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Subject: 2024 Halloween Contest: Enter Now


Deenamic ( ) posted Fri, 06 September 2024 at 11:56 PM · edited Sat, 21 December 2024 at 7:53 AM

Theme: A Halloween for everyone

This year's Halloween Contest is an open theme. Show us anything from the macabre and terrifying to the sweet and wholesome.

Submissions Open: Fri, Sep 20, 2024, 10:00 AM CDT
Deadline/Voting Begins: Mon, Oct 28, 2024, 10:00 AM CDT

Voting Closes: Thurs, Oct 31, 2024, 10:00 AM CDT
Winners Announced: Wed, Nov 06, 2024

Managers: RedPhantom, Wolfenshire

2024 2D Halloween Contest
2024 Animation Halloween Contest

Enter Now!

2024 3D Halloween Contest
2024 Photography Halloween Contest
2024 Writers Halloween Contest


Tableau_Atelier ( ) posted Tue, 17 September 2024 at 9:12 PM

Definition from dictionary.com - macabre: gruesome and horrifying; ghastly; horrible.
One of the Contest Rules: Any entry containing violence, blood, brutality or gore that is implied or explicit will be removed.

Um...yeah.  We seem to have a conflict.  You might want to define macabre, then.


Wolfenshire ( ) posted Wed, 18 September 2024 at 12:31 AM · edited Wed, 18 September 2024 at 12:38 AM
Site Admin

In English, macabre was originally used in reference to this "dance of death" but then gradually broadened in use to describe anything grim or horrific. Today macabre functions as a synonym of gruesome or repulsive, always with a connection to the physical aspects of death and suffering.

Macabre does not necessarily mean violence, blood, brutality, or gore. I will look at each entry and determine if it's too far over the line. Some leniency is given for the Halloween Contests. Example, The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe is the macabre, yet would not violate the TOS in written or illustrated form.

Thank you for your concerns, I look forward to seeing your entries.



Wolfenshire, Moderator/Community Leader



abuislam ( ) posted Thu, 10 October 2024 at 5:10 AM

Excited for the Halloween Contest! Can’t wait to see the entries.


Misselthwaite ( ) posted Mon, 28 October 2024 at 8:34 PM

Thanks for contest - it took me a bit to get into the swing (I also found the rules very off-putting), but it ended up being lots of fun!


msansing ( ) posted Tue, 29 October 2024 at 7:49 AM
Site Admin
Misselthwaite posted at 8:34 PM Mon, 28 October 2024 - #4490861

Thanks for contest - it took me a bit to get into the swing (I also found the rules very off-putting), but it ended up being lots of fun!

Thank you so much for participating and for your feedback! We’re glad to hear you enjoyed the contest in the end. We strive to make our contests as engaging and accessible as possible, so if you have any specific suggestions on how we could improve the rules or make them clearer, we’d love to hear them. Thanks again for being part of the community and sharing your creativity. 


VedaDalsette ( ) posted Thu, 07 November 2024 at 4:35 PM

Thanks for all the great contest gifts! I'm honored.



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