Voting November 1st thru 10th. Binge all these in 1 day OR space them out over the next 10 days. Do what works for you and have tons of fun.
Winners announced November 11th!
PRIZES:
First place: $50 gift card
Second place: $30 gift card
Third place: $20 gift card.
The winners will receive winner's badges and will be promoted on our blog and in our December online magazine. Also will be promoted by the Author Gang on our Facebook page, Facebook group, on Google+, and on our Twitter page.
Every story in the contest is great and enjoyable. It was hard to choose the best ones, but after going back to re-read some of the stories, I voted for two of my favorites. Thank you authors and aspiring authors for delighting us and our readers with your fabulous stories!
Today on #OurAuthorGang . . . check out our upcoming Flash Fiction Contest. Just click on the link to go directly to our blog site page and you can read all about the details.
Notes to the authors. A Second Chance for Elizabeth- An interesting take on the idea of a “Godsend”. I like it. Frozen Hearts- Unexpected and usual; good for Halloween. Not quite my taste, but clever indeed. The Last Dance- A wonderful depiction of life, seasons, and change as a dance. I could see the tree swaying in the breeze. The Night Before- A sweet and hopeful story. Relatable to people who know and understand the value of hard work. Nice entry.
Now, I'm ready to vote. Best of luck to all participants.
Today, #OurAuthorGang hosts our first-ever Flash Fiction contest and you, the readers, get to decide the winners. Please read, vote, and enjoy what we and all the participating authors have put together.
Growing up, my family loved the fall season, but Halloween not so much. Some years we’d observe it and some years we wouldn’t. It just depends on what we had going on. I grew up celebrating Harvest culture. We always decorated with fall colors and put out pumpkins, but we didn’t always dress up or do spooky things, though sometimes we did. One thing I do remember making a personal tradition was watching the DTV Halloween special each year. Even now, as an adult, I can indulge in this nostalgia by conducting a simple YouTube search. The quality isn’t great, but it’s still the best.
The Halloween celebration was totally new to me after I moved to the U.S. as an adult. The six-foot-tall gorilla with a little girl in pink tutu showed up at my door demanding candy, scared me so much that I dropped the candy bowl and slammed the door. I knew about Halloween but I was expecting young children in superhero and fairy costumes, not a scary-hairy gorilla towering over me.
A few years ago my friend's five-year-old decided to be a witch for Halloween. Her mom went out to the drugstore to buy the facepaint and costume. When she got home, she had found her husband napping on the couch and her daughter had a bright green face and green magic marker in her hand. The little girl was happy to be the green witch for over a week until the marker wore off, but the husband didn't appreciate the long silent treatment.
Growing up, we didn't celebrate Halloween. Hallows Eve was to remember our loved ones, adore their graves with fall flowers and light up the cemetery with candles praying for the departed ones. Watch this short video.
This is a fantastic blog for Halloween! Hats of to Toinette and Erika for some great little tales, and what a splendid idea of adding the links to all Our Author Gang's spooky and Halloween-related blogs. Bravo!
Happy Halloween! #OurAuthorGang today features a couple of cool-spooky short tales by Toinette Thomas and Erika M. Szabo as well as links to all of Our Author Gang's Halloween-related posts.
Nice story, here we do not celebrate Halloween, although there are pubs that organize parties, there is no fuss or trick or treating .We have something similar for easter.
Growing up in Hungary we didn't celebrate Halloween either. We had a "dress up in scary costumes" holiday in February to chase Father Winter away and welcome Lady Spri
