Show your Halloween Spirit in the 3rd annual Spooktacular Contest

Published on October 01, 2024

Calling all crafty ghouls and decorating goblins! Help the City of Port St. Lucie make this Halloween un-BOO-lievable by entering your home into the third annual Spooktacular House & Yard Decorating Contest!

From bone-chilling haunted displays to family-friendly scenes, bring your décor A-game and carve out your place in PSL’s Halloween history!

How to enter: Submissions for the Spooktacular House & Yard Decorating Contest begin Wednesday, Oct. 1 at 9 a.m. and end on Wednesday, Oct. 29 at midnight. To earn bragging rights for the best Halloween-themed designs, PSL residents must visit www.CityofPSL.com/SpookyPSL and click on the “How to enter!” button to complete the entry form. Decorations should be kept to a PG-13 rating and must not cover or interfere with roadways or sidewalks. Decorations should be exterior only and must be visible from the curb. Participants must agree to have photos taken of their displays and their addresses posted online. It’s free to enter the contest.

Residents could snag a $100 gift card and be awarded a custom award!

Prizes will be awarded in four categories: Classic Halloween; Cute n’ Creepy (kid-friendly decorations); Spine Chilling; and Haunting Light Show, a category added last year for homes with decorations such as drones, pixels, projection screens, matrices and more.

The public will choose the winners by voting on our website from Thursday, Oct. 30 to Monday, Nov. 3. The house with the most votes per category will win a $100 gift card and a custom award. All winners will be announced publicly on the City of Port St. Lucie’s website and social media accounts on Wednesday, Nov. 5. Additionally, winners will be congratulated and acknowledged at a future City Council meeting.

There are four ways to participate:

1. Decorate your home and enter the contest. Registration is open Oct. 1-29. See official rules at www.CityofPSL.com/SpookyPSL.
2. Take a tour: When contestants register their homes, the City adds the homes to the Spooktacular Halloween Tour Map. This searchable database will have photos and addresses so residents can visit the spooky displays. When driving by the homes, be courteous. Remember the residential speed limit in Port St. Lucie neighborhoods is 25 mph.
3. Cast your vote for the best display. Voting will open to the public during the judging window (Oct. 30-Nov. 3).
4. Follow the competition at #SpookyPSL on Port St. Lucie’s social media.  

For more information, visit www.CityofPSL.com/SpookyPSL.