A QVV Spooky Season Challenge
Queering the Norm

Spooky season is upon us and it´s time to celebrate!
Some might see this season as a time of change, while others feel the veil between our world and the spiritual world thin. Some may dance in forests, while others trick-or-treat and stuff their mouths with candy. Sometimes we do both.
Your lovely Queer Vocal Voices admins have come together over a boiling cauldron of ideas to brew the perfect challenge for this October.
So with a dash of your ex´s hair, eye of newt, and the skin of your back we created both chaos and two challenge options for you.
Your Two Challenge Options:
1. #FlipTheScript - Write a horror or Halloween themed story where all the characters are part of the 2SLGBTQ+ community (you can include a token cis straight person if you´d like)
2. #QueerSpotlight - Include a queer main character in a horror or Halloween themed story
Entry Guidelines:
-Word count should be between 666-2,000 words
-Must be submitted to the PRIDE community
-Please link your entry in the comments to helps us find your submission
-The contest is open until October 31st at 11:59PM EST*
-Open to EVERYONE, we encourage everyone to participate
Any purposefully degrading, discriminatory, or hateful submissions will immediately be rejected and are in direct violation of Vocal policies.
The 3 QVV admins will judge all the entries and select the Top 3 for the community to vote on for the final ranking.
The Prize Pool
1st Place - Unlucky lucky $13 + Feature in QVV
2nd Place - For our friends in hell $6 + Feature in QVV
3rd Place - Cerberus´s $3 + Feature in QVV
Also bragging rights. Because who doesn´t want to brag about being the spookiest ghoul in town?
To find out more about our wonderful group:
Queer Vocal Voices is the only 2SLGBTQ+ writers and readers Vocal affiliated group on Facebook. Our was group born out of a need for more representation of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community on Vocal Media in all the site’s communities. The goal of our group is to elevate queer voices and queer stories with Pride in our identities. We are currently a 2SLGBTQIA+ community only. We are not open to allies joining at this time in order to prioritize queer voices.
About the Creator
Oneg In The Arctic
A queer storyteller and poet of arctic adventures, good food, identity, mental health, and more.
Co-founder of Queer Vocal Voices
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Comments (10)
Oh heck I thought I submitted mine yesterday! AAA! Here it is! https://shopping-feedback.today/pride/ouija-dog%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cstyle data-emotion-css="w4qknv-Replies">.css-w4qknv-Replies{display:grid;gap:1.5rem;}
Here is my submission to the challenge. 😊 https://shopping-feedback.today/pride/the-secret-of-grandma-s-house%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv class="css-w4qknv-Replies">
Don't know if I missed the deadline, but here's a more generic entry https://shopping-feedback.today/pride/the-halloween-party-from-hell%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv class="css-w4qknv-Replies">
Here's one that I was working on for the Fantasy Prologue II Challenge. Demigods count as Halloween-themed, don't they, since Greek Gods have been a costume option ever since Percy Jackson got popular in the early 00s... https://shopping-feedback.today/pride/the-queen-s-absence%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv class="css-w4qknv-Replies">
Here's mine! I used this premise for the Spooky Micro challenge. This is an expanded version. I hope you enjoy! ⚡♥️⚡ https://shopping-feedback.today/pride/behind-the-black-door%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv class="css-w4qknv-Replies">
Ooh...
well done
Can't wait to read the entries! 🩷 (technically a little fib, as I don't like scary stuff and get spooked easy haha!)
Hahahahahaha I especially loved the 666 words!
Giving this some thought! ⚡🤔