Portland Library is excited to announce that it is holding our first annual Spooky Story Writing Contest! Portland residents age six and up are invited to submit an original spooky tale using the guidelines here. Prizes will be awarded to one winner from each age group (6-11, 12-18, and 19+). Winning stories will also be featured in a Best of Spooky CT volume. 

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Stories must be submitted between September 14 and October 16.

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Submitted stories must:

• Be set in Connecticut past, present, or future

• Be a maximum of 2,750 works

• Be an original piece (no AI, please!)

• Be authored by a Portland resident

• Have no excessive bad language or extreme gore

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One entry per person, please!

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Submissions will be accepted via Google Form. Please note that to submit via the Google Form, you must have or create a free Google account.

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Winners will be notified in November.