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6 | October 3, 2019 | the orland Park Prairie news
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Contests
Carve a pumpkin, craft a costume, maybe win something
Bill Jones, Editor
Sharpen your knives
and strap up your candycollecting
boots, because
22nd Century Media’s
Halloween contests have
returned — less with
tricks, more with treats.
We’re once again offering
five ways to win prizes
this Halloween season
visit us online at
www.OPPrairiedaily.com
with the return of both our
costume and pumpkincarving
contests.
Details for each are below,
but questions can be
directed to Managing Editor
Bill Jones at bill@op
prairie.com or (708) 326-
9170 ext. 20.
The Costumes
The Halloween Costume
Contest for 2019 features a
total of three categories.
Adults 16 and older have
two ways to win, with
awards for Scariest Costume
and Most Creative up
for grabs. Children 15 and
younger, meanwhile, will
compete in one category in
which creativity is key.
We’re going to pick just
one winner across each
category from all seven
of our southwest suburban
towns: Orland Park, Tinley
Park, Frankfort, Mokena,
New Lenox, Homer Glen
and Lockport. So, your entries
need to be good.
We have just a few rules.
1) You have to be the
person in the costume. You
cannot submit for anyone
else, with the exception
of parents who submit for
their children.
2) Each person can only
submit one costume for
an entry (basically, you
cannot send yourself in
multiple costumes — pick
one), though families can
send one entry per person
from different members of
the family (and they can
be submitted together). A
group also may enter one
group costume, eligible for
one prize, as a group.
3) We understand there
may be a bit in the way of
scary imagery (such is the
nature of the holiday), but
the costumes have to be
relatively family friendly
to be considered and published.
Nothing beyond
PG-13.
4) Entries must be submitted
no later than 2 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 1, to bill@op
prairie.com or 22nd Century
Media, c/o Managing
Editor Bill Jones, at 11516
W. 183rd St. Unit SW Office
Condo 3, Orland Park,
IL, 60467 (physical entries
cannot be returned), along
with names, email addresses
and/or phone numbers,
and towns for each of
the entrants.
5) The entries will be
judged by 22nd Century
Media’s editorial staff,
with winners being chosen
based on creativity,
successful execution of an
idea, quality of craftsmanship
and consideration of
the holiday/season.
6) All entries are subject
to being published.
The prizes are detailed
in the accompanying sidebar.
The Pumpkins
Our pumpkin-carving
contest returns in 2019
with a category for adults
16 and older, as well as
one for children 15 and
younger. In both categories,
it is all about creativity
and skill.
We will pick just one
winner across each category
from all seven of
our southwest suburban
towns: Orland Park, Tinley
Park, Frankfort, Mokena,
New Lenox, Homer Glen
and Lockport.
We have just a few rules.
1) You have to be the
person who carved the
pumpkin. You cannot submit
for anyone else, with
the exception of parents
who submit for their children.
2) Each person can
only submit one pumpkin
Halloween Costume Contest Prizes
Best Adult Costume-Scary (16 and older) — $25 gift
certificate for Chesdan’s Pizzeria & Grille, 15764 S.
Bell Road in Homer Glen; and a certificate good for
$5 off any purchase $10 or more at Pop’s, 16600
W. 159th St. in Lockport.
Best Adult Costume-Creative (16 and older) — A
certificate good for two tickets for Blue Man
Group at the Briar Street Theatre in Chicago; and
a certificate good for $5 off any purchase $10 or
more at Pop’s, 16600 W. 159th St. in Lockport.
Best Children’s Costume (15 and younger) — A
$20 gift certificate from Short & Sweet-Tasty
Treats, 9975 W. Lincoln Highway in Frankfort; and
a certificate good for $5 off any purchase $10 or
more at Pop’s, 16600 W. 159th St. in Lockport.
Pumpkin Carving Contest Prizes
Best Adult-Crafted Pumpkin (16 and older) — A
certificate good for two tickets for Blue Man Group
at the Briar Street Theatre in Chicago; and a free,
large cheese pizza from Aurelio’s, 19836 Wolf
Road in Mokena.
Best Pumpkin Created by a Child (15 and younger)
— Two hours of free bowling for up to six people,
including shoe rentals, along with a pizza and
pitcher full of pop, at Laraway Lanes, 1009 West
Laraway Road in New Lenox; and a $25 gift
certificate for Odyssey Fun World, 19111 Oak Park
Ave. in Tinley Park.
photo (can feature multiple
pumpkins if there is a
theme) for an entry, though
families can send one entry
per person from different
members of the family
(and they can be submitted
together).
3) We understand there
may be a bit in the way of
scary imagery (such is the
nature of the holiday), but
the pumpkins have to be
relatively family friendly
to be considered and published.
Nothing beyond
PG-13.
4) Entries must be submitted
no later than 2 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 1, to bill@op
prairie.com or 22nd Century
Media, c/o Managing
Editor Bill Jones, at 11516
W. 183rd St. Unit SW Office
Condo 3, Orland Park,
IL, 60467 (physical entries
cannot be returned), along
with names, email addresses
and/or phone numbers,
and towns for each of the
entrants.
5) The entries will be
judged by 22nd Century
Media’s editorial staff,
with winners being chosen
based on creativity,
successful execution of an
idea, quality of craftsmanship
and consideration of
the holiday/season.
6) All entries are subject
to being published.
The prizes are detailed in
the accompanying sidebar.