🕸️ 🏚️ Enter Paramount’s Halloween Home Decorating Contest!
👻 Get ready to spook-tacularly transform your home! Applications for the Home Decorating Contest are open until October 12.
🔗 Enter for a chance to win exciting prizes and be added to our Spooky Homes digital map! Visit http://bit.ly/HalloweenHomeDeco for the application and full list of rules (case-sensitive, link in bio).
🏆 PRIZES
– Top 3 winners will receive a $100 gift card.
– 2 homes will be recognized with honorable mentions.
🍬 Prizes will be distributed at the November 10, 2026 Council Meeting. Attendance is required.
✅ RULES
– This contest is open to City of Paramount residents ONLY (City employees excluded).
– All homes must show some effort and creativity in order to participate (subject to the Community Services Department).
– Entry applications must be received no later than 5:00 P.M. on Monday, October 12.
– City staff will reach out once your application is reviewed and schedule a time in the evening to take a picture of your decorated home. (Still photos will be professionally taken on October 21 or October 22. Homes will not be filmed)
– Decorated homes must be accessible to be viewed from the public street and sidewalk.
– Decorations must be free from political messaging, sexual content, and violence.
– Participants agree to have their address posted on the digital map of decorated homes, which will be placed on the City’s website and social media pages.
– Winners will be determined by a majority vote from our followers between October 22 and October 26.
– Winners will be announced on October 30.
– Participants are asked to keep their decorations up through October 31.
📅 IMPORTANT DATES
– Deadline for entry: October 12 by 5:00 P.M.
– Photos of the decorated homes will be taken on October 21 or October 22 (Homes must be fully decorated by October 20)
– Digital Map Posted: October 22
– Voting period: October 22 through October 26 (voting link will be posted October 22)
-Winners will be announced: October 30
📞 For questions, please call the Community Services Office at 562-220-2121. Don’t miss this opportunity to show off your creepy creativity and win big!