The now fully official Author’s Hangout Halloween 2025 competition support thread

[RetroFan]

I submitted one this morning, but by my own admission its fairly mediocre and set very much in the real world of Australia. It is a fat fetish story about a middle-aged guy who while assisting his elderly father's much younger and attractive but overweight second wife run some errands when they encounter some car trouble and end up in an eerie abandoned theme park in Adelaide's outer suburbs at night. Not sure how it will go over, but there seems to be (or at least there used to be) quite a good market for BBW fetish stories, not sure if this is still the same as I haven't written one in ages.

 

[StrangeLife]

....an eerie abandoned theme park in Adelaide's outer suburbs at night....

Sounds like a promising and very Halloweeny setting to me

Good luck.

 

[RetroFan]

Sounds like a promising and very Halloweeny setting to me

Good luck.

Thanks, hopefully some readers like it.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Just submitted my story. Fingers crossed it goes through. "A Good Year for the Roses" - a romantic gardening story set around Halloween. And amazingly for me, submitted waaaaaaaay before the deadline (mostly becaue I wrote it for Crime and Punishment and then moved it because it got hung up in the submission process and got stuck in pending - very cloud has a silver lining.

All I will say about the story beforehand is, my husband read it before I submitted it and now he says he refuses to buy me a woodchipper for Christmas! Wuss!

Aaaaaand Live!!!!!!! Phew!

Looks like a few more added in last nighr. Great to see

 

[dream_yahoozie]

I've read about a dozen works here so far. Enjoying it

 

[EmilyMiller]

Aaaaaand Live!!!!!!! Phew!

Looks like a few more added in last nighr. Great to see

Yay!

 

[EmilyMiller]

Welcome to day three of Halloween 2025

https://www.literotica.com/stories/contest.php/halloween-2025

 

[billrokra]

Mine got approved, it's called "Kibun", a Korean word that means "mood" or "feeling."



F**k that would have been a WAY better title! Well, I'm not going back in the queue so "Kibun" is what you're getting

I loved it. Thanks for writing it.

 

[Duleigh]

My story, Flying Monkey has been submitted for publication.
Let's see if it even happens. I have a total of FOUR stories pending now.

 

[EmilyMiller]

My story, Flying Monkey has been submitted for publication.
Let's see if it even happens. I have a total of FOUR stories pending now.

Good luck

 

[Tenehua_Xochipoca]

Sorry, everyone, another noob question. But I can't where the parameters are set for the contest, just the theme. Is there a word limit? Or something I really need to adhere to or pay attention to? I'm not too familiar with the forum side of lit and get easily lost here.

 

[StillStunned]

Sorry, everyone, another noob question. But I can't where the parameters are set for the contest, just the theme. Is there a word limit? Or something I really need to adhere to or pay attention to? I'm not too familiar with the forum side of lit and get easily lost here.

Lit's usual rules: a minimum of 750 words, a handful of content and formatting rules, and some form of connection to the theme. As long as the readers buy into the idea that it's Halloween-related you'll be fine.

 

[Trionyx]

Sorry, everyone, another noob question. But I can't where the parameters are set for the contest, just the theme. Is there a word limit? Or something I really need to adhere to or pay attention to? I'm not too familiar with the forum side of lit and get easily lost here.

No word limit, just has to be over 750, the usual minimum. The theme is fairly loose and can be in any category. Good luck.

 

[Tenehua_Xochipoca]

Lit's usual rules: a minimum of 750 words, a handful of content and formatting rules, and some form of connection to the theme. As long as the readers buy into the idea that it's Halloween-related you'll be fine.

Thank you! I appreciate you taking the time to help me.

 

[Tenehua_Xochipoca]

No word limit, just has to be over 750, the usual minimum. The theme is fairly loose and can be in any category. Good luck.

Thank you! I appreciate the help, and good luck to you, too!

 

[EmilyMiller]

Sorry, everyone, another noob question. But I can't where the parameters are set for the contest, just the theme. Is there a word limit? Or something I really need to adhere to or pay attention to? I'm not too familiar with the forum side of lit and get easily lost here.

I know I’m repeating what @StillStunned and @Trionyx have said, but in my semi-official (aka officious) capacity, the same restrictions on length as any other Lit story: must be at least 750 words, no known upper limit.

On theme, it can be pretty tangential. A ghost story set in a different month . A non-supernatural story set on Oct 31st . A vaguely creepy story with no actual supernatural elements . Succubus . Witch . College kids dressing up for Halloween . A she-demon and angel lesbian couple being sent back to 1995 to locate / rescue a young girl .

 

[dream_yahoozie]

No word limit, just has to be over 750, the usual minimum. The theme is fairly loose and can be in any category. Good luck.

My story checked in at 751, despite trying to be only 750 lol

On theme, it can be pretty tangential. A ghost story set in a different month . A non-supernatural story set on Oct 31st . A vaguely creepy story with no actual supernatural elements . Succubus . Witch . College kids dressing up for Halloween . A she-demon and angel lesbian couple being sent back to 1995 to locate / rescue a young girl .

Trying to make bunny girls scary AND sexy at the same time

 

[Tenehua_Xochipoca]

I know I’m repeating what @StillStunned and @Trionyx have said, but in my semi-official (aka officious) capacity, the same restrictions on length as any other Lit story: must be at least 750 words, no known upper limit.

On theme, it can be pretty tangential. A ghost story set in a different month . A non-supernatural story set on Oct 31st . A vaguely creepy story with no actual supernatural elements . Succubus . Witch . College kids dressing up for Halloween . A she-demon and angel lesbian couple being sent back to 1995 to locate / rescue a young girl .

Thank you so much for your response!

So, for example, a possession that takes place over the course of October culminating on the 31st?

 

[EmilyMiller]

My story checked in at 751, despite trying to be only 750 lol

Trying to make bunny girls scary AND sexy at the same time

So, like Playboy, or…?

 

[EmilyMiller]

Thank you so much for your response!

So, for example, a possession that takes place over the course of October culminating on the 31st?

Yup - I’ve spoken to the other committee members and:

 

[ChloeTzang]

Thank you so much for your response!

So, for example, a possession that takes place over the course of October culminating on the 31st?

That'd work as long as you work in a relationship to Halloween - given it's All Hallows Eve a possession would fit perfectly

 

[Duleigh]

My story checked in at 751, despite trying to be only 750 lol

Come see me in February, we have a 750 word event where your story is limited to 750 words, no more, no less. It's aggravating at first, but once you get the hang of it it's a lot of fun. Right EM?

 

[EmilyMiller]

Come see me in February, we have a 750 word event where your story is limited to 750 words, no more, no less. It's aggravating at first, but once you get the hang of it it's a lot of fun. Right EM?

Some people seem to think so

 

[MillieDynamite]

Unfortunately, many readers don't like them. However, I enjoy reading and writing them, so fuck them A-Holes!

Some people seem to think so

 

[EmilyMiller]

Unfortunately, many readers don't like them. However, I enjoy reading and writing them, so fuck them A-Holes!

Yeah - my thoughts entirely. They are great authorial exercises.