CHILDREN’s & adults’ Costume contests

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Cosplay is a big part of any con. At Haunted Screams Expo, we want to see your scariest, Halloweeniest, most horror-filled best! Whether you’re a cute little version of Wicked Witch of the West or a dead-ringer for Michael Myers and you’ve got the knife to prove it, show off your costumed-love during the expo.

Feel free to accentuate your costume with props as you feel necessary. All props must be checked for safety purposes at the ticket table in the lobby before bringing them into the hall. Real weapons will not be allowed into the hall and will not be allowed on Hampton Roads Convention Center premises. When in doubt, leave it at home. Real knives or arrows with metal tips, or compound/crossbows with string and arrows, will not be allowed in the hall.

Children under 17 and younger are invited to participate. Children younger than 13 years old must be accompanied by a ticket-holding adult.

The adults’ costume contest is open to ticket-holding adults 18 and over.

Winners will be awarded prizes in both age categories and will be presented by Laitram Tsol. The odds of winning either contest depend on the number of eligible costumed participants.

Employees of the Hampton Roads Convention Center, All Clear Security, their affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies, and suppliers, and immediate family members and/or those living in the same household of employees, as well as volunteers of Haunted Screams Expo, are not eligible to participate in either contest. 

By entering these contests, participants understand and agree that Haunted Screams Expo, anyone acting on behalf of the Expo, shall have the right, where permitted by law, to print, publish, broadcast, distribute, and use in any media now known or hereafter developed, in perpetuity participants’ image for news, publicity, information, and promotional purposes. without any further compensation, notice, review, or consent. 

AWARDS

Trophies and prizes for:

  • Makeup contest

  • Best costume for adults

  • Best costume for children