Local Legend
Every town has one, and everybody tells it a little differently. The road nobody will drive after dark. Whatever your uncle swears he saw in the lake that one summer. Give us the version you grew up on, exaggerations included.
Lavish Halloween 2026
Make something that scares us.
Three prompts below. Use one as a starting point.
Tag your work before you publish and you're entered.
Tag your entry
#madespooky2026
- Entries open
- September 22, 2026
- Deadline
- October 21, 2026 at 11:59 PM
- Winner announced
- At the Sweet Meet, October 22, 2026
- Prize
- A haunted house for two and a dinner gift card
Now open
September 22 to October 21, 2026
We're announcing the winner in person. Come find out with us.
- When
- Thursday, October 22, 6 to 8 PM
- Where
- Domenico Chisholm Creek
1332 W Memorial Rd, Unit 103, Oklahoma City, OK 73114 - Door prize
- A $75 Spirit Halloween gift card
The door prize
- Everyone who comes is in the drawing for a $75 Spirit Halloween gift card.
- You don't need an entry in the contest to win it.
IRL
Thursday, October 22, 6 to 8 PM
Pick whichever one you like. You can enter more than one.
It Followed Me Home
You brought something back without meaning to. Maybe you noticed at the door, maybe it took a few weeks. Either way it lives with you now, and we'd like to know what it is.
The Thing in the Photo
It sat in the background of a birthday photo for eleven years before anyone looked properly. Now that you've seen it you can't unsee it. Tell us what's in the frame, and what it cost the person who found it.
Format doesn't matter. Choose whatever feels true to you.
A short film
Goes on Watch. Phone footage counts.
A story
Fiction, a screenplay, a poem, an essay. Goes up as a blog post.
Just a post
A paragraph and a photo is enough.
A drawing
Post the image, or group a few into an album.
A deep dive
A real case, or a piece of lost media.
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Make something
Take a prompt and run with it. New work only.
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Tag it #madespooky2026
The tag is how we find you. Check the spelling.
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Publish it publicly
Set it to visible to all, or it won't show up here.
The fine print
- Enter as many times as you want.
- Entries close October 21 at 11:59 PM.
- It has to be yours, and not made by AI.
- We announce the winner at the Sweet Meet on October 22.
Readers pick the winner. The entry with the most votes wins.
Vote by commenting
#spookyvote2026
The rules
- To vote, comment #spookyvote2026 on an entry.
- One vote a day. Vote twice in a day and only the first counts.
- You can't vote for your own work.
- Entries below are listed in vote order.
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