5th Annual Halloween Haiku Challenge

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.

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

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.

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.

Haiku of the Week

Part II of Summerween series.

sand between my toes
waiting for the tide to come
gothic beach party

Haiku of the Week

Part IV and the conclusion of the Red, White, and Ghoul series.

praise to Uncle Sam
dropping bombs on their own
Americana

Haiku of the Week

Part III of the Red, White, and Ghoul series.

give me liberty
or give me death
patriotic way

Image made with Starryai.

Haiku of the Week

Part II of the Red, White, and Ghoul series.

guns, mayhem, and strife
zombies on every corner
American ghoul

Image made with Starry ai.

Monthly Haiku Corner – July

Happy July! Summer is in full swing and Halloween countdown is on. Code orange alerts (fan notifications of retailers displaying seasonal products) are already being reported. America will soon be celebrating its 247 birthday and there’s nothing more American than the zombie film.

Chicago born director, Victor Halperin introduced audiences to the Haitian mythos of zombies when White Zombie opened in 1932, and in 1968, New York filmmaker George A Romero changed the Hollywood landscape forever with his first horror film, Night of the Living Dead. Yes, indeed, the zombies as American as Apple pie, which is why the theme this month is Red, White, and Ghoul. All haiku in July will connect to tell the story of a good ole fashioned American zombie apocalypse.

toxic egg salad
small town picnic gone awry
red, white, and ghoul

Haiku of the Week

Part IV and the conclusion of the June Doom series.

an angry god wakes
abrupt end to the voyage
Leviathan

Haiku of the Week

Part III of the June Doom series.

mysterious fog
shadows under the water
Kraken’s graveyard

Haiku of the Week

Part II of the June Doom series.

disappearing crew
rumors of siren songs
sea witch’s revenge

Monthly Haiku Corner – June

The theme this month is June Doom. All the haiku posted every Monday will connect to tell the tale of a seafaring crew’s dangerous ocean journey.

dark and gloomy day
omnious journey ahead
June doom