The Long Beach Press-Telegram’s Scary Story Contest, an annual Halloween tradition, is back — and the P.T. is waiting for Long Beach-area kids to “grab your pens and petrify us” with the most nightmarish narratives and disturbing drawings.
As usual, there will be three different age categories for stories and drawings: elementary school (K-5), middle school (6-8) and high school. Students can submit either a story, a drawing or both. Entries will be judged separately.
The winning entries will appear in the Sunday, Oct. 30 edition of the Press-Telegram. The top finishers for stories and artwork in each age group will receive a $20 In-N-Out gift card.
Here are the rules:
- The deadline is 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 10;
- For story submissions, please fill out this online form. No mail or in-person submissions will be accepted;
- All artwork entries must be emailed, with the subject line “Scary Stories,” to ptnews@presstelegram.com. Drawings should be submitted in JPEG format and be no larger than 5 megabytes in size;
- Stories must be no longer than 650 words;
- Artwork must be original (no tracings); and
- Entries will be judged based on imagination, creativity, theme and quality.
Visit presstelegram.com for more information. Questions? Contact City Editor Chris Haire at 562-499-1254 or chaire@scng.com.
