Prizes

Grand prize: $1,000

Second place: $500

Third place: $250

Dates to know

August 28: Submissions Open

Sept 3, 11:59 PM EST: Submissions Closed

Sept 8: Winners Announced

About this Challenge

Take a walk down memory lane and revisit those old childhood bedroom posters because we want to know about your first crush! Ok, so you didn't actually date them, but you remember them as THE first celebrity you obsessed over. We want to know the deets! Who was your first-ever celebrity crush?

Think back to your old bedroom or the CDs you played on repeat just to hear the voice of that one artist you couldn't get enough of. Your current self might look back in disbelief, but we all had that one slightly cringy crush we used to fearlessly defend. What are they up to now? Does this crush still stand today?

Enter the OG Celebrity Crush Challenge by telling us a bit more about this person and please include a photo for us to see what the fuss was all about—we won't judge!

Requirements

For your story to be eligible, it must be between 600 and 5,000 words and adhere to our Community Guidelines. Stories published on Vocal and entered into the contest up until September 3, 2020, at 11:59 PM EST will be entered for consideration. Official Rules for the Challenge can be found here.

The OG Celebrity Crush Challenge is exclusive to Vocal+ members. To learn more and upgrade to Vocal+ visit https://vocal.media/vocal-plus.

To be eligible to win the grand prize, second place, or third place prizes, you must be over the age of 13 and residing in a country where Stripe is available at the time of entry. A complete list of countries where Stripe is available can be found here—winners will need to have a Stripe account created and connected in order to receive the prizes. For this reason, entrants located outside of any of these 35 countries will not be eligible to win.