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Get set!
Go!
It’s time to have lots of fun with Susanna Leonard Hill’s Halloweensie Contest!
There is still plenty of time to enter – here are the rules from her website:
“The 3rd Annual HALLOWEENSIE CONTEST!!!!!
The Contest: write a 100 word Halloween story appropriate for children (title not included in the 100 words), using the words spooky, black cat, and cackle. Your story can be scary, funny or anything in between, poetry or prose, but it will only count for the contest if it includes those 3 words (you can count black cat as one word) and is 100 words (you can go under, but not over!) Get it? Halloweensie – because it’s not very long and it’s for little people 🙂
Post your story on your blog between now and Thursday October 31st by 11:59 PM EDT and add your post-specific link to the list below. There will be no Would You Read It or Perfect Picture Books this week, so the post and the list of links will stay up all week for everyone to enjoy. I hope everyone will visit everyone and you’ll all get your friends and relations to visit, read and enjoy too! If you don’t have a blog and would like to enter, you can simply copy and paste your entry in the comments section below. (If you have trouble, and alas, people sometimes do, just email your entry to susanna[at]susannahill[dot]com and I’ll post it in the comments for you!)”
It’s so much fun to read all of the creative entries – and the prizes are SPECTACULAR!!! Click here to enter and/or read the other entries.
Happy Halloween, everyone!
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VIVIAN KIRKFIELD - Writer for Children 
Nice! I like it! Did you read it to Jeremy? 🙂
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Yes I did, Erik! He loved it…and was ready to boogey. 🙂
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Did he waltz with the walking dead? Did he boogey with the boogeyman? 😉
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He’s not a fan of scary yet, Erik…but I’m sure one day he will be!
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Oh my goodness, this was fun to read!! Okay, music, animation, and a video camera is needed!! Uh-oh Greg and Steve and The Learning Station. Vivian Kirkfield is serving up the Boogie. Halloween style.
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That sounds great to me, Pamela…I am ready! 🙂 So glad you like the Dance Party.:)
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I love this! Very creative!
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Susanna’s contest tend to inspire me. 😉 Thanks so much, Margaret…it was fun to put it together!
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Great take on a counting story, and lovely photo!
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Thanks, Julie! When you have little kids in front of the camera, you can’t go wrong.:) Happy Halloween!
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This is lots of fun…:)
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Glad it made you smile, Catherine! Susanna’s contests are always great fun. I appreciate you stopping by.:)
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It’s boogie night! I sure am gettin’ down with this poem– awesome job!
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Hi Michelle….you made me smile…I appreciate the kind words.:)
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Vivian, this is great! To the point of…this could turn into a picture book someday great. I love all the different dances and creatures, and the toe-tapping rhythm. Fabulous!
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Yay! You are quite kind, Pam! I’m thrilled you feel that way…I plan to submit it to my critique groups for our November round.:) Thanks to Susanna…without the contest inspiration, this story would not have been born.:) 🙂
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Wow. I think you covered most of the dances. Adorable poem!
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Thanks, Laura! I wished I could have put in even more…or different ones with fun-sounding names: hully-gully, watusi, peppermint twist…I think kids would love to hear and say those names…maybe the next revision.:)
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Vivian!! This is FANTASTIC! I think you could have a winner here…and maybe even a PB-in-progress.
Great work!
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Hurray! You will definitely be seeing it again for our November critique round…hopefully, with improvements, it will be submission-ready by the new year.:)
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I love this, I would totally read this to my toddlers if I had any! Congratulations!
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Oh, thank you so much, Beverly! That was my goal…so glad you liked it.:)
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Very clever counting rhyme, Vivian. And it’s always a good day when you can work “boogaloo” into a poem! This could be turned into a really fun action rhyme too. 🙂
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Thank you so much, Renee…I consider you so knowledgeable about poetry…if you like it, that is high praise indeed.:)
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Happy Halloween, Vivian 🙂
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Happy Halloween to you, Jake! Thanks for stopping by.:)
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Fun, Fun, Fun story! Definitely a read again and again and again story.
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Hey Sheri! So nice to see you here! Thanks so much for the kind words…I’m glad you like it…cause you are probably going to see it again and again and again.:):)
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Love the rhyme. Definitely one to read over and over and over.
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Kella…thank you for stopping by with such a lovely comment…that is just the kind of story I am trying to create…one that begs to be read over and over and over.:)
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Superb story in rhyme, Vivian. . .I had no idea there were that many ways to dance!
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Thanks so much, Jarm! Susanna’s Halloweensie Contest brings out the best in us all.:) With only a hundred words to use, I had to leave out many of the dances I would have liked to include.:)
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Fun, Vivian, perfect for illustrations! Love all the dancing, and you get counting too!
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Two for the price of one! 🙂 I’m hoping to go forward with this idea…revise and put it out there.:)
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This was really fun to read! I could imagine lots of great illustrations with every line.
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Glad you enjoyed it, Michelle…it was so much fun to write.:)
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this is great… submit it now
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Hi Patricia…WOW…you made my evening! Thank you so much…I truly appreciate your enthusiasm and confidence.:)
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Wonderful Vivian! I can see cute illustrations for this one. 🙂
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That makes me happy, Meg. ) Thanks for stopping by and making may day brighter!
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