Happy Halloween, AC family! Are you ready to get scared? After a week of reading scary stories, we've picked out our very favorite and two runners-up. Turn out all the lights, dip into the candy you're giving out to all the little boys and ghouls later tonight, and read on.
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Without further ado, the winner of our Halloween Flash Fiction contest and the $100 prize is... David Donch, for the creepy and witty vignette, "Parts!" After you read it, you may never break into a junkyard on a dark and stormy night again. Then again, maybe you already had enough common sense not to break into a junkyard on a dark and stormy night!
Since we received so many great submissions, we're announcing two runners-up as well. Each will receive a $25 open assignment to write about the topic of their choice.
Our first runner-up is The Thirteenth Scarecrow, by Mark Perretta. This spooky story is creepy without being graphic. Go ahead and read it to your older kids to give them a scare!
Our second runner-up is There's Something Out There Digging, by John Robertson. What will happen to the young narrator when her mother invites a mysterious creature to breakfast with the family?
Which of the hundreds of spooky entries was your favorite? Post it in the comments section!
Meanwhile, back at AC, there's some fun news to share: For the past few days, some of the best Halloween articles on Associatedcontent.com have been linked to directly from Yahoo! Events, on a special Halloween page. Check out the box in the lower right corner of the page.
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18 comments:
Congrats to all the winners!
Off to check them out right now. Thanks for sharing the info!
Congratulations to the winners!
Congratulations to the winners! My favorite entry is "The Pretend Game" by Stacey Laatsch, a Bradbury-esque scary story seen through the eyes of a child.
I just wanted to thank everyone at AC, and all the other writers that turned in great stories for the contest. This is the first time I've written flash fiction or even a "scary" story, so being mentioned at all is a wonderful surprise!
Thank you very much!
Good choices! It can't have been easy- I know there were many great entries. Great idea about the runners-up slots.
Congratulations David; that was some scary stuff.
Cogratulations to all the winners!
Congratulations to all the winners!
Congratulations David! I know I tried my hand at this, but mine didn't eve come close!
Congrats to all the winners! Especially considering two of them are all new AC'ers! hope to see much more from each of them... ~JC Torpey
Congrats to all the winners. It was fun reading all the stories. :)
Congratulations to the winners. I don't celebrate Halloween but I like a good, scary story. This was my first attempt at flash fiction.
Congrats to all of the winners!
This one was my favorite. (except for my own entry, of course ;) )
Congrats! Great Work!
Congratulations to all winners!
James R. Coffey's "Confession" was one of my favorites. http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/5934750/confession.html?cat=44
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