(Closed To New Submissions!)

Somebody's cranky and needs a nap… or a bellyrub. *shrugs* Either way.

It's that time of year again. It's about… no wait, it's past time to start. GO GO GO! It's time for my yearly Halloween challenge. You don' t have nearly as much time as you think you do.

So if you are good at, mediocre at, interested in writing horror, spooky, or creepy stories. Then by all means enter…

The More the Scarier…

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The 13 Laws of the Challenge


1* Each Writer may only write ONE Story. No making multiple stories or changing entries. So make sure you proofread before you submit. No seriously, *Their* not going to like that you but *There* over *They're*.

2* Writers may start sending in their work now, but THIS YEAR must submit their work by the 12th of October. As in BEFORE MIDNIGHT (mountain standard time). It will be at that time that all of the stories will be released for viewing at the same time and listed in an entirely random order to avoid popularity from being a factor. All entries must be sent to [ Nanashichimera[at]aol.com ]

3* The theme of the tale must be “Horror”. As in, it must be a scary story. Any theme after that will be acceptable, but PLEASE, keep it clean. We don't want to traumatize people the wrong way here.

4* Must have at least one Protagonist and ONE CLEAR Antagonist or Issue. None of that Steven King crap where you never see the monster or it’s just a creepy feeling. The antagonist does not have to be another living being, but it can’t just be a total enigma.

5* The Story MUST have at least one TWIST that would fit in with the story itself. It doesn't have to be a big twist, but it is traditional for the genre.

6* Must be less than 10,000 words (or twenty pages with 14point font), be self-contained and have a clear ending. Or at least as clear as any horror story can be.

7* Original Work ONLY. No fanfics. This means absolutely no Worlds or Characters that already exist or belong to another writer. Writers must Create completely new Characters specific for the story they write. This includes things like Dracula, btw.

8* The submissions cannot have pictures of any kind. This includes the Thumbnails and if you'd like to help spread the word about the challenge. You may add them later on, but not for this challenge.

9* The winner will be decided by a point system. 5 points for Each Individual who Comments & 10 points for each “Favorite”, But the total of these points will be transformed into percents and reduced varying upon the amount of Views it receives. In the very rare case of a tie, it will be decided based on all participant’s personal votes. {Of course, this may change as we're trying something new this year.} As such, spread the word as much as you can and read as many stories as you can.

10* No Parody, please. As such, entries that begin with “It was a dark and stormy night” or “Imagine if you would…” and the like will not be considered.

11* Stories should be written in English or at least translated into English. It is the language used by the most people around the world. Feel free to post the story in your native tongue after contest winners are decided and announced on Oct 31st.

12* One author per story, no co-authoring. You may bounce around ideas, but each writer is on his, her, or whatever own.

13* Each writer must provide proper URL links to the collection of entries as well as a link of these of Regulations. However, Tricking people into viewing your lone story is not allowed. If caught, you will be disqualified. This includes links to your story from outside sources. This year, we would like all of the stories submitted by Email to [ Nanashichimera[at]aol.com ] so that they may be posted in the same place (Namely as Google Docs) and so that those who don't have an FA account may participate as well. As such (again) no one is allowed to post their submission on other sites until after Halloween.

Now what's most important is that everyone have fun with this.