly, all ratings were represented by both fic and art this time, although the clear tendency was for lower-rated art, with 62% of the fics rated R or higher, while only 27% of the art was rated as high.

The word counts were also not typical, being fairly evenly spread out through the entire range of lengths. This is also shown by the fact that there was no clear 'mode' (most frequent fic length). One-fourth of the authors wrote fics longer than 15,000 words, which would have qualified them for nearly any Big Bang.
 

Not surprisingly, Harry/Draco ended up being the most popular pairing. Harry/Severus, the second most popular pairing, was only a distant third, with the threesome of Harry/Draco/Severus edging into second place. I was interested to see that there were three gen pieces, and surprised that there was one submission that included Remus in the group. I wonder if other combinations would have been allowed as well (Harry/Draco/Hermione? Would het be allowed at all? What about Draco/Severus/Lucius?) Or was this just the mods letting one entry slide? If the rules for which characters are allowed were loosened up, more people might join in, especially those who are more comfortable writing and drawing het. But that might end up diluting the original intent of the fest.

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