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Two weeks left to enter our Halloween scary story contest for your chance to win cash prizes
You have two weeks to submit your scariest story (max. word count 2500) to our Halloween Week 2026 contest. Simultaneous submissions, submissions of reprints (stories or poems previously published in print or online) and multiple submissions (though please only one story per submission) are welcome. The top five submissions in the contest are posted on CommuterLit during the week of Oct. 26-30, 2026 and receive cash prizes:
First-place: CA$100
Second-place: CA$50
(3) Runners-up: CA$25
Entry fee: CA$4
Submission are open now. The submission deadline is end of day EDT Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026.
