The Creative Writers’ Guild is excited to announce that we will once again be hosting our annual Halloween Short Story Contest! We will be collaborating with UC Irvine’s English Majors’ Association to bring you a spooktacular night of scary stories and thrills!

Check out the rules below for a chance to win an Amazon gift card!

1. 1300 words maximum
2. Deadline: October 24th, 11:59 PM
3. Email your submission in the form of a PDF to [email protected]
4. Include your name and a short bio in the body of the email
   1. Please DO NOT include your name in the submission PDF itself or the file name!

Winner Prizes

2023 Halloween Short Story Entries

There will be an icebreaker, dramatic readings of the winners’ submissions, and candy at the very end. Feel free to come in costume!!