Halloween Story Contest Winners Named Across Age Groups
The Athens Messenger announces first and second place holders in the Halloween Story Contest across Children Youth Young Adult and Adult divisions. First place winners from The Plains Athens Coolville Guysville Nelsonville and Athens claim 50 dollar checks with second place 35 dollars and publication online at www.athensmessenger.com with all winners listed.
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Caden Hawes
the Plains
Emily Stover
Athens
Brianna Baker
Coolville
Collin Jarvis
Guysville
Yu-Shiang Jeng
Lesley Bail
T.L. McDonald
Nelsonville
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The Maze by Brianna Baker Youth First Place
A corn maze entry turns terrifying as Haylee disappears inside a haunted field. Zach searches the maze center while Haylee returns transformed in ragged clothes and straw hair, hinting at a deadly town legend. The scene ends with a chilling warning about haunted mazes.
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Haylee
Zach
Haunted House Tale of Alex at Hain House
A teen named Alex enters the notorious Hain House on Halloween with two friends watching from outside. Inside he faces the attic ghost girl, eerie whispers, bleeding bricks, and a bottomless basement as a clawed hand pulls him away while a voice warns that no one survives the night.
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Alex
Hain House
Sam
Ghost Girl
Dead Flies at the Motel Explanation
A tenth grade student wakes in a motel plagued by flies and rot, recalling a nearby murder and unseen corpse. She discovers many dead insects amid mold and decay, then a collapsing wall reveals a bloated corpse surrounded by flies. The scene ends with a gruesome, suffocating stench.
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No Escape from Death by Caden Hawes
A Plains third grade homeschool student recounts Halloween night terror as a haunted house, forest spirits, and tar figure named Jake threaten the narrator. Notes warn of two days until Halloween while the family vanishes and a spooky encounter ends with the spirit pulling the narrator into danger.
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Jake
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