Trick or Treats
Trick or Treats
This challenge has endedPrizes
First place: $1,000
Second place: $500
Third place: $250
Dates to know
October 23: Submissions open
October 29, 11:59 PM ET: Submissions closed
November 3: Winners announced
About this Challenge
No tricks but all the treats, please! Whether you want to satisfy your sweet tooth or break out the crockpot, we're curious what fall favorite dishes and desserts you revisit every year as the leaves start to change. What do you always make on that first cold night of fall? What's your go-to tailgate snack? Are you a pumpkin-spice-everything type of person, or is cheesy and herby more your thing?
Enter the Trick or Treats Challenge by sharing a recipe, sweet or savory, that gives you comfort as the air gets chilly. Don't forget to include all the yummy ingredients, fun memories attached, or details about what makes this such a special treat this time of year. We can't wait to see what you can create in the kitchen!
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 October 29, 2020, at 11:59 PM EST will be entered for consideration. Official Rules for the Challenge can be found here.
The Trick or Treats 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 39 countries will not be eligible to win.
How to enter
- Create your story on Vocal.
- When submitting your story for review, select Submit to a challenge and select Trick or Treats.
- When your story has been approved, it will appear under Submissions on this page.
Submit an existing story:
Challenge Resources
The Mysterious Case of Dr. William Packman
An air of indescribable darkness prevailed in the Packmans’ home on the morning of February 5th, 1956. Martha Packman had never before heard her mother, Victoria, utter as earth-shattering a scream as she did then.
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It was a lot of money. Like, bundles of it. Mainly fifties and hundreds, all neatly bound with paper wrappers, and I was pretty stunned.
Russell AlexanderPublished 3 days ago in CriminalThe Secrets of the Black Book
“Hey welcome! I’m glad you could make it! Come in, come in, have a seat! Whew, it’s freezing out there! I can’t believe how much snow has fallen, since we last spoke an hour ago, but I’m glad you made it through this snowstorm, safe and sound. Make yourself comfortable. I’ll take your coat, grab the black book out of the study, and then we can get started. You may have a seat by the fireplace, if you’d like, to warm yourself up! I just put some fresh logs on the fire, so that should last us a few hours. Alright, let me go hang up your coat, grab the book, and I’ll be right back.”
A World of ExpressionsPublished 3 days ago in Journal