Freaky Fright Writers Fest!!

Put ME in your story!!
I want you to SCARE ME!  I mean Freaky Fear Flippin-out Fright!
(Say that ten times fast. I dare you.)

Most important elements of a writing contest first: said PRIZES!!

• a SIGNED copy of WE HEAR THE DEAD by author Dianne Salerni
• a 'PIMP MY SCENE' critique by Stephen M. Giles, author of THE ADVENTURES (and further...
• SWAG from New York Times Bestselling Author Kiersten White, author of Paranormalcy
• FIRST FIVE PAGE critique by Terry Lynn Johnson, author of DOGSLED DREAMS
• FIRST CHAPTER critique by Susan Kaye Quinn, author of LIFE, LIBERTY, and PURSUIT
• a QUERY critique by the author of ACROSS THE UNIVERSE, Beth Revis
• a FIRST FIVE PAGE critique by Helen Ellis, author of THE TURNING: What Curiosity Kills

HALLOWEEN brings goblins, ghouls, bats, and cats. I see vampires (& no, not Edward or Jasper). I mean the real deal, and mangy werewolves--although, I do dig the sexy chested ones. 

There's zombies and witches, skeletons and skulls. A zombie wearing skeletons and skulls with a witch on the back of a bad@$$ motorcycle would be great! 

I want you to think about what truly makes your skin crawl. What makes the hairs on her arms salute, where fear turns your mouth into a waterless wasteland? 

Show me; Don't tell me. I want to SEE. 

And don't chicken out and use something like this: Greg Brady...oh, those were days.

Take me for a drive on a lonely abandoned road. We could share a candlelight dinner together. Show me that gravestone you've been meaning to share with me. Tell me about your crazed Uncle Zeek, who only visits when the fog comes out.

Put Moi in your story with you. Describe me however you choose. Where will we go? What will we do? Will be live or will be die?

Serenade me with a poem, essay, or short story. Please keep it under 700 words. Feel free to use humor, sarcasm, or any other element that will hook a reader. Top three entries will get posted on Writer's Ally. (with your permission, of course)

Leave a comment and any personal question you'd like to ask me about my feelings about Halloween and scary stuff to help you on your journey. I won't tell you what MOST terrifies me, but I'll give you clues. And if one of you gets it correct, I'll unveil a photo of the horrendous costume I wore my senior year in high school. 

CONTEST runs from October 4th to October 29th. Email your entries with FRIGHT FEST typed in the subject line to: salarsen71@gmail.com.

Feel free to resize, cut, and paste the contest logo for your site.

Just fill out the FORM to enter. 

I will announce the 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place on November 5th. These three entries will have first come first serve on the prizes, but the top 7 entries will WIN! your chances are FANGTABULOUSLY STEAMING!!


P.S. SLAT: I'm blogging over on Oasis for YA today, too!!