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🎃 Lavish Halloween 2025
Festival Style Contest - Pick Your Prompt Set
Prize
$100
Contest Rules
- • Pick one of six prompt sets below
- • Use ALL three elements (setting, character, phrase) - except for Sets 5 & 6
- • Submit as Blog post, Video, Audio clip, or Deep Dive
- • Tag your post #LavishHalloween2025
- • Submit up to six entries (one per set!)
Deadline: October 28th at 11:59 PM
Winners Announced: Halloween night
Winners Announced: Halloween night
What You Win
- • $100 cash prize
- • LavishMade's first official contest laurel (digital badge)
- • A surprise Oklahoma-local gift
- • Featured placement across our platform
Ready to create something haunting?
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👻 The Prompt Sets
Set 1 — Farmhouse at the edge of a cornfield
Character: Evelyn
Phrase: "Why did you say that?"
Set 2 — Small-town police station at night
Character: Marcus
Phrase: "Don't radio for help."
Set 3 — Deserted highway rest stop
Character: Lila
Phrase: "Why did we have to stop here?"
Set 4 — Church basement after midnight
Character: Jonah
Phrase: "What happened to their mouths?"
Set 5 — Why I Love Halloween
Format: Personal reflection (Blog Post, Video, Audio Clip, Photo Album, or Deep Dive)
Prompt: Share your reasons why Halloween holds a special place in your heart
Style: Honest, nostalgic, or philosophical. If it feels right, go for it!
Set 6 — A Halloween I'd Love to Relive
Format: Storytelling or Fantasy (Blog Post, Video, Audio Clip, Photo Album, or Deep Dive)
Prompt: Describe a Halloween experience you'd love to relive, a perfect night, a magical moment, or a fantasy Halloween you've always dreamed of
Style: Nostalgic, dreamy, magical, or wistful. Let your imagination guide you!
Creepy, eerie, nostalgic, philosophical, magical, or heartwarming. All yours to interpret!
🏆 Past Winners
Summerween 2025
Winner
Jason Scalfano
"The Onion Gift"
A mesmerizing screenplay about two inseparable sisters split by death, where the one left behind enlists folk magic to bridge the impossible divide between life and death.
Prize: $250
Read the Winning Entry →
Ready to Create Something Haunting?
Pick your prompt set, weave your tale, and show us what haunts your imagination.
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