Fanwood Recreation is excited to announce two Virtual Halloween Contests this year, the “Fanwood Spookiest House Contest” and the “Fanwood Face Mask Decorating Contest”.  Both contests will be conducted through email submission and Facebook voting.  A full description of rules, eligibility, entry instructions and prize amounts is available below. For more information, please call 908-370-7092.

Fanwood Spookiest House Contest

RULES

  • Upload a photo of your Halloween-themed residence to fanwoodcontest@gmail.com by Thursday, October 29th, midnight. (Including people in photo is optional.)
  • Include your name, address, cell number, and email address. 
  • Your entry must be a resident in Fanwood. 
  • Beginning Monday, October 26th, 12 noon, your entry will be displayed on facebook.com/fanwoodnewjersey and include your address (so your neighbors can admire your work!), unless you request that your address not be included.
  • Entries that feature political statements, offensive language, sexist imagery or anything else deemed objectionable by the contest administrators will be disqualified and not displayed.

PICKING THE WINNERS

  • Beginning Monday, October 26th, 12 noon, all Fanwood residents are invited to go to facebook.com/fanwoodnewjersey, look at all the entries and vote for their favorite Spookiest House by “liking” their favorite. Voting ends October 31st, midnight.
  • The entry that receives the most “likes” will be declared the winner!

PRIZES

  • 1st Prize: $150 Gift Card. 2nd Prize: $100 Gift Card. 3rd Prize: $75 Gift Card.
  • Winners will be announced on Monday, November 2nd.

Fanwood Face Mask Decorating Contest 

RULES

  • KIDS ONLY! You must be 14 or younger and a Fanwood resident to enter!
  • Upload a photo of your personally decorated Face Mask to fanwoodcontest@gmail.com by Thursday, October 29th, midnight. (This contest is intended for COVID-19 protection-style face masks, not Halloween masks.)
  • Include your name, age, address, cell number and email address. 
  • Beginning Monday, October 26th, 12 noon, your entry will be displayed on facebook.com/fanwoodnewjersey and include your first name and age unless you request that information not be included.
  • Entries that feature political statements, offensive language, sexist imagery or anything else deemed objectionable by the contest administrators will be disqualified and not displayed.

PICKING THE WINNERS

  • Beginning Monday, October 26th, 12 noon, all Fanwood residents are invited to go to facebook.com/fanwoodnewjersey, look at all the entries and vote for their favorite Face Mask by “liking” their favorite. Voting ends October 31st, midnight.
  • The five (5) entries that receive the most “likes,” one in each of five age groups (3–4, 5–6, 7–8, 9–11, 12–14), will be declared the winners!

PRIZES

  • Five (5) winners! Each winner will receive a $25 Gift Certificate for a local Fanwood business.
  • Winners will be announced on Monday, November 2nd.