Halloween | Spooky Contests

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This Spooky Season, there’s <b>two</b> big competitions to participate in: a costume contest and a scary story contest!

You are allowed to enter each contest twice, for four total chances to win. Additionally, there will be four categories: popular vote, staff choice, most creative, and scariest.

<b><u>Costume Contest</b></u>:
Grab your grease paint and harness your sewing skills, this is a costume party for the ages! In this competition, <b>you are to submit up to two images of any Ardent character in a Halloween costume</b>! The art may be any visual art - digital (whether painted or photomanipulation), traditional, sculpting, cosplay, sewing, etc! While effort is important, quality isn’t the only determining factor! You may use any visual art that you create yourself.

<b><u>Scary Story Contest</b></u>:
Get your pens and keyboards ready and gather around the campfire! It’s time to tell some scary short stories! This story should be less than 1000 words and <b>does not have to be about wolves at all</b>, but can be if you so wish! The goal is simple: scare the pants off your readers!

Deadline <u>for both contests</u> is <b>October 27 at 11:59 p.m. Ardent time</b> to allow time for voting during the latest parts of spooky season.

<b>The winner of each contest for popular vote will get a choice between the following prizes</b>:
A Character Redesign Pass, an Inheritance Pass [Allows 1 pup from an on-site litter to inherit ONE purchase or event/donation reward from a parent (i.e. dire wolf height, minor fantasy feature pass, height, etc.]), or an Open Character Pass.

<b>The winner for each other category (staff choice, most creative, and scariest) will get a choice between the following prizes</b>:
A mutated companion pass (one small or large companion with a minor mutation), or 1,000 Gems.

<font color=red><b>Submit all entries via PM to the Ardent account, with the subject title as the contest you're entering (Costume Contest or Scary Story Contest)!</b></font>