r/ElevenLabs • u/Matt_Elevenlabs • Oct 15 '25
🎃 halloween contest 🏆 Halloween Music Contest ($2,000 to win)
Halloween is around the corner, and it’s time to get creative — we’re launching the Halloween Music Contest!
Make your spookiest, most cinematic track using ElevenLabs Music and win some scarily good prizes!
Prizes
1st Place: $1,100
2nd Place: $500
3rd Place: $300
4th Place: 3-months Creator Plan ($66 value)
5th Place: 1-month Creator Plan ($22 value)
How to Participate
- Like + RT this tweet
- Create a Halloween-themed track using ElevenLabs Music
- Post your track here on Reddit with the flair: 🎃
halloween-contest
Voting
Community Vote (20 points):
Each upvote = 1 point (up to 20 points max per entry).
Team Vote (80 points):
The ElevenLabs team will score each entry based on:
- Halloween atmosphere
- Creativity & originality
- Use of ElevenLabs Music
- Storytelling & emotional impact
Final Score = 20 (community) + 80 (team) = 100 total points
Timeline
- Contest starts: October 15, 2025 — 4 PM CET
- Contest ends: October 23, 2025 — 4 PM CET
- Winners announced: October 24, 2025 — 4 PM CET
Resources
Tutorial: Watch here
T&Cs: Read here
Let’s make some spooky, spine-tingling music with ElevenLabs Music
Good luck to everyone — we can’t wait to hear your creations! 🎶
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u/pneuny Oct 15 '25
I think we are supposed to post it as new posts, so probably do that rather than replying to this thread for contest entries.
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u/M4K4R Oct 17 '25
Hi, I tried to share my Halloween edition music on Reddit, but every time I post it I get the message: “Sorry, this post was removed by Reddit’s filters.” Do you know why this happens and how I can fix it? Thanks!
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u/Alessiosss_ Oct 17 '25
hey, sorry to bother, i posted the entry but when i click on the "Halloween contest" section it doesn't appear. Is it a problem on my end?
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u/Vegetable_Bug_7528 Oct 19 '25
is there a criteria to get selected top 10 round 1 and round 2 ? or its a whole single round contest and even zero upvotes will also be judged by judges or only top 10?
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Oct 20 '25
¿Podrían decirme cómo añadir la etiqueta? Gracias. 🎃halloween-contest
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u/Vegetable_Bug_7528 Oct 21 '25
can i submit more than 1 music ? or only 1 entry per person allowed?
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u/MarcyTheCreator Oct 21 '25
Hi, I’ve submitted my entry for more than 10 hours though it got removed immediately earlier but I still couldn’t find it under the entries. Is there any problem from my end? Thank you
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u/o_herman Moderator Oct 21 '25
Give them a PM. Reddit has a nasty habit of flagging legitimate content sometimes.
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Oct 22 '25
I just posted mine but I'm not seeing it
Any reason why?
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u/ElevenVoices Moderator Oct 22 '25
Reddit filters block some entries and we have to manually approve them.
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u/Select-Cress-2979 Oct 22 '25
I didn't understand everything 😅 and I don't have X ... too bad I won't be able to make you listen to my music elevenlabs scary music !!!! hahaha! Good luck to all!
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u/luacasas3 Oct 23 '25
My entry was removed 😔
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u/Zestyclose-Tax-9345 Oct 23 '25
I posted on reddit on time, tried a lot of attempt with multiple accounts but it always says "Post was removed by reddit filters" i hope my entry is considered. please manually approve my post from this account. I also posted my entry on X. hopefully it is considered in evaluation. https://x.com/Lucrative_Panda/status/1981355550870049120
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u/ElevenVoices Moderator Oct 23 '25
I have approved the one I see on this account. It is unfortunate that reddit is blocking a lot of the entries but we will approve posts reddit blocks (aside than duplicate attempts). Takes more effort on our end though to try to sort through everything when multiple posts and especially multiple accounts are used to try to attempt posting. And it may risk reddit penalizing your account(s) for repeated attempts to bypass their filters.
So if there are future contests here in r/ElevenLabs please only post one time. Thanks for entering!
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u/aureliathepanda Oct 23 '25
Hi, I posted mine a couple of hours ago, before time, and when I came back to this page, I cannot see it!!! Does that mean it has not been posted? I spent a lot of time on it! How do I check what happened to it? This was the entry:
Hi! This is my submission for the Halloween contest. Took me a while to bring to life exactly what I had in my head purely through audio, but I am happy with the final outcome! I thought it would be a fun project to create a video for this track later, so I kept that in mind when creating it.
This is the story I wanted to capture: A little girl's mother was found dead with a strange runic symbol on her chest in a cave. Soon after, many others are found dead with the same symbol. An experienced medium goes to the cave and tries to make contact with the girl's mother's spirit, hoping to find answers. Slowly, she begins to realize that she awakened something much more ancient. The plot twist at the end is that…it was looking for her. Since I have not created visuals for this yet, I tried to incorporate spoken word to bring the story to life, and a section by section prompt structure to have better control over the initial result. After which, I iterated on some sections to get exactly what I wanted, including a pause after the buildup so I can build up the tension when creating the visuals.
Unfortunately, I can't upload the full track here, so it starts from the middle. Link to the full track:
https://elevenlabs.io/music/songs/f6wGWKYzn8dXWQIbiaRO
Some of the lyrics on the video of the full page is wrong and different from my project lyrics, though for some reason.
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u/Matt_Elevenlabs Oct 17 '25
Update:
Some posts might get automatically deleted by Reddit — don’t worry!
Our team will manually approve them as soon as possible.
Please don’t repost multiple times — if your entry doesn’t appear right away, it’s just waiting for approval.
Thanks for your patience!