Halloween and Samhain Contest Winners

Well, another Halloween has come and gone and one of the things I look forward to the most at Halloween, 's annual Halloween and Samhain Contest is over and the winners determined.  Here is a feature of the winners from each category.  Take a look at these boo-tiful Halloween images and go by and congratulate the artists on their great work and their wins!  And, yes, I was so lucky to have placed 2nd in the Fractal Art Category!  I was so thrilled!!  Thank you, Dee, for holding your contest again!  It's one I look forward to every year!

Digital Art Category
1st Place
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2nd Place
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3rd Place
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Honorable Mention
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Traditional Art Category
1st Place
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2nd Place
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3rd Place
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Honorable Mention
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Photography Category
1st Place
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2nd Place
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3rd Place
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Honorable Mention
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Fractal Art Category
1st Place
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2nd Place
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3rd place
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Honorable Mention
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Literature Category
1st Place
Season of the WitchSomething slow and arcane
culls this fire
and flares like ghosts.
It stirs your soul,
splits the iris of your eye,
a spectrum to haunt October -
ruddy gold and rust,
followed by a dark so smooth,
it smothers embers
and roosts upon the river,
too deep to drown you.
And in the depths -
molten brown
muddles silt and pine,
witches' brew of
tar voiced stones
that glint
and hold you down
like amber. by

2nd Place
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3rd Place
Moonlight SerenadePain erupts around the swollen womb
As the cycle of day turns to night,
Full moon starring the Night Sky Feature.
Unwanted muse to peel away
Layers of saturated flesh,
Blood pooled around where the body lay twisted.
A cry pierces the night sky
Splitting the clouds like lightning,
Settling down like ashes that taste of leaves.
Thunderous echoes follow after
While fear spreads below,
Tremors threaten the threshold and force the break.
Alone, the babe with Canine eyes,
Steps forward from the grave
His mother a sordid, fragile thing where warmth lingers.
Into the night stumbling forward
Clutching an imaginary heart,
He pretends to feel and thirsts for a drink,
Lifting his head into the midnight sky. by

Honorable Mention
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Artisan Crafts Category
1st Place
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2nd Place
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3rd Place
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Honorable Mention
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