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

[EmilyMiller]

It seems like people have a very specific idea what they want from the genre

And I have no idea what that is

 

[Aoife_from_Ulster]

Well it posted today, When Lanterns Glow. I hope folks enjoy. I am a romantic old soul, even with Halloween.

Cheers to all who have have written, submitted and published

 

[EmilyMiller]

Well it posted today, When Lanterns Glow. I hope folks enjoy. I am a romantic old soul, even with Halloween.

Cheers to all who have have written, submitted and published

Yay!

 

[EmilyMiller]

Welcome to Day 6 of Halloween 2025

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

 

[WittyUserName]

And I'm officially on the list: https://www.literotica.com/s/the-brinkerhoff-royal

 

[EmilyMiller]

And I'm officially on the list: https://www.literotica.com/s/the-brinkerhoff-royal

Yay!

 

[SouthernCrossfire]

First draft (27K words) of my as yet unnamed story is complete. It’s going to need some serious work but maybe it will make it in earlier rather than later for a change?

 

[EmilyMiller]

First draft (27K words) of my as yet unnamed story is complete. It’s going to need some serious work but maybe it will make it in earlier rather than later for a change?

Good luck editing

 

[DEFCOM5]

first draft of my first ever possible contest submission in the hand of my first ever beta reader and boy do I make them work hard.
No illusion of glory, just being in the same list as all of you is a big win for me!

 

[SamanthaBehgs]

I wrote an outline of a potential story that I might actually be able to write for this contest. Now to see if I can actually turn it into something that isn't just an outline of an idea of how it would go...

 

[EmilyMiller]

I wrote an outline of a potential story that I might actually be able to write for this contest. Now to see if I can actually turn it into something that isn't just an outline of an idea of how it would go...

Good luck

 

[BryanRichardson]

At least we get to stay on the Erotic Horror “New” list for a whole week, right?

About the same number of new stories are being posted in Crossdressing, but the readership is about 5x.

I’m curious to see how Mind Control compares…

Yay! A thousand views in 13 hours for my Mind Control story: https://literotica.com/s/dead-grass-in-the-morning

That is already a third of the views my Erotic Horror story that was published four days ago…

 

[FrancesScott]

I’ve gotten 4,500 words written on my story, so I think that I’ll make the deadline. It’s a lesbian story, set in the lead up to and on Halloween, but with no supernatural elements. Just things like pumpkin patches and trick or treating. Is that OK for the competition?

 

[TruthwithaTwist]

Writers block/break officially ended. Just submitted my entry for the Halloween contest. I think it’s a really fun romp with a Halloween boo-ty call from a MILF Neighbor!

I also finally published chapter 5 of an ongoing story… that I never thought would take over two years to complete! I have two more chapters outlined for that one… To finally complete it.

Meanwhile, drumming up some ideas for the holiday contest next.

Nice to be back, though!

 

[EmilyMiller]

I’ve gotten 4,500 words written on my story, so I think that I’ll make the deadline. It’s a lesbian story, set in the lead up to and on Halloween, but with no supernatural elements. Just things like pumpkin patches and trick or treating. Is that OK for the competition?

That sounds perfect

 

[EmilyMiller]

Writers block/break officially ended. Just submitted my entry for the Halloween contest. I think it’s a really fun romp with a Halloween boo-ty call from a MILF Neighbor!

I also finally published chapter 5 of an ongoing story… that I never thought would take over two years to complete! I have two more chapters outlined for that one… To finally complete it.

Meanwhile, drumming up some ideas for the holiday contest next.

Nice to be back, though!

Welcome back

 

[Not2Pervy]

Emily, I just gotta say your daily contest images are really killing it, a fantastic addition to these contest threads!

 

[EmilyMiller]

Emily, I just gotta say your daily contest images are really killing it, a fantastic addition to these contest threads!

Thank you

 

[DEFCOM5]

@not2percy, if you read @EmilyMiller entry in the contest, they make even more sense!

 

[EmilyMiller]

@not2percy, if you read @EmilyMiller entry in the contest, they make even more sense!

*cough* pervy not percy

 

[sophism]

This happened to me. Tell me the story name and I will try to help.

The name is The Day We Bound Ourselves (https://www.literotica.com/s/the-day-we-bound-ourselves), thank you if you are able to help!
I have sent a message to Laurel but nothing yet.

 

[Indian_Princess]

I have been away from literotica for over a year but I'm back now and I submitted my Halloween contest entry yesterday. it's in my pending folder.

I submitted another nonconsent story 4 days ago and it is still pending. Did the processing times change recently? I've been a member of literotica for over a decade and it never took this long for stories to get published.

 

[DEFCOM5]

*cough* pervy not percy

Back in my days on the trading desk, my nickname was "Fat Finger"

Not because my fingers were big but because I made all kind of typos, especially when entering number of shares (back when keyboards had 0 and double 0)

 

[EmilyMiller]

I have been away from literotica for over a year but I'm back now and I submitted my Halloween contest entry yesterday. it's in my pending folder.

I submitted another nonconsent story 4 days ago and it is still pending. Did the processing times change recently? I've been a member of literotica for over a decade and it never took this long for stories to get published.

There are lots of threads about this, just take a look.

 

[EmilyMiller]

The name is The Day We Bound Ourselves (https://www.literotica.com/s/the-day-we-bound-ourselves), thank you if you are able to help!
I have sent a message to Laurel but nothing yet.

I’ll see what I am able to do.