Congratulations to our Halloween Haiku Challenge winners!
Category: Halloween Haiku Challenge
Happy 5th Anniversary to Halloween Horror Haiku!
Today marks my 5th anniversary of Halloween Horror Haiku!
I started this home-grown blog to channel some pent up creative energy that needed to get out. Many grand ideas and failed realities later, I’ve learned I’m not so much about keeping up the social aspect of having a public blog and more about just having fun and being creative. Either the shared love of the topics draws you in or it doesn’t. I believe myself to be a complete novice and writing does not come easy for me, poetry in particular. But, with each poem, I gain a better understanding of the art of haiku.
In November of 2021, I rebranded to Halloween Horror Haiku because I wanted to share my love of horror movies and to differentiate my blog from other writers who were causing trouble on social media. Writing Halloween haiku isn’t something to be owned. No one is the only one to write Halloween haiku and no one can claim to be the first to do it, unless you’ve got 100-year old poem hiding somewhere.
Both Halloween and haiku are communal. They are more meaningful when shared, so is horror for that matter, which is why I choose to celebrate my blogiversary with Halloween haiku challenge, where everyone can share in the joy of creating a Halloween haiku. Details for this year’s contest are below.
Halloween Haiku Challenge – Halfway to Halloween
Write a Halloween-themed haiku using the traditional 17-syllable style and rules, then, enter by posting, using one of the two methods below. Only ONE entry per person. Contest ends at 12noon Pacific on Sunday, April 30th.
Prize: A Ghostly Prize Pack valued over $50.
Please click here for contest rules/disclaimer stuff.
Two Ways to Enter:
1) Via WordPress:
- Create a login or sign into WordPress
- Follow our webpage: www.halloweenhorrorhaiku.com
- Post your own original Halloween haiku in the comment section of this post
2) Via Instagram:
- Follow us on Instagram: @halloweenhorrorhaiku
- Like the “Happy 5th Anniversary Halloween Horror Haiku” photo.
- Add your own original Halloween haiku in the comment section; or
- Tag me in your Insta-post and use the following #HalloweenHaikuChallenge
The winning haiku will be chosen based on originality, spookiness, or that which best invokes the spirit of Halloween.
Winner will be announced on Monday, May 1st.
I’ve only always wanted this blog to be a positive safe space for people who enjoy Halloween, horror, and haiku without being harassed, intimidated, or persecuted. Thank you to all my supporters, the readers, the writers, fellow bloggers, fellow members of Samhain Society, and fellow Halloween, horror, or haiku lovers from all corners of the globe who stop by to check out the blog. I appreciate your time and energy. Here’s to another great year of Halloween Horror Haiku!
Haiku of the Week
Part II of the Halloween Dreams and Nightmares series.
pumpkin lined streets,
dreaming of spooky fall nights
and Halloweentime
Haiku of the Week
Part IV of Blood and Ice haiku series.
death of a lover
alone on a winter’s night
Freyja’s cold embrace
Winners of the 4th Annual Halloween Haiku Challenge
I will directly contact winners to get mailing details. Please do not post personal information here or on social media.
Thank you so very much to everyone who participated in Halloween Haiku Challenge 2022. Choosing a winner was extra difficult this year. There were seriously fa-boo-lous haiku. I’m in awe and truly-inspired by everyone.
Happy Holidays to all!
4th Annual Halloween Haiku Challenge 2022
4th Annual Halloween Haiku Challenge 2022
#Halloweenhaikuchallenge
We’re just 13 days away from Halloween night and now the real fun starts! Share your most original or scariest Dystopian or Halloween Memories Haiku for a chance to win some spooktacular prizes.
The contest starts on October 18th and ends at midnight, the witching hour, on October 31st. Winners will be announced on November 1st here and on social media.
To join in on the fun, follow me @Halloweenhorrorhaiku on Instagram and @Halloweenkristy on Twitter
Three ways to share your haiku:
- Post your haiku here in the comment section of this specific blog post. (After review, I will make your haiku visible to the public.)
- Post your haiku on Twitter, using the hashtag #HalloweenHaikuChallenge and tag me @Halloweenkristy to ensure that I see your post.
- Post your haiku on Instagram, using the hashtag #HalloweenHaikuChallenge and tag me @Halloweenhorrorhaiku to ensure that I see your post.
Judging Criteria:
- Originality. You must be the sole author of the haiku you post. No exceptions.
- Theme. The theme of your haiku must either be 1) Dystopian Halloween or 2) Halloween Memories.
- Scares. The scarier the better! It is Halloween after all.
- Format/Style. All haiku, senryu, and zappai are eligible and should fall within the usual standard 17 syllables (i.e., 5-7-5). Sorry, Tanka or any other style of poetry is not acceptable for purposes of this contest. We’re not hating, just a matter of space and time.
- Only one entry per participant.
Prizes*:
1st Place Winner:
Halloween Prize Pack, retail value over $50
Disney Oogie Boogie Bash Pin from 2022
Disney Halloween Die Cut Magnet
The Conjuring Horror Blu-Ray/DVD Combo
Evil Dead Sticker
Halloween buttons/stickers
Halloween card
2nd Place Winners:
Two runner-up poems will be chosen to win a Halloween card and one Halloween magnet.
3rd Place Winner:
One third-place winner will be chosen to win a Halloween card and some Halloween stickers.
*Open to US residents only. Prizes subject to change.
Disclaimer:
All works are copyright of their respective owners. By participating in this contest, you agree that Halloween Kristy can use your haiku to further promote this contest and http://www.halloweenhorrorhaiku.com on social media (Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, etc.) Unauthorized use, modification, reproduction, or distribution of copyright poems submitted to Halloween Haiku Challenge 2022 without express written permission from the copyright owner is strictly prohibited.
For further details on contest rules, please visit: https://halloweenhorrorhaiku.com/contest-rules-eligibility-and-some-disclaimer-stuff/
Halloween Kristy reserves the right to remove and discredit any haiku and/or images posted here or on social media containing plagiarized or copyrighted material, pornography, vulgarity, bigoted, racist, or sexist views.
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