🎃 Halloween Story Contest: A Cold-Blooded October 🕯️ Week 1

October is here, and with it that tingle on the back of your neck that isn't the wind. We all keep a horror story that has been rotting in our memory for years, waiting for someone to open the door. Well, we're opening it: time to let it out.

We're looking for horror fiction, to celebrate Halloween with literature. And a warning: we scare with words, not with sloppy writing.

📜 Rules of the game

About the story

• It must be original, unpublished, and scary (fear/horror/terror). Prose or verse.

• Length: minimum 300 words. If you publish a bilingual version, only the text in your original language counts.

• The original text must be 100% human-written. No AI to write your story.

• If your language isn't English, you may publish in your native language and add an English translation. AI is allowed for translations and illustrations.

About the post

• Publish in the Dream Steem community.

• Use the tags #story and #dreamsteem.

• Leave the link to your entry in the comments of the corresponding weekly contest post.

Participation

• You may enter as many times as you like throughout October.

• Only one prize can be won per week (Top 3 or honorable mention), so the dead get a chance too.

🏆 Prizes

Every week:

• 🥇🥈🥉 Top 3: 10 STEEM each

• 2 honorable mentions: 5 STEEM each

🗓️ Schedule

Each week begins on Thursday with the publication of the contest post and closes on Wednesday at 23:59 GMT (20:59 in Paraguay). Results are announced on Thursday, together with the next contest post.

• Week 1: October 1 to 7

• Week 2: October 8 to 14

• Week 3: October 15 to 21

• Week 4: October 22 to 31. As a special case, it closes on Saturday, October 31 (Halloween) at 23:59 GMT (20:59 in Paraguay), and results are announced on Sunday, November 1.

🔍 Who decides?

The jury is made up of the Dream Steem team and will judge: originality, atmosphere, and the strength of the ending. Their decisions are final, just like curses.

💀 Recommended (not mandatory, but highly appreciated)

• Vote for and share this post.

• Comment on and vote for other participants' stories. The dead appreciate company too.

• Invite a friend to join. The more of us there are, the more the chains will rattle.

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Write by day so you can sleep at night, and don't look back while you do. 🕸️

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Warm greetings @mahadisalim, this is a new contest that you could please add to your list 🙏