Contest Season Overview
I have been straining my leash to wait until September to start this series, but I have at least 8 contests to run, and I will run one contest a week. I'll be aiming to make the contests lead into the holiday gradually. Obviously, this first one is to get us fanatics worked up ;>
Future contests will include:
- Real life horror stories
- Hollywood horror (TV and movies)
- Costumes and make-up
- Haunted houses (commercial entertainment sites) and/or decorating your own house
- Halloween stories (open writing)
- Real life encounters
The next contest will cover party planning, so you have time to see others' ideas and to whip up a badass party of your own.
Just don't let your guests starve waiting ;>
Obviously, I am a Halloween fanatic, so the first contest will reflect this, as we start putting thoughts of gheisties and ghoulies in the minds of those non-hallowed infidels! That way, they too, can be slowly seduced into this bestest of holidays ;>
This Contest (#1)
Why is Halloween your favorite holiday? Is there something funny you recall, or a special moment that made it so? Do you leave your decorations up all year? Have you ever made a pilgrimage to a haunted place in real life? Do you dress like Granpa Muster to formal events ;>
Tell your story!
Rules
- If a rule is confusing, just ask on any thread
- Write a post that suits the contest theme and post it to your blog
- You may use material you have written before, but only once throughout the series.
- Link your post in these comments; a summary is not required, but will attract more viewers, an illustration will attract even more!
- I'll allow a fiction entry in ANY category, so as long as that entry is marked as fiction, at the beginning, and otherwise matches the theme of that week's contest.
- You MUST reSteem the contest post; I want lots of entries, lots of Halloween posting to Steemit, and a bigger payout for the winner
- The contest ends at the end of the payout period
- The winner is the blog-link comment with the most votes (so make sure you post your entry to your blog and comment the link here!)
- Any downvote on an entry is immediate disqualification (other than mine own)
- Winner will be announced via the next contest thread.
- Prize is 10 SBD plus all SBD accrued to the contest post
This is different than the method by which I ran my contests last year; the week long payout period enables folks to submit later in the week, and still have a chance to win