As shadows grow long and pumpkins glow, it’s time to let your creativity haunt new ideas. Monsters, witches, pumpkins, and glowing jack-o’-lanterns – Halloween is here, the perfect theme for your new illustrations. And this time, your spooky tricks could earn you a treat!
Ready to brew up your creepiest creations and claim your reward? The rules lurk just below.
What’s the prize
🥇 1st place: $1000
🥈 2nd place: $500
🥉 3rd place: $300
How to enter
It’s all wickedly easy:
1️⃣ Make sure you have an active artist account on Displate.com
2️⃣ Upload at least one design to your Displate shop with the tag: #HalloweenChallenge
3️⃣ Remember to follow our Design Guidelines – your work must be your own creation and free of any third-party copyrights.
4️⃣ If you don’t have PayPal yet, make sure to set it up to claim your prize.
Contest dates
The contest starts on September 17th, 2025 and ends on October 5th, 2025.
All entries must be uploaded by October 5th, 2025.
Once submissions end, our jury of Displate employees will crown the winners based on creativity and spooky relevance to the Halloween theme.
Your wicked whispers of inspiration
Halloween is a cauldron of ideas, so stir it up! Here are a few suggestions to inspire your own eerie twist:
- Magic – spells, potions, and enchanted symbols.
- Gothic – moody castles, eerie architecture, and dark romance.
- Ghost – playful spirits, haunting phantoms, or an ominous presence.
- Spooky – creepy forests, cobwebs, and eerie atmospheres.
- Vampire – sharp fangs, crimson moons, and timeless legends.
- Zombie – shambling hordes or a single eerie survivor.
- Pumpkin – jack-o’-lanterns glowing with twisted grins.
- Tarot – mysterious cards, fortune-telling, and arcane symbols.
Winners announcement
Winners will be notified by email. The results will also be published on the Displate Blog and our social media channels.
Now grab your brushes, tablets, and haunted imaginations. This Halloween, it’s time to scare up some art (and prizes)!
