Halloween 2019: Submit Your Haunt To Be Featured On Patch

It's that time of year again when goblins, crazy clowns and zombie towns start popping up on lawns all across California. Patch is looking for yard haunts that are worth driving by and gaping in your town. We're also interested in kid-friendly, whimsical Halloween-decorated yards where little ones aren't likely to be chased by a maniac with a chainsaw or have nightmares.

If your yard is worth a drive-by this Halloween, shoot us an email, and we may feature it on your local Patch site. Please include the following information:

• We prefer that the homeowner submit his or her own yard, or an immediate neighbor or close relative.
• Include the exact address of the yard haunt.
• Let us know the dates and hours when your display will be available for viewing, so people aren't ringing your doorbell or bothering your neighbors in the middle of the night.
• Please don't submit a Halloween-decorated home you recall from five or ten years ago. That person may no longer be decorating their house for Halloween and we don't want people wasting gas.
• Does your yard haunt have a name, like 101st Street Massacre or Erie Acres? Be sure to include it.
• Tell us about any special effects, live actors, walk-throughs or other features that makes your yard haunt special.
• Does your display have a Facebook page or website? Be sure to include the links.
• Are you collecting at-will donations for a charity, food pantry or pet shelter? Let us know.
• Include a phone number (not for publication) in case Patch needs to contact you.
• Most important: what kind of Halloween candy are you passing out to trick-or-treaters?

IMPORTANT: If you're including a photo — and we certainly hope you do — be sure that it's an image you took and have the rights to use. By including, you are granting us permission to run on all of our Patch platforms.

Send your information and pictures to autumn.johnson@patch.com