Describe your contest and divisions. Makeform creates a Halloween costume contest entry form for participant contacts, costume details, category choices, photos, and check-in notes.
Route new entries to email, Slack, Google Sheets, and Zapier.
Sample prompts for your costume contest
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Audience
Individuals and families entering a neighborhood contest
Format
Category-based entry with event check-in details
Prompt size
252 chars
Example form structure
Category-based entry with event check-in details
Entrant name and contact details
Age division
Individual or group entry?
Costume name and description
Photo and recap preference
Suggested routing tags
Adult division
Youth division
Group entries
Ask for a costume name and description separately. The name helps announcements; the description gives judges useful context.
Step 1
Enter
participant, division, and costume details
Step 2
Organize
entries grouped by category and age
Step 3
Check in
roster ready for numbers and lineup
Step 4
Judge
clear names and descriptions for scoring
Why use an entry form
Messages and paper sheets lose categories, group names, and setup notes. A structured form produces one roster for check-in and judging.
Dropdowns keep category and division names consistent, so a handmade youth costume does not end up mixed into an adult group lineup.
Conditional questions can request team member names only for group costumes and reveal guardian details only for youth entrants.
Contacts, costume titles, participation method, and setup notes arrive together before staff assign entry numbers.
Contest formats
Choose an example, then replace its divisions, deadlines, and event language.
Collect family, individual, and group entries with a costume story for the emcee.
Add age bands, guardian contact, guidelines acknowledgment, and assistance questions.
Route solo, department, and remote entries with a parade introduction.
Gather an image, caption, costume details, credit, and display preference.
Contest setup
Generate the form, tailor its divisions, publish the link, and route responses into the organizer's workflow.
Provide the date, audience, categories, age divisions, deadline, and live or photo judging method.
Add your category list and use conditional logic for group members, guardians, remote photos, props, or accessibility and setup needs.
Share the link on the event page, invitation, QR sign, email, or community post.
Send responses to a spreadsheet, group entries by division, then add entry numbers and check-in status.
Form vs messages vs paper
The method should preserve consistent categories and enough detail to build the lineup.
Field guide
Six focused sections give staff useful details without unrelated questions. Require only what operations need.
Entrant identity
Collect the entrant's name and contact. For youth events, separate the child's details from the adult contact.
Costume profile
A costume title helps signage and announcements. A description can explain the theme, materials, handmade work, or story.
Division & category
Use dropdowns built from the contest's actual options. Free text creates answers organizers must clean before judging.
Solo & group logic
Start with an individual-or-group choice. Show group questions only when group is selected.
Photos & presentation
Explain what entrants should upload and ask how the organizer may display it. Keep contest participation separate from optional public sharing.
Check-in & logistics
Ask about props, power, setup time, remote participation, or assistance when staff can act on the answers.
Related tools
Pair contestant registration with event sign-ups, photo entries, parade registration, feedback, and voting.
Start with a broader contest intake for other themes, prize programs, or creative competitions.
Open toolCollect image submissions, captions, creator details, and the category selected for judging.
Open toolRegister walkers, groups, and parade units with lineup and staging details.
Open toolHandle general guest registration separately from costume contest participation.
Open toolCreate an audience choice ballot with consistent costume names or assigned entry numbers.
Open toolAsk attendees what worked and what should change before the next seasonal event.
Open toolFAQ
Practical answers for organizers planning advance registration, check-in, and judging.
It collects participant contact, costume title and description, category or division, solo or group status, and check-in information. Organizers can use responses to prepare the roster and judging materials.
Include entrant contact, costume name, description, division, category, and individual or group status. Add group members, guardian contact, photo, prop, or setup questions only when relevant.
Use a required division dropdown and conditional follow-ups. A youth choice can show guardian contact; a group choice can show team name, members, and primary contact. Match your announced division labels.
Yes. Add a file upload and state the file type, image count, orientation, and deadline. For remote judging, collect costume title and category separately from the filename.
Yes. Share the form before the deadline and offer a QR code at check-in for walk-ups. Add entry number and check-in status to the organizer's roster.
Use consistent category and division dropdowns, then route responses to a spreadsheet. Sort by division, assign entry numbers, and give judges costume details without unnecessary private contacts.
Yes. Makeform offers unlimited free forms and responses, so you can generate, edit, publish, and collect entries without a response cap. A paid plan is available only if you want to remove the Makeform badge.
Yes. Replace sample categories, divisions, instructions, and deadlines. Add conditional questions for school, workplace, pet, family, parade, or online-photo formats.
Turn costume ideas into an organized contest roster.
