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
First Place wins a witchy prize pack!
Second Place wins Enchanted Bruja Print, a choice of a Disney Pin Set, and some Halloween stickers!
Third Place wins a prize out of the grab bag!
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.
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.
**PROGRAM UPDATE 10-07-23: Due to a malfunctioning oven, I will not be able whip up recipes for Sinister Saturdays as promised. So instead, I’ll do something little more in my wheelhouse, scary movie reviews. Every Saturday in October will now be dedicated to reviewing a scary paranormal movie.**
Happy Autumn! Don’t be scared, but October is exactly one week away!
Earlier this year, Halloween Horror Haiku celebrated its 5th anniversary. I can’t believe it’s been 5 years already. It hasn’t always been easy, especially these days when work consumes most of my life, but I’m still enjoying writing haiku and sharing in the spirit of Halloween. That’s why instead of easing up, I’m forging ahead with a 31-day plan to celebrate Halloween 2023!
Be sure to check in every day in October for cool, fun, and inspirational Halloween artwork, haiku, poems, stories, and PRIZES!!! That’s right, I’m giving away a ton of cool prizes this year, but you must be a follower of Halloween Horror Haiku, either here on WordPress or Instagram (click the links to join me).
HALLOWEEN SCHEDULE 2023
Monday Macabre
Our theme this month is A Haunted Halloween. What’s Halloween without a visit to a haunted house? New haiku will be posted every Monday and will connect to tell an overarching story.
Trick or Treat Tuesdays
Play spooky games and win spooky prizes, every Tuesday this October.
Wicked Art Wednesdays
Every Wednesday, I’ll showcase original Halloween art that most represents our theme of “A Haunted Halloween” from the world’s most talented artists.
Thursday Terror
Every Thursday, let’s travel back and revisit the scariest films to come out of the golden age of Hammer Horror.
Friday Fright Nightcaps
What did the ghost say to the bartender? More boos, please!
Grab your cauldron, it’s the return of Friday Fright Nightcaps!
Sinister Saturdays
Join me in my own personal dungeon in hell, y’all might know as the kitchen, as I share some spooook-tacular recipes to die for every Saturday, and post pics and videos of my follies. This could be the scariest day on the schedule, folks (definitely the funniest)!
Spooky Sundays
Spooky Sundays are for reading, relaxing, and recharging our brooms.
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!
I’ve got a great grand prize for the top winner this year and lots of cool stickers for runner-ups. More details will be announced!
Don’t forget to follow Halloweenhorrorhaiku on social media: Instagram, Threads, and Pinterest.
Have a faboooooo-lous Halloween season, everyone!
Happy September and welcome back ‘Ber months! Our favorite time of year has returned and Halloween events are already in full swing. As more and more people fall in love Halloween and the Fall season, celebrations start sooner and last longer. Technically, there’s 20 days of Summer left and the unbearable heat could stick around, well into Novemeber. Still, nothing can damper our spirits. Imagine, waking up, looking out window and seeing the perfect Autumn day. This month’s theme is Autumn Windows.
the ‘Ber months are back
wishing for sweater weather
Autumn windows
Part III of Summerween series.
hot summer sand
a quick swim in the ocean
ready for Fall
Just returned from Midsummer Scream, a Halloween and horror convention that takes place in Long Beach, CA every year, and I’m all ready to keep the celebrations going! I’m not the only one. Technically we still have another month before the official Halloween season starts, but preparations start now. So, what happens when a group of pumpkins on their way to the Halloween bash get lost at beach? Let the shenanigans begin! This month’s theme is Summerween!
overly anxious
let’s get this party started
summerween
Part III of Blood and Ice haiku series.
an old flame returns
bloodlust rages within
blood and ice reign
Welcome November! If hobbitses can have second breakfast, why can’t we have second Halloween? It’s no secret that I’m no longer a fan of Thanksgiving, but November is fine month to do all the things on your Fall and Halloween bucket list, that you were too busy to do during October. For me, I hold a Lord of the Rings marathon one weekend, and simply enjoy Halloween, which I always seem to miss cuz I’m too busy working.
The theme this month is Halloween Encore.
lit jack o lanterns
black cauldrons full of candy
Halloween encore
Monday Macabre is all about the scares during the October, but this year, we’re tapping into the psychological fear of dystopian Halloween horror.
Humans wear the scariest masks. Their desperate power grabs will not only destroy our beloved holiday, but civilized society along with it.
scary masks of death
nuclear Halloween
trick or treat no more
Halloween Horror Haiku 
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