I would like to send a BIG thank you to ALL the participants in this contest! The authors all did an amazing job, and the success of the contest this year is owed to them and to you, the reader! Big thanks to the judges and contest staff as well.

Tricks and Treats contest 2017 entries and authors:

Alice in Nightmareland by cupcakeriot

Baker’s Treat by LadyAngel

Blood Rites by Ta Paixao

Crimson Falls by Cullens Conquest

Killer Mine by TwiAddictAnne

Making a Murder: Trick or Treat? by Angela Abbot

Necromancer by highlanderprincess

Nightmare on Elm Street by MyWindowIsOpen

Paradise Kiss by summersaults16

Perpetual Existence by ericastwilight

The Abduction by Honeymoon Edward

The Hunter and His Witch by WeeKittyAndTAT

The Invitation by aushapasha

The Next Meaningful Hour by ThePsychoVamp

The Three Bs by DeJean Smith

The Visitor by StarryEyedWriter8

Unforgettable by noncanonqueen

Public Vote

First Place: The Three B's by DeJean Smith

Second Place: Necromancer by highlanderprincess

Third Place (Tie): Crimson Falls by Cullens Conquest

Third Place (Tie): The Abduction by Honeymoon Edward

Judges' Votes

First Place: The Three B's by DeJean Smith

Second Place: Making a Murder: Trick or Treat? by Angela Abbot

Third Place: The Invitation by aushapasha

Judges' Choice

Cejsmom :Making a Murder: Trick or Treat? Angela Abbot

Ceceprincess1217: Crimson Falls by Cullens Conquest

Beegurl13: The Hunter and His Witch by WeeKittyandTat

Hadley Hemingway: Killer Mine by TwiAddictAnne

Host's Choice: OhGeeFantasy - Blood Rites by Ta Paixao

Secret Keeper's Choice: Alice's White Rabbit - by The Three B’s DeJean Smith

Validator's Choice: EnchantedbyTwilight - Making a Murder: Trick or Treat by Angela Abbot

Specialty Awards - These awards are based on Judges' scores in the category. Specialty scores are not counted in the overall score to determine the first through third place winners for judges' votes.

Skeleton In The Closet - Biggest Surprise Ending: The Three Bs by DeJean Smith

Pumpkin Pie Award - Best Use of Pumpkin: Making a Murder: Trick or Treat? By Angela Abbot

Spell-Binding Award - Most Original Plot: The Three B's by DeJean Smith

Killer Thriller Award - Best Suspense: Blood Rites by Ta Paixao

Decorator Award - Best Use of Halloween Theme: The Three Bs by DeJean Smith

Candy Land Award - Best Romance: The Three Bs by DeJean Smith

Haunting Award - Scariest Story: The Invitation by aushapasha

Hear ye! Hear ye! Come along, if you dare, for a spooktacular ride!

Do you go batty over Halloween? Well, so does your ghostess with the mostest! Will your characters get sheet-faced, or will they summon the spirits? Whether you bring the sexy or the scary, we want your bewitching words! Just remember, pumpkins come, and pumpkins go, but a jack-o-lantern will steal the show! (Every entry must contain a pumpkin reference of some sort!)

Good luck to all entrants!!!

Host

OhgeeFantasy

Secret Keeper

Alice's White Rabbit

Validators

EnchantedbyTwilight
Songster

Banner Maker

Mina Rivera

Judges

Beegurl13

Hadley Hemingway

Cejsmom

CecePrincess1217

Emergency Betas

Midnight Cougar

Kimmie45

As a courtesy to both, please don't wait to submit your story. Entries must be received by the emergency betas no later than October 2nd.

All entries must be ANONYMOUS. PLEASE DO NOT divulge any specifics of your story (unless it's to your beta, prereader, or the contest secret keeper in confidence), including the word count, and any other clues as to which entry could be yours. Do NOT contact anyone other than the secret keeper. You will be disqualified immediately! Anyone found trolling for votes will be disqualified immediately. We also ask fans not to promote individual stories. You may promote the contest as a whole.

Please do not post or continue your story anywhere until after the winners have been announced on October 31st. After, please feel free to continue your story into a full-length fiction; although, the contest entry must stand alone.

Participants must be 18 or older.

Entries can be any genre, rating, AU, AH, canon, and non-canon pairings.

Entries must be new, original work of the submitting author. One submission per author, although one collaboration with another writer is also permitted.

Entries must be between 3,000 and 12,000 words.

Entries must fit within the theme of the contest or they will be returned unposted. You may revise and resubmit as long as it does not violate the hard limits below.

Entries must be beta’d. We will be validating all entries for grammar, spelling, etc. If there are a large number of errors or the story has issues with readability, then your entry will be sent back to you so that you may edit and revise before resubmitting.

Content Limitations: NO incest, bestiality, rape, real person fiction, or pedophilia. Offending submissions will be disqualified upon receipt--no resubmissions will be allowed regardless of revisions.

DATES AND SUBMISSION

Contest announced August 31, 2017. Submissions should be sent in between September 7 - October 9, 2017. Public voting begins October 14th and ends October 21st. Results will be announced on October 31st 8:00 pm EST on Twitter and the FB group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1468173380147185/

Entries should be emailed to tricksandtreats3@. Please use word doc format. Do not copy/paste your entry in the body of the email! Entries will be returned to submitting author if there are any concerns upon receipt of entry. If there are no concerns, entries will be posted on Fanfiction.net to be open to public reading/voting. /~tricksandtreatscontest

HEADER

All entries should include the following header:

Penname: (will not be published – only known to the secret keeper)

Beta:

Prereader:

Title of Story:

Rating:

Pairing:

Genre:

Word Count:

Story Summary:

Standard Disclaimer: The author does not own any publicly recognizable entities herein. No copyright infringement is intended.