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Here’s a great contest idea to keep in your back pocket for next Halloween. Star-Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) gives readers a few basic items (this week: flannel shirt & jeans) and asks them to dream up their most creative costume idea with those pieces for a chance to win a cash card. Simple, clever and fun (plus a sponsorship from Goodwill) – all the ingredients to an awesome contest.

Montana is home to two great universities: The University of Montana & Montana State University. Billings Gazette (Billings, MT) decided to capitalize on the rivalry between the Grizzlies & Bobcats by running this simple sweepstakes in which two fans will win tickets to the match up in November. What a simple, fantastic contest. Bonus points for having an opt-in for their Today’s Deal program on the submission page!

My Pet Rox the Black and Gold from WEZB-FM (New Orleans, LA) has the formula for a successful contest:

Football + Pets + Sponsors = Touchdown!

The pet with the most votes (vote count is currently over 100K!) helps their owner win 4 tickets to a game in the Saints Dome & more…all worth $1750!

Here’s what the winner scores:

- 4 tickets to the Jan 1st Black & Gold game!
- Plus a week at Camp Bow Wow Uptown
- $200 in Lakeside Shopping Center gift certificates
- $100 in pet food and clothes from Lakeside Pets
- $100 to The Melting Pot courtesy of Toyota of Slidell
- $100 to The Olive Branch courtesy of Toyota of Slidell

What a fantastic contest – it combines sports & pets, which are 2 of of our top 30 contest ideas!

What would the October contest of the month be without amazingly cute Halloween contest from Minneapolis Star-Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)?! The Minneapolis Star Tribune always does an outstanding job with UPICKEM and this contest is no exception. For their Children’s Halloween Costume Contest, they partnered with Trail of Terror – a frightful Halloween event with over 15 attractions including a haunted corn maze and “monster” truck rides! The best costume scares up $1,000 and four runners up take home $100. This is a ghoulishy good contest!

What a fright! FOX 4 (Kansas City, MO) hosts this Halloween pet costume costume for their viewers. With a perfectly-themed (and a little bit scary) logo, and great prizes ($300 to Price Chopper or $200 gift card to McCarthy Automotive Group), this photo contest is a sweet holiday treat!

Ask a pro to win! KUTV-TV‘s (Salt Lake City, UT) talkin’ sports and sponsor Bank of American Fork team up to offer viewers a way to get more involved with this pro football season with this essay contest. Football fans submit questions for a pro and if talkin’ sports airs it, they win Famous Dave’s Super Cool Tailgate Meal (which includes ribs from St. Louis!)