Sort of semi-official Author’s Hangout Halloween 2025 competition support thread

EmilyMiller

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September is here and that means it's Fall here in the northern hemisphere.

That can mean only one thing - it's time to start cranking out that Halloween story that you've been dying to tell! Let's kick off Autumn 2025 in the northern climes with a new support thread -

Halloween (Oct 31)

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Themes: scary stuff, costumes, Halloween traditions (trick-or-treating, etc.), etc.

[these are the dates from 2024, which are still on the comp schedule, but I guess they might be revised this year]

You can begin submitting on (or before):October 2

The last day to submit is
October 23

Winners Will Be Announced:
October 30

The author must copy and paste the phrase "HALLOWEEN 2025" to the "Notes to Admin" field of the submission (without the quotation marks).

And please add the tag "HALLOWEEN 2025" (without the quotation marks)

Read Laurel's notice of the start of the contest sticky at the top of the Authors' Hangout (when it magically appears), before submitting and follow the instructions in that thread. I will keep an eye out for that information and update this page as soon as I see it (or as soon as someone points it out to me).

This thread is to SUPPORT and ENCOURAGE authors to enter stories in the 2025 Halloween Contest. For you new writers, this thread is a great place to meet your fellow authors and share ideas, tips, and tricks of the trade.

As Ogg always told us, there is an advantage to entering stories in one of Literotica's themed contests. Apart from the possibility of winning, your story gets far more exposure and attention than it would normally do.

Some of that attention might be unwelcome, some abusive, but this thread is a good place to vent after getting that kind of attention. Some of that attention could be appreciative and helpful and this thread is a great place to come and share those accolades.

It's that time! Bring out your masks, candies, and creepy accessories, and prepare to put a spell on your readership.

[plagiarized with prejudice from @Rustyoznail’s announcement from 2024]
 
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In the spirit of overweening self-interest. I’ve just finished a first draft of what is currently a 9,900 word Erotic Horror story called, Shining Valley High. It involves two familiar characters being sent back in time to a 1990s high school to find and rescue a missing young girl.
 
I did one for last year and haven't really given it much thought since. I'll put my thinking cap on.
 
I've got ideas floating around but I haven't decided how to put them all together just yet...

Among other things, I'm thinking about something inspired by Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes!
 
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