The Case Memorial Library is holding its first Spooky Orange Writing Contest this Halloween season. Orange residents of all ages can submit an original spooky story, in prose or poetry, serious or funny, and all the entries will be published in the first edition of Spooky Orange online at casememoriallibrary.org/spookyorange and in print at the library.
There will be three categories of winners – children, teen and adult – and their work will be featured in Spooky Connecticut, a new statewide spooky story collection from libraries statewide.
Your submission should be set in Connecticut – past, present or future – and be at least two sentences long but not longer than ten pages. Keep it PG-13, avoid profanity and limit the gore. You must do it yourself: no help from generative AI. Fakes will be caught.
You can submit your piece and get more information at the Spooky Orange website before Oct. 31.