The now fully official Author’s Hangout Halloween 2025 competition support thread

[talemestories]

If you don't get your story submitted for this contest, just think of it as preserving your eligibility for Winter Holidays.

Yes, they can change from pumpkins to Yule logs and slip it right in!

 

[EmilyMiller]

Welcome to Day 21 22 of The Halloween Competition - it’s the last day for submissions. Sadly I’m feeling rather like Emma above.

https://www.literotica.com/stories/contest.php/halloween-2025

 

[StillStunned]

Sadly I’m feeling rather like Emma above.

Get well soon!

 

[DEFCOM5]

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Sadly I’m feeling rather like Emma above.

Sorry to hear that. I hope you are is as good of hands as Emma is.

Get well soon!

 

[EmilyMiller]

Sorry to hear that. I hope you are is as good of hands as Emma is.

Get well soon!

Yeah - though rather larger hands

 

[Jamie6977]

Damn, this contest seems awfully one bomby this year.

Is there a way to find out how many 1's, 2's, 5's a story gets? I've only seen the average, but would love to see how many of each I've gotten.

 

[old_prof]

Is there a way to find out how many 1's, 2's, 5's a story gets? I've only seen the average, but would love to see how many of each I've gotten.

No is the short answer. Some of us who obsess over our scores see each vote come in. If you do that and are comfortable with relatively simple math, you can track each vote. At least until your number of votes gets too large.

 

[Jamie6977]

No is the short answer. Some of us who obsess over our scores see each vote come in. If you do that and are comfortable with relatively simple math, you can track each vote. At least until your number of votes gets too large.

Kinda what I thought. It was easier to see the votes in the Halloween contest, since they've been so few. Summer was crazy. I had 40K views in that one (my first contest). Just over 5K here. Of course, different categories could have played a role. T/I for Summer and Nonhuman for Halloween.

 

[old_prof]

Kinda what I thought. It was easier to see the votes in the Halloween contest, since they've been so few. Summer was crazy. I had 40K views in that one (my first contest). Just over 5K here. Of course, different categories could have played a role. T/I for Summer and Nonhuman for Halloween.

5k is doing well for nonhuman

 

[EmilyMiller]

Is there a way to find out how many 1's, 2's, 5's a story gets? I've only seen the average, but would love to see how many of each I've gotten.

If you are in a low traffic category. Like EH or SF&F, the votes come in slowly and you can track them, or make reasonable assumptions about small clusters. But there is no actual break down provided by the site.

 

[Soixenta]

I just submitted "Dead Together". Almost 9000 words, and in Erotic Horror. A homeless girl dies, but a dying demon takes refuge in her body. I hope it's sexy and gruesome enough.

 

[MelissaBaby]

Yes, they can change from pumpkins to Yule logs and slip it right in!

True, but my point was that if you win the Halloween contest, you are ineligible to win the next contest, which is Winter Holidays, not that to could Christmatize your story.

 

[old_prof]

True, but my point was that if you win the Halloween contest, you are ineligible to win the next contest, which is Winter Holidays, not that to could Christmatize your story.

Just being pedantic, but it's actually the next two contests.

 

[Voboy]

5k is doing well for nonhuman

I think I might have been wiser to post there.

Ah, well.

 

[Inkent]

Last minute dash but it's in. Standalone story using a couple of dubious characters from another tale. Hopefully will make the deadline.

Heaven & Hell - Amber Gets Stoned​

 

[MelissaBaby]

Just being pedantic, but it's actually the next two contests.

That just makes it an even better excuse.

 

[TheLobster]

Just threw mine over, too. Even if it makes it, I’m not sure it’ll be able to rack up enough votes as it’s in EH.

On the bright side, it’s less than 5k words.

 

[EmilyMiller]

Anyone still putting the finishing touches to their Halloween masterpiece, you have only hours to go

 

[SkyBubble]

September is here and that means it's Fall here in the northern hemisphere.

That can mean only one thing - it's time to start cranking out that Halloween story that you've been dying to tell! Let's kick off Autumn 2025 in the northern climes with a new support thread -

Halloween (Oct 31)

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Themes: scary stuff, costumes, Halloween traditions (trick-or-treating, etc.), etc.

You can begin submitting on (or before):October 2

The last day to submit is October 23

Winners Will Be Announced: October 30

The author must copy and paste the phrase "HALLOWEEN 2025" to the "Notes to Admin" field of the submission (without the quotation marks).

And please add the tag "HALLOWEEN 2025" (without the quotation marks)

Read Laurel's notice of the start of the contest sticky at the top of the Authors' Hangout (when it magically appears), before submitting and follow the instructions in that thread. I will keep an eye out for that information and update this page as soon as I see it (or as soon as someone points it out to me).

This thread is to SUPPORT and ENCOURAGE authors to enter stories in the 2025 Halloween Contest. For you new writers, this thread is a great place to meet your fellow authors and share ideas, tips, and tricks of the trade.

As Ogg always told us, there is an advantage to entering stories in one of Literotica's themed contests. Apart from the possibility of winning, your story gets far more exposure and attention than it would normally do.

Some of that attention might be unwelcome, some abusive, but this thread is a good place to vent after getting that kind of attention. Some of that attention could be appreciative and helpful and this thread is a great place to come and share those accolades.

It's that time! Bring out your masks, candies, and creepy accessories, and prepare to put a spell on your readership.

[plagiarized with prejudice from @Rustyoznail’s announcement from 2024]

Looks like I missed it. I'm actually still working on one. I'll just hold it for next year.

 

[EmilyMiller]

I'll just hold it for next year.

And the story…

 

[ChloeTzang]

Haaaaaah! I got my second story in with 10 minutes to spare. 8k words, a quickie, and not that great but it was fun to write. LOL. "The Keys to the Mausoleum."

 

[Trionyx]

Haaaaaah! I got my second story in with 10 minutes to spare. 8k words, a quickie, and not that great but it was fun to write. LOL. "The Keys to the Mausoleum."

Now that’s the Chloe we all know…submitting stories with seconds to spare. Your earlier one was waaaay too soon to be a true CT masterpiece.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Now that’s the Chloe we all know…submitting stories with seconds to spare. Your earlier one was waaaay too soon to be a true CT masterpiece.

LOL this 2nd one is no masterpiece. Hacked out in a hurry but I kind of enjoyed it. It could sure be improved tho and it won't need one start trolls LOL. It'll be lucky to crack 4.5 and I'm being generous there.

 

[Soixenta]

"Dead Together" will go live tomorrow! Will five days be enough to get the necessary votes? In Erotic Horror?

 

[TheLobster]

"Dead Together" will go live tomorrow! Will five days be enough to get the necessary votes? In Erotic Horror?

My "Cold Embrace" is in the same situation, also going live tomorrow in EH. Good luck, we might both need it