Halloween Haiku Winner 2026

Congratulations to Adele Gardner! She’s our Halloween Haiku Challenge Winner for 2026!

Adele submitted her winning haiku on Bluesky. Adele’s also an artist, poet, and writer and it looks like she has a brand new book of poetry out called Halloween Dreams. Publishing is an amazing achievement. Let’s go show her some support!

There were only a few entries this year, as expected. I appreciate those who did participate. You’re all awesome! Thank you all for helping me keep the Halloween spirit alive this year!

As tradition, I usually only post a few times in November. I typically take time to reset and prepare for the haunted holidays in December. Being this is an important election week here in America, I might be annoyingly active on Bluesky for another few days and then go dark. See you all next month! I wish you all Happy Autumn!🍃🍂🍁🎃

8th Annual Halloween Haiku Challenge

8th Annual Halloween Haiku Challenge
#Halloweenhaikuchallenge2026

I’ve thought a lot about whether to continue this event. Between increased use of ai, the increase in fraud and decrease in consumer protections, and the rising costs of just about everything, I’ve decided to hold the contest, but there will be no prizes this year. It’ll be for fun, laughs, and bragging rights only.

Halloween Carnival, ©️Halloweenkristy, Canva-made, no ai

The theme this season has been Halloween carnival, but I will accept any haiku and Zappai featuring Halloween, horror, or haunted themes.

Not all that’s creepy are clowns but all clowns are creepy. MSS 2026

The contest starts midnight on October 30th through Halloween day and a winner will be chosen on November 1st.

I hope the no prizes news won’t be too disappointing and that people will participate. I can’t wait to read your spooky haiku. Remember, you don’t need ai to be creative. You just need the courage to share a part of YOU!😊

Happy Halloween!🎃

7th Annual Halloween Haiku Challenge 2025

Halloween Haiku Challenge 2025
#Halloweenhaikuchallenge2025

Share your most original or haunted Halloween Haiku on October 31st for a chance to win a Haunted prize pack.

SUBMISSIONS

You must be a WordPress follower to particpate and a US resident. Post your haiku in comments section below. All comments must be approved first so it may not show up right away. I’ll do my best to approve as soon as I see them.

Only 1 haiku are permitted per contestant, US residents only. If I see more than 1 haiku from the same participant or a foreign entry, while I thank you for joining our challenge, these entries won’t qualify for a prize.

PRIZES

Grand Prize – 1st Place Winner will receive Haunted prize pack, which includes Drew Rausch vintage cat postcard print, Disney’s Haunted Mansion collectible pin, and their choice of either The Conjuring I & II Blu-rays, Annabelle Blu-ray film set, or It 2-Film Collection on Blu-ray. This prize pack is worth well over $50.

Second & Third Place Prize: Winners will have a chance to pick a small prize from the prize pool (typically pins, patches, and Halloween stickers).

DEADLINE

The contest starts and ends midnight to midnight Pacific time on October 31th through November 1st, 2025. Winners will be announced on November 2, 2025, here and social media.

Please see Contest Rules and Eligibility page more details.

Have a Happy Halloween season, everyone! Be safe out there!🎃

Spooky Sundays – Week 4

Spooky Sundays are all about reading, relaxing, and recharging our brooms. Work is definitely getting in the way of celebrating my favorite holiday, but I managed to get all my posts up. Looking forward to this last week in October. Gonna carve my pumpkin, enjoy some more spooky classic movies and hopefully read some awesome entries for the Halloween Haiku Challenge. Four days left til Halloween! Here’s a visual recap of this past week.

Halloween Haiku Challenge 2024

Halloween Haiku Challenge 2024
#Halloweenhaikuchallenge

Share your most original or scariest Halloween Haiku during the last week of October for a chance to win a Halloween classic grand prize!

Only 3 haiku are permitted per contestant. Pick your best 3 and post. If I see more than 3 from the same participant, they won’t count. Three is the magic number.

SUBMISSIONS

You must be a WordPress or Instagram follower to particpate. Two ways to enter a submission this year 1) post your haiku in comments section below, or 2) Tag me on Instagram and use the following #halloweenhaikuchallenge

PRIZES

Grand Prize – 1st Place Winner will receive Halloween Classic prize pack, which includes a vintage style Halloween patch (not pictured), some vintage style Halloween stickers, a Drew Rausch ‘I Support Halloween’ pin, and a Disney’s Huey, Dewey, and Louie Halloween Trick or Treat Ornament. This prize pack is worth over $50.

Second & Third Place Prize: Winners choose a Halloween pin and some buttons or stickers from this year’s prize pool.

DEADLINE

The contest starts at 3pm PT on October 24th and ends at midnight, the witching hour, on October 31st, 2024. Winners will be announced on November 1, 2024, here and on social media.

Please see Contest Rules and Eligibility Page more details.

Winners of the Holiday Haiku Challenge 2023

1st Place: Amy Lyford

2nd Place: Ad-Libby

I will directly contact winners to get mailing details or get prizes out. Please do not post personal information here or on social media.

Thank you for participating in the Holiday Haiku Challenge 2023.

Happy New Year!

Winners of the 5th Annual Halloween Haiku Challenge 2023

I will directly contact winners to get mailing details or get prizes out. Please do not post personal information here or on social media.

Thank you so very much to everyone who participated in Halloween Haiku Challenge 2023.

Once again, it was a tough contest to judge! Truly wonderous haiku, some brought the feels and some were seriously scary. I love it!

Happy Holidays to all!

Halloween Haiku

There’s just one day til Halloween and I’m breaking the traditional format of the year to post a special Halloween Haiku.

black cat sleeping
on a giant pumpkin
Halloween dreams

There’s still time to submit a haiku poem for the 5th Annual Halloween Haiku Challenge. Contest ends tomorrow at midnight. There’s all kinds of spooky prizes available.

All the spooky prizes…

Here’s a look at all the cool spooky prizes you could win this season.

It’s free to participate in contests, but you must follow the Contest Rules and be a follower of this page and/or @Halloweenhorrorhaiku on Instagram to qualify.

Look out for my upcoming contests!

Random Grab Bag Prizes:

Random Contest Prizes:

Halloween Haiku Challenge Prizes:

5th Annual Halloween Haiku Challenge

5th Annual Halloween Haiku Challenge
#Halloweenhaikuchallenge

Share your most original or scariest Halloween Haiku during the month of October for a chance to win a witchy prize pack!

Only 3 haiku are permitted per contestant. Pick your best 3 and post. If I see more than 3 from the same participant, they won’t count. Three is the magic number.

SUBMISSIONS

You must be a WordPress or Instagram follower to particpate. Two ways to enter a submission this year 1) post your haiku in comments section below, or 2) Tag me on Instagram and use the following #halloweenhaikuchallenge

PRIZES

Grand Prize – 1st Place Winner will receive a Poison the Patriarchy Pack, which includes some witchy stickers, a Poison the Patriarchy card, Witchcraft Spellbook, Rabbits Grim enamel pin and Antlers and Hares tote bag, both created by Diana Levin of Ghoulish Bunny Studios. This prize pack is worth over $60.

Second Place Prize: Halloween Spooky Print created the Enchanted Bruja.

Third Place Prize: Winner chooses a sticker and pin from this year’s prizes pool.

DEADLINE

The contest starts on October 1st and ends at midnight, the witching hour, on October 31st, 2023. Winners will be announced on November 1, 2023, here and on social media.

Please see Contest Rules and Eligibility Page more details.