ADVANCED WRITER HALLOWEEN CHALLENGE

📝 Min 100 · Max 150 words ⏱ Closes in …

🚪 ADVANCED — THE UNSEEN

Write a Halloween story where the most frightening thing is never directly shown or named.

Let us experience it through what your character hears, notices, avoids, remembers, or fears.

Your challenge: Make the reader see what you refuse to show them.

WORD COUNT: 150 WORDS MAXIMUM

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First place

🏆 Win a BOOKPRESSED T-SHIRT

Will it make you a better writer? Probably not. Will you look suspiciously like you know what you’re doing? YES.

How to enter

Read the prompt

Take time to understand the theme before you write.

Write your piece

Keep it within Min 100 · Max 150 words.

Submit before the deadline

Submissions close Sat, Oct 17, 2026, 04:00 AM.

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Once submissions close, the community votes on the best entry.