2025 Halloween: Results and Winners!

Thanks to all 16 participants who submitted music to the competition - the recipients of the "2025 Halloween Participant" Award: 

Fumage - Trio for Flute, Oboe, and Bassoon (Halloween Competition Submission) by @Justin Gruber
CLOWNS - Fall 2025 Halloween Competition Submission by @sebastian Pafundo
Woodwind Quintet No. 1 - Halloween Competition Submission by @Maxthemusicenthusiast
Trio Variations in D minor: A Submission to the 2025 Halloween Composition Competition by @TristanTheTristan
Aos Si - Piano Quintet for Halloween by @HoYin Cheung
YCF Composition Competition - Halloween 2025 (Submission) by @UncleRed99
YC Halloween Contest Entry - The Mist by @Kvothe
Bagatelle No.6 | Om. 101 by @Omicronrg9
2025 Halloween Competition - DANCE FROM THE SKELETON BALL (Submission) by @MK_Piano
From Above, Now Below by @Thatguy v2.0
A Hollow Theme for Halloween (Fall 2025 Competition) by @therealAJGS
Piano Quintet in G sharp minor - 2025 Halloween Competition Submission by @Wieland Handke
American Cryptids - Fall 2025 Halloween Submission by @Micah
Dima’s National Dance - 2025 Halloween Submission by @Dima
Daunting Steps - Quintet for Piano, Flute, Contrabassoon, Violin and Cello - 2025 Halloween Submission by @ferrum.wav
Diptych for Piano Quartet (Submission) by @Cosmia

The members have voted!  --<< Decisive Fanfare >>-- And the winners are:

For winning the "2025 Halloween Spookiest Piece" award with 9 votes - "From Above, Now Below" by @Thatguy v2.0 will receive the following badge: 

For winning the "2025 Halloween Strangest Piece" award with 8 votes - "Aos Si" by @HoYin Cheung will receive the following badge: 

For winning the "2025 Halloween Biggest Thriller" award there is a tie with 5 votes each! - "From Above, Now Below" by @Thatguy v2.0 and "Diptych for Piano Quartet" by @Cosmia will receive the following badge: 

For winning the "2025 Halloween Theme Winner" award with 7 votes - "From Above, Now Below" by @Thatguy v2.0 will receive the following badge: 

Congratulations to all the winners!  We will now move your pieces into the "Competition Hall of Fame" subforum!

And thanks to all the following participants who also reviewed all the entries!  The contest would not have been as much fun and as instructional as it was without you!  The following members will receive the "Ardent Reviewer" badge () for their efforts in meticulously reviewing all the entries:

@TristanTheTristan, @Kvothe, @Omicronrg9, @Thatguy v2.0, @therealAJGS, @Wieland Handke, @Henry Ng Tsz Kiu, @chopin and myself @PeterthePapercomPoser

And thanks to me @PeterthePapercomPoser for organizing and managing all the competition polls, announcements, submission thread, badges, results, satisfaction survey and advertising outreach!  I will receive the "2025 Halloween Community Organizer" badge: 

To take the 2025 Halloween Satisfaction Survey go here:

To listen to all the entries go to the submissions thread:

To check out the popular voting polls go here:

And for the competition announcement go here: