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In our October issue, we asked kids to write about their favorite Halloween costume. Below, find the winning entries. Cassidy and Riley each receive a $25 gift certificate to Crow Bookshop in Burlington.

Cassidy S. Bouchard, 11
Hinesburg
Last year for Halloween, I was Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton from the Broadway musical Hamilton. I remember talking to my friends about my costume in August. It wasn’t my best costume just because it was pretty. It was more about the experience. Between matching with my friends, costume fittings and all that sass, that was my favorite costume.

Riley Barrett, 6


Danville

When I was 3 years old, I was a skeleton for Halloween. I liked to dance to Skeleton Bones. I love Halloween.

Find our latest writing prompt in the “Just for Kids” section of our November issue! Deadline to enter is November 15.

This article was originally published in Seven Days’ monthly parenting magazine, Kids VT.

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Alison Novak is a staff writer at Seven Days, with a focus on K-12 education. A former elementary school teacher in the Bronx and Burlington, Vt., Novak previously served as managing editor of Kids VT, Seven Days' parenting publication. She won a first-place...