I have finally got all the details for my contest. Yay!!
It's going to be a writing contest! I'm excited, are you excited? Well, you probably want to know some of the details first.
Okay so during the month of October, I will be posting on all things horror and suspense, there will be movies, books, TV shows and some scary memories of my own. It's going to be crazy fun!
What does this have to do with my contest?
If you choose to participate in the contest:
You MUST BE A FOLLOWER.
Your piece must be NO LONGER THAN 1000 WORDS.
Your entry MUST BE OF THE HORROR/SUSPENSE GENRE.
I would love for you to focus on writing something that would freak me right out but any scary story will do.
You can write for any age: MG/YA/Adult...whatever.
You MUST LEAVE A COMMENT LETTING ME KNOW YOU CHOOSE TO ENTER.
All entries must be received by OCTOBER 22, 2010 IN AN EMAIL WITHOUT YOUR NAME ON THE ATTACHED DOCUMENT. So I can read them without knowing who wrote it. :D
This will give me time to read and judge and get the finalists up during the last week of October before Halloween.
There will be THREE WINNERS:
The THIRD place winner will receive two of the following items:
Heart of the Dragon and War of the Sons
It's going to be a writing contest! I'm excited, are you excited? Well, you probably want to know some of the details first.
Okay so during the month of October, I will be posting on all things horror and suspense, there will be movies, books, TV shows and some scary memories of my own. It's going to be crazy fun!
What does this have to do with my contest?
If you choose to participate in the contest:
You MUST BE A FOLLOWER.
Your piece must be NO LONGER THAN 1000 WORDS.
Your entry MUST BE OF THE HORROR/SUSPENSE GENRE.
I would love for you to focus on writing something that would freak me right out but any scary story will do.
You can write for any age: MG/YA/Adult...whatever.
You MUST LEAVE A COMMENT LETTING ME KNOW YOU CHOOSE TO ENTER.
All entries must be received by OCTOBER 22, 2010 IN AN EMAIL WITHOUT YOUR NAME ON THE ATTACHED DOCUMENT. So I can read them without knowing who wrote it. :D
This will give me time to read and judge and get the finalists up during the last week of October before Halloween.
There will be THREE WINNERS:
The THIRD place winner will receive two of the following items:
Heart of the Dragon and War of the Sons
Writing Magnets
The SECOND place winner will receive two following items of their choice:
The Tale of Halcyon Crane by Wendy Webb
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Monster Island by David Wellington
Monster Nation by David Wellington
Writing journals
The FIRST place winner will get to choose three items of their choice:
Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King (released Nov. 2nd 2010)
Let Me In by John Ajvide Lindqvist
Hater by David Moody
The Strain by 
How fun and such generous prizes! (That tote bag is a scream!)
ReplyDeleteYou can count me in!
I think I might just have to partake in this contest! :D
ReplyDeleteNot my usual genre, but we'll see if I can think of something....
ReplyDeleteWow, what a great contest and those prizes are awesome!
ReplyDeletethis looks to be entertaining as heck
ReplyDeleteI would love to participate. You should get one of those linky things.
ReplyDeleteCD
@Anne- I hope so! I want to get tons of entries so I can freak myself right out before Halloween.
ReplyDeleteI'm gonna EFFING WIN! or try at least.
ReplyDeleteand yes, horror and short stories are like peanut butter and jelly.
mmmm...
Oh man. I don't think I can write horror. But I'm going to tap my husband for some help. He has a twisted mind...
ReplyDeleteHmm...I'll have to see if I can come up with something.
ReplyDelete@Sarah- LOL! Bring it!
ReplyDelete@Teebore- COME ON!! You can do it!!
Everyone: I added a linky tool but I don't think I did it right. It's at the bottom, let me know if it works for you!!
ReplyDeletei tested it- it seems to work ok (considering i don't have a blog to link to)
ReplyDeleteSweet! Thanks, Anne! I take back half of the awful things I've said about you. But only half!
ReplyDeleteZing!
ReplyDeleteAnd summer, i totes think you can do horror!
The link works fine!
ReplyDeleteMmmm... October is going to be a good month. I can feel it in my bones. I'm not sure if I'm going to enter the contest, but I'll be back for the other stuff. Oh yes. I'll be back. Wearing a Scream mask and toting a big bowl of candy.
ReplyDeleteWahoo!! You are genius. This sounds like such a great contest :) I'm gonna try my darndest to enter, Hannah!
ReplyDeleteGreat prizes! I may not enter since my book comes out next month and I'm still working on the sequel, but I can let my fellow bloggers know about this.
ReplyDeleteYou know I'm totally in on this. Promised you I would be. Can't wait to try my hand to something scary! :)
ReplyDeleteWhoo! I came over as soon as I found out! It will be super hard to scare you, but I shall try my hardest. Mwahahaha >:)
ReplyDeleteGreat contest!
ReplyDeleteA contest right up my alley :)
ReplyDeleteI don't usually write anything scary ... I'm such a wimp! If I do manage to come up with something I'll come back and let you know. :)
ReplyDeleteOh! How fun! Good luck to all the participants in this contest!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great contest with some fantastic prizes. This is awesome!
ReplyDeleteOoo, great contest with awesome prizes!
ReplyDeleteYou rock! ~that rebel, Olivia
I've outlined my first scary story, a Stephen King kind of thriller that takes place in southern rural Michigan. Its pretty cool. So far the people I shared it with really like its potential.
ReplyDeleteStephen Tremp
Wow, what a contest! You'll have so much fun reading your spooky October stuff. I don't read spooky and wouldn't attempt to write it, but it'll be fun to see who wins this one.
ReplyDeleteOoo, fun fun fun!
ReplyDeleteWhat a contest!!!! I really wished I could join, but with me schedule is just impossible... Gaaah so not fair! I LOVE writting horror, its me second favourite genre.
ReplyDeleteOk, you know what, I'll try! But I cant confirm anything just yet. Crossing my fingers here.
Fun contest! I pretty much love the month of October. I'll have to brainstorm and see if I can come up with a scary story... bwa, ha, ha. (sorry, I couldn't resist)
ReplyDeleteCool contest, Hannah. Wish I wrote scary stuff, but I don't. But maybe I can find a ghost story from my past if I thought hard enough.
ReplyDelete@Julie- Genius? No but I do want everyone to have fun! I hope you find the time to participate. :D
ReplyDelete@Wendy- Hey stranger!! Yes! I'm excited to see what you come up with!
Thanks Meleah!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting, Kelly! I hope you can participate.
Julie, I hope you do try to find something scary! It's going to be a blasty!
Clara- ooooh, please try your hardest! The more the merrier!! :D
ReplyDeleteSamantha- LOL! Brainstorm away!!
Shellie- thanks! Ghost stories can be so much fun!
How exciting! I am definitely gonna enter this one. Awesome contest!!
ReplyDelete@B.Miller- Yay!! I was hoping you would catch it!! I'm so excited to see some more entries. I've got one so far but won't read it yet. eeeek. I want more! I'm sure by that week I'm going to be flooded...hopefully, maybe. :D *fingers crossed*
ReplyDeleteCount me in!
ReplyDeleteI am SO entering this contest! Woohoo! And I already know what I'm going to write about! It's giving me the creepy crawlies - hopefully it does the same for you, because I SO want that tote bag (or the journals [or the magnets]) :D
ReplyDelete*Runs off to contemplate plot*
Hannah I am so glad you stopped by my blog today... I'm so glad you said you were writing awesome things for the month of October... I'm so glad you talked about a contest... and I'm so glad... that I can stop saying I'm so glad, because
ReplyDeleteI'M JOINING IN ON THE FUN!!!!!
1000 words... scarying the pants off of you? Let's make it happen...
Oh, I don't write horror or suspense. And I know I couldn't scare the pants of a nudist!
ReplyDeleteBut, I totally LOVE that tote! Where did you find it?
~JD
Came accross your blog through jen. really excited about the contest! Best get my thinking cap on to scare you silly!
ReplyDeleteThis will be a nice break from the ol revisions... sheesh 'm tired of them already.
ReplyDeleteJust started following you and would love to participate. :)
i'm there... if i can come up with anything ;)
ReplyDeleteOooh...spoooky! I'm game! Now to concoct a story...
ReplyDeleteYou know what? I'm going to give this a shot. I've never written horror before, but I'm writing one for my creative writing class, and I should be able to snip it down to a 1000.
ReplyDeleteThe prizes are amazing!
It sounds wonderful! I have a crazily busy month coming up, but will try my best to get an entry together for this.
ReplyDeleteI'm entering this baby. Thanks for hosting!
ReplyDelete@PK- It will be a nice change from working on my wip too. I'm so glad you're participating! Eeek!!
ReplyDelete@Lorna- Do what you can! Or just visit the horror fest posts. Don't over extend yourself. :D But if you do write something, YAY!!!
ReplyDelete@J.C.- awwww, yeah!! Concoct away! I can't wait!
Woohoo cool contest! Count me in!
ReplyDeleteIs it open internationally (I live in Austria)? If not, no probs, I'll still submit a story ; P
I think I'll enter. I have a scary story I wrote for my students last Halloween that I can freshen up.
ReplyDeleteI entered my link on your linky tool thing. Accidentally spelled my name wrong (it was the computer's fault, not mine -- I know how to spell my name, I swear).
ReplyDeleteAnyway, this should be fun. Can't wait.
Hey, PAL(indrome) hehe :) I know, I am so spotty with blogging these days, but I am putting my WiP aside because I am sick of it and it's not going anywhere (lol) so maybe this will get the creative juices flowing!
ReplyDelete@Tessa- Austria is not a problem for the books. I'm sure of the shipping for the other items. I purchase them for you through the two websites. No matter. We'll figure something out. :D
ReplyDeleteHi, Hannah! I'll be entering the contest, and I can't wait to read all the Halloween/horror things you put on your blog this month. Halloween is the best!
ReplyDeleteGreat contest! I posted about it on my blog so I would remember to come back and enter!
ReplyDeleteHey Hannah! I know I'm a little behind, but I am planning on entering!
ReplyDeleteheya hannah!
ReplyDeletewrote an entry last night!
just got to edit!
you are so much fun!
happy month of halloween! :)
this is my official comment that says i'm entering.
ReplyDeleteIf my entry is too long by 86 words, is that an official deal breaker?
(not that i think i'm going to win. Hell, i'm not even sure it's very creepy)
@Anne- Just have Sarah do some editing. She's real mean. :P
ReplyDeletei am your newest follower.. and I love this idea.. maybe I can join...
ReplyDeleteWelcome, Nf1andprek! Thanks for joining us! You have two weeks to enter.
ReplyDeletefine, fine. but i was going to mail it i today, so now you'll have to wait
ReplyDeleteMMmmm -K!!! I'm going for it! I said I don't do horror, but I'm gonna give it a whirl.
ReplyDeleteHey, I was just trying to be nice! Sarah's a editing nazi. For reals.
ReplyDeleteCool blogfest : ) sounds like fun, I'm in!
ReplyDeleteOops, I almost missed this. I've been seeing it on my blog several times a day, and didn't realize the time had passed so quickly.
ReplyDeleteAnd then I signed up - whew.
And then I noticed the word count no more thatn 10000 - and my piece is longer.
Oh no, what to do??
Is this scary enough Hannah????
Ok, I guess I better sit down and write something. . .
......dhole
Ok... sent! Was really fun trying a new genre. :D
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to read the ones that get posted!!!
Oh, sorry I missed this one. Still looking forward to reading the finalists!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great givewaya. Too bad I missed out on this blogfest, I love scary tales (and I blogged about my own true ghost stories) at
ReplyDeletehttp://eeleenlee.wordpress.com/2010/10/24/personal-spooky-tales/
(Sorry to post the above link like that but the comments don't include Open ID..)