Give us your ghosts. Give up your ghoul. Give us your mason jar full of spirits, your apparition in the attic. Your haunted costume. If you want to write a story, do it in 500-1000 words. If you want to write a poem, write 1 or 3 poems, one poem per page. Craft us a ghost. Make us feel transparent. 

1st Prize (Fiction) – $20 gift card + Publication in Howler Lit.

1st Prize (Poetry) – $20 gift card + Publication in Howler Lit.

Multiple & simultaneous submissions are accepted.

Submission deadline – Oct. 22

Send submissions to HowlerSubmissions@gmail.com 

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Optional Fall Prompts:

Prompt 1:  A history of haunting: haunted purchase

Prompt 2:  Spell Poem 

Prompt 3: Persona Poetry/Story – become a monster or dead witch and spin us a poem or a story.

Prompt 4: Post from a Ghost – tell a ghost story via “found” social media posts 

Prompt 5: Help! My neighbor is a ghost and doesn’t know it!

Prompt 6: Help! I’m dating a…[insert Halloween-esque thing]

Prompt 7: Tell us what the ghost told you.