2022 Halloween Story Competition winners & Staff picks

Our first ever Halloween Story Competition has come and gone. A huge thank you to all of you who took part, either by sharing the competition on social media, coming along to our Halloween party and live reading, or by entering your own creepy story! We were pleasantly surprised to receive just over forty entries for our kids, teen and adult categories. Many gave us a genuine chill! It was hard to pick the winners, but pick we did. Thanks again to Dorothy Butler Children’s Bookshop for judging our kids category for us! Below you’ll find all of our winning stories and our staff favourites. Have a read, feel spooked, and then send it on to the next unsuspecting victim friend.

Winners

Overall Kids winner: The Slender Woman by Maanha Amin
Overall Teens winner: A Rhyme of Crows by Emily Howcroft
Overall Adults winner: Tapping by Kate Burson

Funniest kids winner: The Puppet Maker by Archie Frankham
Creepiest kids winner: Your Face in the Darkness by Sylvie Fletcher

Staff picks

Prime Vampire Territory by Emily Howcroft
Vivid Memory by Emma Jiang
Swerve by Jessica Harrison
Over the Top by Amy Thorne