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Telltale Halloween contest!
Posted by David E October 7, 2009

Booga Booga! Shrunken Heads care of Aleksander VujovicIt's time for Telltale's probably-fourth-annual Halloween contest! We know our fans are super-talented as a rule, which is why we love holding this event every year. However, for one reason or another, we've managed to attract a flock of dedicated Monkey Island fans into our community during the past few months, so we're hoping for even more great stuff this time around. Let's get to the details!

How does it work?

Basically, you'll need to make or do something creative that relates to any Telltale series and send it in to contest@telltalegames.com. Your creation doesn't need to have a Halloween theme, but it couldn't hurt! As in previous years, the entries will be judged by the Telltale staff. The deadline for entries is October 27, and we'll announce the winners on October 30.

You can send in sketches, paintings, videos, songs, poems, sculptures (well, maybe pictures of those), or some other original creation that is awesome. Still not sure what to do? Take a look at some past excellence for inspiration:

Prizes! We have some!

Grand Prize Winner:
One extra special winner in this year's competition will get his or her choice of a Sony PlayStation 3 (80 GB), Microsoft Xbox 360 (Pro), or Nintendo Wii console. Whoa!

prizes!! *guitar squeal*prizes!! *guitar squeal*prizes!! *guitar squeal*

Runners-up:
A second but still substantially awesome tier of winners in this competition will get to choose from one of the following prize packs:

  • Monkey Island -- Signed Monkey Island print, full season gift card, Monkey Island button set
  • Strong Bad -- Trogdor Poster, Season DVD, SBemails greatest hits DVD
  • Wallace & Gromit -- Season DVD, A Matter of Loaf & Death DVD
  • Sam & Max -- Signed print, Season One or Two DVD, Animated Series DVD

prizes!! *guitar squeal*prizes!! *guitar squeal*prizes!! *guitar squeal*prizes!! *guitar squeal*

Contest rules

  • It's been said in years past, and I'll say it again: Please don't do anything illegal or that would make baby Jesus cry.
  • Send your creations to contest@telltalegames.com with "Halloween contest" in the subject line. Your stuff needs to be in by 9pm Pacific Time on October 27, 2009.
  • You can send in as many entries as you'd like, but you can only win once.
  • Don't send attachments over 2MB. If you're making something that is too awesome to be constrained by that file size limit, host it somewhere online and send us the URL. Thanks!

Legal stuff

Click to read the legal details.

Tagged Around the Office, Arts & Crafts, Bone, CSI, Events, Monkey Island, Sam & Max, Strong Bad, Telltale Texas Hold'em, Wallace & Gromit, WiiWare, Xbox Live Arcade
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And thus my lack of imagination continues to commence.
Comment by Guybrush Threepwood
October 7, 2009, 10:43 am
Holy cow, those are some seriously awesome prizes.
Comment by Haggis
October 7, 2009, 12:18 pm
Poll for the forums. Which would you rather win? A video game system or a set of ToMI pins? Answer in ten pages or less, making sure to compare and contrast the role Puritans and Quakers played in defining the cultural life of America.
Comment by Lena_P
October 7, 2009, 1:05 pm
Oh my God, this is awesome. Need to think of something.
Comment by DrRocketGenius
October 7, 2009, 1:21 pm
My god! This is one tough as nails contest! Better get started...
Comment by Max the greenhorn
October 7, 2009, 1:29 pm
Oh if only I was creative....

Hey, are Majus or Silverwolfpet allowed to enter? Because they've kind of already got it in the bag what with their flash animations/youtube songs....
Comment by Molokov
October 7, 2009, 2:25 pm
YAY, my 2006 entry is still on the site! (The first Max Punpkin!)
Comment by eloffler
October 7, 2009, 2:56 pm
ahhhh good ol halloween telltale contest.brings back memories of the year i joined.i can never think of anything and then when i do im too chicken to mail it
Comment by yogurtmano86753090
October 7, 2009, 3:19 pm
I'm thinking of entering, but I never win contests. Plus, I don't really want the grand prize, I would prefer one of the second prizes.

Though I am excited to see telltale hasn't forgotten about the wallace and gromit grand adventures dvd :)
Comment by Inika_Unite77
October 7, 2009, 4:25 pm
i might enter. I'll have to think of something
Comment by Inika_Unite77
October 7, 2009, 4:26 pm
Well, Coronado De Cava grew out his toenails and carved them into a lock-picking kit, so maybe someone could grow out their toenails and carve it into Sam's head?
Comment by Hayden
October 7, 2009, 5:30 pm
Well, Coronado De Cava grew out his toenails and carved them into a lock-picking kit, so maybe someone could grow out their toenails and carve it into Sam's head?
You've only got a few weeks to submit something, though. Hopefully you weren't already growing your toenails out, looking for a reason to capitalize on their grossness.
Comment by David E
October 7, 2009, 5:55 pm
Im all over this. Wish me luck.
Comment by Irishmile
October 7, 2009, 8:54 pm
> YAY, my 2006 entry is still on the site! (The first Max Punpkin!)

Mine too! The 2006 Lego comic... with typos!
Comment by jp-30
October 7, 2009, 11:04 pm
Good luck Irishmile!
Comment by Lena_P
October 8, 2009, 1:12 am
Awesome prizes!

I gotta think of something good
Comment by Ingenioso
October 8, 2009, 3:30 am
Hmm...gotta think of something super good...
Comment by Kroms
October 8, 2009, 7:52 am
Well, Coronado De Cava grew out his toenails and carved them into a lock-picking kit, so maybe someone could grow out their toenails and carve it into Sam's head?
Comment by lawyers
October 8, 2009, 9:13 am
Curious about your copyright policy on this contest... Could audio samples from the various series be acceptable (in or out of your games) in my entry? What about re-creations of songs or such from these sources? I always get confused with this stuff...

And isn't this whole contest just one big copyright infringement anyway? JK
Comment by Toby the Intolerable
October 8, 2009, 3:30 pm
I'm gonna join so I have something to do. Sam & Max Halloween fail coming up!
Comment by TheNuclearReactor
October 8, 2009, 5:42 pm
Entry sent.... But looking at previous winners I do not think I have a chance.
Comment by Irishmile
October 8, 2009, 7:31 pm
And this is why I love you guys so much.
Comment by Sir Hobo
October 8, 2009, 10:16 pm
Ahh! Amazing prices, I must give this a try :D Hope I can come up with something good.
*starts sketching*
Comment by Trica
October 9, 2009, 5:14 am
Enjoy your console, Majus / SWP! ;)
Comment by puzzlebox
October 9, 2009, 7:21 am
Those MI prize pack is G-O-R-G-E-O-U-S..!!! I will pulp my brain to get it..!!! :D
Comment by monkevingian
October 9, 2009, 9:45 am
Curious about your copyright policy on this contest... Could audio samples from the various series be acceptable (in or out of your games) in my entry? What about re-creations of songs or such from these sources? I always get confused with this stuff...


Yeah, that's fine :)
Comment by David E
October 9, 2009, 11:29 am
If the first prize winner wants one of the cheaper consoles, they should just go for the playstation and sell it on ebay for like $700. Then they can get their console AND some games.
Comment by Awesome5
October 9, 2009, 1:07 pm
Hey boys and girls, this is great. I like the presents too.
Comment by Mary
October 9, 2009, 1:34 pm
Ugh. I'm not going to win this at all.
Comment by thatdude98
October 9, 2009, 1:58 pm
me either.... But I did make some new art... if anything the art thread will get new stuff when the contest is over.
Comment by Irishmile
October 9, 2009, 2:52 pm
I have two great ideas if anybody wants to hear them (PM me):

One needs a competent Metal rhythm guitarist, competent also in audio sampling/mixing, in posession of the Sam & Max games and the necessary hardware

The other requires a good knitter who's played Sam & Max and maybe has experience & tools in papier macher
Comment by tbm1986
October 9, 2009, 7:49 pm
Spirits of Mist,
And Creatures of Bog:
Change Mary
To the shape of a Frog.
Comment by Murray the Chao
October 10, 2009, 3:02 am
I won an honorable mention last year, am I still eligible for the prizes this year?

Also, with the physical products, will you provide free shipping for them to the winners? Even if they're, say, in Europe?
Comment by diewernerbrueder
October 10, 2009, 5:41 am
curse you telltale for not giving a good effort prize!
Comment by lecharles
October 10, 2009, 6:50 pm
I was wondering, is the full season gift card you can win in the 'Monkey Island' prize pack only for the ToMI season, or for any TellTale season?

Not that I'll win with all the artistic talent here, but I'm still curious :)
Comment by Didero
October 11, 2009, 4:01 am
We've seen the question being brought up in the forums and here as well. Let us say that we are going to enter the contest, but we are not going to make a flashmovie/song/clip-thingie. Everybody has chances of winning the prizes! :)
Comment by Silverwolfpet
October 11, 2009, 5:37 am
is highway surfing considered illegal?
Comment by delimew
October 11, 2009, 9:31 am
highway surfing isn't if you use a backdrop rather than a real highway. You only stand a chance of winning though if you paint or hand-draw the backdrop yourself and include a few Sam & Max references.
Comment by tbm1986
October 11, 2009, 9:54 am
Hmm... I guess I'ma have to pull out the clay again. Luckily, my extra time in 3-D art has improved my skills this time... Waitaminute...I have a bamboo pad...and Photoshop...and drawing skillz... Hmmmm.... Sculpture...or Photoshop...?
Comment by DarkStar Runner
October 11, 2009, 10:57 am
Just one question. WHERE ARE ALL THE MONKEY ISLAND ENTRIES IN THE LAST CONTESTS!!! Just curious really...
Comment by dairy_farmer
October 11, 2009, 3:52 pm
Oh theres something I'd like to add to my last comment and that would be... iTs dAnGERouS AnD mEATY Out HeRe!
Comment by dairy_farmer
October 11, 2009, 4:01 pm
Since Telltale didn't *do* a Monkey Island game at the time of the last contest, why would you expect to see Monkey Island entries?
Comment by Lemmingsmeister
October 11, 2009, 5:30 pm
...Touché *Lemmingsmeister*...
Comment by dairy_farmer
October 11, 2009, 11:55 pm
Sent mine in on Friday. I did up two entries. There was no confirmation e-mail, so I hope it got through. This was a ton of fun to work on.
Comment by Matthew S.
October 12, 2009, 8:41 am
Hope this contest will be full "monkey-heads"...! :D
Comment by monkevingian
October 13, 2009, 3:49 pm
arg i think this compo is a bit out of my league. Sure i can think of ideas and tell telltale this would be awesome or that would be awesome but when its comes to desiging my own models and making my own cartoons er yer right. but best of luck to all other entrents looking forward to seeing your cool stuff.
Comment by bones2475
October 14, 2009, 2:56 pm
haa.....is so good
Comment by hikhari
October 15, 2009, 1:12 am
hello................
Comment by hikhari
October 15, 2009, 1:14 am
Very interested as a program. In my side, I don't know how to do and how to wear on Halloween. I have no time and my budget is limited. I prefer upload my own picture and send it out to friends and family with a message as a greeting on Halloween at Happy Halloween 2009
Comment by halloweenecard
October 15, 2009, 6:10 am
Here is the url for the halloween e-card: http://www.halloween-2009.net/retrieve.php?cid=42
Comment by halloweenecard
October 15, 2009, 6:13 am
To reiterate because nobody's got back to me yet:

I have two great ideas if anybody wants to hear them (PM me or email tbmoore1986@yahoo.co.uk):

One needs a competent Metal rhythm guitarist, competent also in audio sampling/mixing, in posession of the Sam & Max games and the necessary hardware

The other requires a good knitter who's played Sam & Max and maybe has experience & tools in papier macher
Comment by tbm1986
October 16, 2009, 9:34 am
You should check out this website, you can even customize it to add your worn face on. I just uploaded my babys face, cool huh?
Comment by Halloween-Card
October 16, 2009, 11:18 am
Another question, the video game consoles, what versions are they? Not in terms of hard disk size or anything, but are they NTSC or Pal? Because I wouldnt be able to use a NTSC machine here in Europe (counting my chickens here huh? :P )
Comment by diewernerbrueder
October 16, 2009, 1:21 pm
Indeed, the NTSC issue is important for us Europeans, unless you give some NTSC->PAL adaptor with it or a PAL machine
Comment by birbilis
October 17, 2009, 7:30 am
i wonder if there do a trailer for chapter 4 when they annonce the winners. I hope so as they are always funny and the trail and excution of guybrush threepwood should be very funny in a wonder what happens if lolz.
Comment by bones2475
October 17, 2009, 12:52 pm
Im realy tryin hard on this and i realy hope i win cuz i realy need an x box 360 or at least the pc game of it it looks mad....
Comment by Tabitha
October 19, 2009, 12:34 am
i hope i win i entered in my max tat, and my max costume, i wore at comic con. lol
Comment by 2dsgurl
October 25, 2009, 11:51 pm
Hi there. I've just sent mine. Good luck to everyone!
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Comment by qin
October 26, 2009, 9:13 am
i sent mine a couple of days ago, just wondeering and hoping you guys got it.
Comment by glenfx
October 26, 2009, 10:21 pm
Just finished and submitted my project. Talk about last minute... Best of luck to all of the competitors!!
Comment by Toby the Intolerable
October 27, 2009, 11:12 am
Wow best get my creative head on, not long too go.
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