Prompt:
A story that takes place on Halloween. Plot is restricted to that day.
It can follow multiple events/perspectives that occur on the same day. Flashbacks are acceptable but a majority of the story must take place within the 24 hour time period that is Halloween day/night.
If you need more of a direction, feel free to use any of these as inspiration/as a starting point
- Real haunted house receives trick or treaters
- A ghost's first halloween
- Competing costume parties go to war getting increasingly intense as the night goes on
Rules:
1. Complete works only, it can be as short or long as you want but it has to be finished
2. Can submit any day of October but no later
3. Submissions must follow prompt
4. Stories may be mature but must follow Wattpad's guidelines for what is and is not permitted to be posted here
5. Story may be a part of a series but it has to be able to serve as a stand alone
6. Only one entry is permitted
7. If your interested in participating please vote on the chapter so I have an idea of roughly how many people will actual be submitting something
Judging Criteria:
For now its just going to be me, if your interested in assisting in judging feel free to reach out
- Grammar
- Originality
- Plot
- Characters
- Overall Cohesiveness
General Tips:
Avoid writing giant bricks of text, plan out plot ahead of time and try to avoid making it up as you go for the final draft, remember to edit/check for grammar mistakes before submitting it, and just try to have fun with it.
Prizes
Number of places depends on how many people participate, but I'm most likely going to keep it to first place. Winner will be announced on my page and posted to this story when I'm finished judging.
For this first round I'm just gonna make it for fun, all participants will get likes on each chapter and a follow from me. All entries will also be added to my October 2024 reading list.
November will be more of a formal contest so if you have any suggestions for prizes let me know.
And if any participants are interested in formal feedback on their work and tips on how to improve feel free to reach out.
Q&A
Comment any questions here and I'll answer as soon as I can.
Submissions
Comment the title of your entry here once complete.
