THE EASY VERSION: Wear an approved costume (see Official Rules below) to the Captain Slinky Presents Oddmall Emporium of The Weird Creepsmas 2025 Art, Craft & Gift Show at the Evergreen State Fairgrounds in Monroe, WA. Find the Oddmall Headquarters at the back of the room and have them take your picture, which we will post on our Oddmall social media accounts for all to see. Fill out the official Entry Form (which will ask you for your name, age, costume and a way to contact you if you win) and give it to us. We then check The Big List Of Prizes to see if you won one of over 100 Costume Contest Prizes, and THAT’S IT! No entry fee! No walking out on a stage! No Costume Parade! Just show up in a costume, fill out the form, take a pic, get a prize, DONE! Winner will be announced and contacted before Thanksgiving!
PRIZES!!!
GRAND PRIZE: You will win CAPTAIN SLINKY’S OLD NYLON WALLET full of CASH, CHANGE, TOKENS, BUTTONS, EXPIRED VIDEO RENTAL MEMBERSHIP CARDS, BABY PICTURES, OLD COUPONS… it’s everything you could ever want and/or need in a prize! Why compete for a trophy or a certificate when Captain Slinky is willing to give you his entire friggin’ WALLET???
INSTANT WINNERS: We will check our list to see if you won one of our INSTANT WINNER prizes when you register! Nobody knows the categories, and no one knows the prizes! I mean, I can give you an *idea* of the categories – things like “Best Use Of A Wig”, “The You-Look-Cold Award”, “Best Costume That Might Not Be A Costume”, “Most Bio-Degradeable” – but I can’t tell you what the prizes are because we packed them up one night while hopped-up on Truck Stop Energy Pills and quite frankly the whole evening is kind of fuzzy. But it’ll be cool and weird!
EVERYONE WHO ENTERS: Just show up in a costume and you’ll get a free Limited Edition Captain Slinky Presents Oddmall Emporium of The Weird Sprung 2025 POSTER featuring the full-color version of that awesome Tasty Crow Inc artwork! Suitable for framing and/or Paper-Training your new puppy! Welcome to the Weird will even be there at Oddmall selling his art, you could probably get him to sign it for you and then 20 years from now people will go “Daaaaaaang, is that from The Before Times?” and you can tell them all about the grand events we used to have before our Ferret Overlords enslaved the human race!
OFFICIAL RULES
1) ONE ENTRY PER PERSON. I know a lot of you could just bring 47 costumes and spend the day entering each and every one of them; please don’t! Multiple entries will be disqualified.
2) APPROVED COSTUMES must be PG-rated at most and adhere to our strict “Nips & Bits” Dress Policy – Nips & Bits must be covered at all times! This is WASHINGTON STATE, after all – you’ll FREEZE! Costume must also include shoes due to health and safety regulations.
3) NO FUNCTIONAL WEAPONS, even if you’ve got a permit! That’s firearms, projectile weapons, swords, knives, etc. – If your costume relies on a weapon, you better make sure that it is OVERLY APPARENT that it is not a real weapon! Nerf Guns, sure… BUT DON’T SHOOT THEM EXCEPT IN DESIGNATED AREAS! A lot of our vendors have delicate, fragile product and/or delicate, fragile dispositions.
4) HARASSMENT POLICY: Harassment includes offensive verbal comments (related to race, gender, sexual orientation, body size, disability, appearance and religion), overly sexual images in public spaces, deliberate intimidation, stalking, harassing photography or recording, sustained disruption of talks or other events, inappropriate physical contact and unwelcome sexual attention. If you feel harassed at Oddmall, please come get Captain Slinky or Mama Slinky so we can nip it in the bud! We want Creepsmas to be fun, family friendly, and about the Oddness. And remember… Cosplay is Not Consent. Don’t be a Dick.
5) PRIZES are: FIRST PRIZE (1) – Captain Slinky’s Wallet, with at least $100 in small, unmarked bills and a bunch of other randomness. No idea how much is actually in there. INSTANT WINNERS (100) – Random prizes which may include – Limited Edition Oddmall Creepsmas 2025 T-Shirt ($15 value), Oddmall Sticker Packs ($5 Value), Collectible Action Figures ($5-$25 Value), Board Games ($10-$40 Value), Assorted Silly Things (PRICELESS). EVERYBODY WHO ENTERS (ALL) – Limited Edition Oddmall Creepsmas Poster (Priceless!)
6) ELIGIBILITY: This contest is open to all Oddmall attendees and Vendors as long as they follow all the rules. Winner will be chosen by a combination of online votes and the Captain Slinky’s Oddmall Emporium of The Weird crew’s esteemed opinions.
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