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2022 Horror Haiku for the Promo Contest

Posted on January 21, 2022January 28, 2023 by Richard

Welcome to our 2022 Horror Haiku for the Promo Contest! I love writing contests, big and small, so we are doing a couple more. These are always so fun to read, and we do read every single entry!

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2022 50 Horror Story “for the promos contest”

Posted on January 21, 2022January 28, 2023 by Richard

Welcome to our 2022 50 World Horror Story “for the promos contest” contest. This is our long cold winter contest. Everyone seems to like these, we are giving out ads on our site and social media

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50 Word Anything Holiday Contest

Posted on November 11, 2021January 28, 2023 by Richard

Welcome to our 50 Word Anything Holiday Contest. This contest is simple, it’s just a 50 word or less story that has something to do with the Holiday Season. Your character could be walking through snow

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The Search for a New Classic Christmas Poem Contest

Posted on November 7, 2021January 28, 2023 by Richard

This contest always seems like the most difficult contest we run. It gets low participation, but that just means you have a better chance of winning and getting published with us. We are asking for a Christmas poem.

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6 Word Holiday Memoir Contest

Posted on November 5, 2021January 28, 2023 by Richard

We are trying a new contest. Really we are looking for amazing writing to fill our print issue. These types of contests generally bring us excellent writing that fills our margins and moves our readers.

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500 Word Horror Christmas Contest

Posted on November 4, 2021January 28, 2023 by Richard

Welcome to our 2021 500 Word Horror Christmas Contest. So I have found that people love horror story contests

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500 Word Anything Holiday Season Contest

Posted on November 4, 2021January 28, 2023 by Richard

We love the holidays, and we want to feel like it’s the Holiday season, but I will settle for any reference in the story that makes it even sound like it could be the holiday season. We are casting a wide net here. Happy Holidays, please send us your best 500 word story

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Best Holiday Recipes for Writers Contest

Posted on November 1, 2021January 28, 2023 by Richard

his is a new contest, but we thought it would be nice for our upcoming Holiday issue. We want your best recipes on anything.

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50 Word Christmas Horror Story Contest

Posted on November 1, 2021January 28, 2023 by Richard

Welcome to our 50 Word Christmas Horror Story Contest. 50 word horror stories are fun to write and fun to read, and we always get a big response. Christmas was creepy at one time, and we honestly just want everyone to have fun writing on our site.  If you win you will be in our…

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Holiday Horror Haiku Contest

Posted on November 1, 2021January 28, 2023 by Richard

So we know how much all of you love horror haiku. This contest just draws a lot of traffic and interest. Did you know that Christmas was once a creepy holiday? It was filled with ghosts and spooks.

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Contest Winners!

Posted on October 31, 2021January 28, 2023 by Richard

Here are the winners of our 2021 contests. These winners and much more, have also been included in our first digital addition of 2021.

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2021 500 Word Very Scary Story Contest

Posted on October 7, 2021January 28, 2023 by Richard

Welcome to our 2021 500 Word Very Scary Story Contest. Every we used to run this contest every year, but we’ve skipped a few. People are just more interested in writing micro fiction instead of flash fiction these days, but we’ve decided to try again. We are looking for the scariest story you can send us!

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Real Ghost Stories (Well Crafted)

Posted on October 6, 2021February 3, 2023 by Richard

We are looking for the best Written Real Ghost Stories. Any ghost story will do, we want to read them, and we want them to be real. The best ghost stories or paranormal stories

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2021 Halloween Horror Haiku contest

Posted on October 4, 2021January 28, 2023 by Richard

This year we have decided to dig up an oldie but a goodie. Welcome to our 2021 Halloween Horror Haiku contest. People tend to have a lot of fun with this one. We are going to publish the top 3 haikus on a page…

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2021 50 Word Horror Story Contest “Only For the Glory”

Posted on October 2, 2021January 28, 2023 by Richard

  Welcome to our 2021 50 World Horror Story “Only for the Glory” contest. EWR has been on Hiatus for a good while. We have had many issues over the last year, but your fearless editor is working to get the wheels turning again. I can’t let Halloween go by without a horror story contest….

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