Calling all horror aficionados and aspiring fright-masters! Unleash your imagination in our second annual spine-chilling scary story writing contest.
Entries will be accepted Sept. 16-Oct. 16. Submissions should be made via this Google form.
This contest, organized and judged by district staff, English teachers and Burlington High School’s Creative Writing Club, is open to all Burlington students, with categories divided by building level.
Participants may choose from the following prompts, or come up with their own:
Grades K-4: 500 words max
- You get lost in the woods and encounter a strange creature. What happens next?
- A ghost lives in your classroom! (Is it good or evil?)
Grades 5-6: 750 words max
- You are the captain of a ship that is caught up in a storm. There is something BIG lurking in the water.
- You time travel to the future, and it doesn’t look good.
Grades 7-8: 1000 words max
- A slasher serial killer is on the loose! No one is safe!
- You get abducted by vampires.
Grades 9-12: 1500 words max
- You walk into your abandoned childhood home. It’s exactly the same, except there is something not right about it.
- An unknown virus is being spread around the world… (Zombies? Plague?)
Winners will be announced Oct. 28. Winning entries will be published in a digital book of scary stories.
