Zach Caldwell Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 Castle Roland is excited to announce our first ever: Halloween Short Story Competition Halloween Hysteria In the tradition of Halloween Costume competitions and bobbing for apples, Castle Roland is hosting its own Halloween Competition. During this fall season as our creativity reaches it peaks and the imagination runs wild, harness that supernatural energy and create a story to thrill the readers. But careful the readers are a tricky bunch. Submissions Accepted between 9/21/14 and 10/18/14 All submission will be posted to a special forum on the Castle Roland Community Forum Site and will be posted without author name and title. They will be listed as a numbered submission for example Halloween Story #1 Halloween Story #2 ETC The Forum members will be asked to vote on their favorite story between 10/19 and 10/28. The Story with the most votes will be posted at midnight EST 10/30-10/31. Once the wining story is posted all the stories in the forum will be updated to add the authors name and the title and will be released in special midnight email with a link to the forums. Submission requirements Submission accepted between 9/21/14 and 10/18/14 Stories should be edited and polished. They will be posted exactly as you send them. Stories must contain a Halloween Theme. Embrace it and have a blast with it. Stories should be no more than 15,000 words Everyone is invited to submit a story Submissions must be sent to castlerolandpr@gmail.com. Submission sent to any other email address will be returned as disqualified. This is to maintain the anonymity of the stories so it's a true blind vote. Should you have any questions or concerns please email the PR staff at Castlerolandpr@gmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken barber Posted September 18, 2014 Report Share Posted September 18, 2014 Ghosts, goblins and Ghouls, Witches, Werewolf's and Wraiths, Vampires, hmmmm nothing works there. I am super excited to see what everyone comes up with for a Halloween story. Trick or Treat gone wrong? or maybe Trick gone right? Haunted House? Ghosts in the attic? or maybe my favorite Demonic Possession. . Hope everyone has fun with this little challenge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GayActivist Posted September 18, 2014 Report Share Posted September 18, 2014 Sounds fun. I am not a writer. But I am looking forward to the stories and voting. Good Luck to everyone to submits a story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken barber Posted September 19, 2014 Report Share Posted September 19, 2014 The Chat among the authors make me feel like we have a real treat coming to us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken barber Posted September 22, 2014 Report Share Posted September 22, 2014 Lots of inquiries and some submissions have already been submitted. I cant wait to see the reactions to all these great stories. The Authors are going to make it an extremely difficult decision for the forum members to vote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Aarons Posted September 25, 2014 Report Share Posted September 25, 2014 ah the time for treats in the form of words... or is it tricks... hummmm... maybe I will endeavor for a bit of both Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken barber Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 Deep beneath the Castle spire in a room filled with shadowy ire A pedestal in cobwebs delight Upon its cracked and whittled blight a tome rests in dreary light Dusty pages filled with darkest thoughts of countless authors' evil plots Hidden in a place from scrying eyes until spirits take flight through the skies Written by the Castle Roland PR Team 9/25/14 Hunter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted September 27, 2014 Report Share Posted September 27, 2014 Deep beneath the Castle spire in a room filled with shadowy ire A pedestal in cobwebs delight Upon its cracked and whittled blight a tome rests in dreary light Dusty pages filled with darkest thoughts of countless authors' evil plots Hidden in a place from scrying eyes until spirits take flight through the skies Written by the Castle Roland PR Team 9/25/14 Ken great job on the poem and I think it should be sent out in the newsletter for everyone. You did the bulk of the work and I was happy to be a small part of it. I'm no good at poetry but with others giving it a start I'm fairly decent at cleaning things up and helping to make things rhyme. I am interested in reading some of these ghoulish stories. It sounds like we've gotten several submissions already including one from one of my readers. I recommend all authors send out an email to their reader's email list and let them know of the competition. I know one or two would love to participate so let them know authors. In my opinion it is part of our (author's) responsibility to our readers to keep them informed. You are a part of this team now as an author so let's get the word out and help the forum and this site. It is a fantastic site which offers options most sited don't to readers and authors alike so let's do the right thing and help keep things rolling by taking on a little responsibility towards both readers and this site. ken barber 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken barber Posted September 28, 2014 Report Share Posted September 28, 2014 Thanks Hunter. We have 3 submissions already and I am led to believe we have more coming. The people writing the stories are excited about this and are having fun with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted September 28, 2014 Report Share Posted September 28, 2014 Yes indeed Ken, this is shaping up to be a fun competition for everyone and it will be interesting to see what ghoulish, chilling, and exciting stories some of our authors and readers come up with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken barber Posted October 10, 2014 Report Share Posted October 10, 2014 7 Halloween stories submitted so far. 8 Days to get yours finished up. This should be a lot of fun for everyone. I am very excited to see what the Forum members think of the stories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken barber Posted October 13, 2014 Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 7 spooky, silly, Scary, Sensational stories to Tantalize your tastes and Treat your Thrills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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