{"id":113516,"date":"2019-11-01T13:20:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-01T02:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/?p=113516"},"modified":"2019-11-07T09:12:02","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T22:12:02","slug":"see-the-winner-of-our-spooktopia-instagram-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/2019\/11\/01\/see-the-winner-of-our-spooktopia-instagram-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"See the winner of our Spooktopia Instagram Challenge!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"665\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Spooktopia-Blog.jpg\" alt=\"Spooktopia - Header Banner\" class=\"wp-image-113519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Spooktopia-Blog.jpg 665w, https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Spooktopia-Blog-300x126.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Another Halloween has come and gone, but spookiness lives on in the book world. Earlier this month, we <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B328_e3DAcH\/?utm_source=booktopian_blog&amp;utm_medium=booktopian&amp;utm_campaign=spooktopia19_winner\">challenged<\/a><\/strong> our Instagram followers to show us their spookiest book pictures for Halloween with the Spooktopia Photo Challenge, with the creator of the best picture receiving a tailored book pack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Competition was fierce, but we were able to settle on a clear winner who well and truly freaked us all out with her witchy arrangement of books, candles and creepy paraphernalia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, without further ado, here is the winner of the 2019 Spooktopia Photo Challenge:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B4LJ_61AEbk\/?utm_source=booktopian_blog&amp;utm_medium=booktopian&amp;utm_campaign=spooktopia19_winner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Spooktopia19-Photo-Challenge-Winner.jpg\" alt=\"Spooktopia - Winner\" class=\"wp-image-113577\" width=\"452\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Spooktopia19-Photo-Challenge-Winner.jpg 603w, https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Spooktopia19-Photo-Challenge-Winner-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Spooktopia19-Photo-Challenge-Winner-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/somethingbookishthisway\/?utm_source=booktopian_blog&amp;utm_medium=booktopian&amp;utm_campaign=spooktopia19_winner\">somethingbookishthisway<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This entry, featuring two books from Bill Bennett&#8217;s dark and witchy <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/search.ep?keywords=palace%20of%20fires&amp;productType=917504&amp;utm_source=booktopian_blog&amp;utm_medium=booktopian&amp;utm_campaign=spooktopia19_winner\">Palace of Fires<\/a><\/strong> trilogy, was submitted by Lea from <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/somethingbookishthisway\/?utm_source=booktopian_blog&amp;utm_medium=booktopian&amp;utm_campaign=spooktopia19_winner\">somethingbookishthisway<\/a><\/strong>. How cool does that look?!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations Lea!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>Check out some of the other fantastic Spooktopia entries below!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B4Q0N2pgQHf\/?utm_source=booktopian_blog&amp;utm_medium=booktopian&amp;utm_campaign=spooktopia19_winner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Spooktopia19-Photo-Challenge-Favourite-1.jpg\" alt=\"Spooktopia - Favourites 1\" class=\"wp-image-113589\" width=\"450\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Spooktopia19-Photo-Challenge-Favourite-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Spooktopia19-Photo-Challenge-Favourite-1-300x280.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B4Q0N2pgQHf\/?utm_source=booktopian_blog&amp;utm_medium=booktopian&amp;utm_campaign=spooktopia19_winner\">maddyandbooks<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>What a fantastic little stack of books there &#8211; they look amazing together! And any skeleton that loves to read is OK by us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B4H27GnAsK6\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;utm_medium=booktopian&amp;utm_campaign=spooktopia19_winner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Spooktopia19-Photo-Challenge-Favourite-3.jpg\" alt=\"Spooktopia19 Favourites 2\" class=\"wp-image-113590\" width=\"445\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Spooktopia19-Photo-Challenge-Favourite-3.jpg 593w, https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Spooktopia19-Photo-Challenge-Favourite-3-300x283.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B4H27GnAsK6\/?utm_source=booktopian_blog&amp;utm_medium=booktopian&amp;utm_campaign=spooktopia19_winner\">bookbookowl<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We loved how this Instagrammer took inspiration from Luanne G. Smith&#8217;s <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/the-vine-witch-luanne-g-smith\/book\/9781542008389.html?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;utm_medium=booktopian&amp;utm_campaign=spooktopia19_winner\">The Vine Witch<\/a><\/strong><\/em> to create this picture (and is that a Mia Corvere bookmark down the bottom there?).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B4KFYGkg24C\/?utm_source=booktopian_blog&amp;utm_medium=booktopian&amp;utm_campaign=spooktopia19_winner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Spooktopia19-Photo-Challenge-Favourite-4.jpg\" alt=\"Spooktopia19 Favourites 3\" class=\"wp-image-113591\" width=\"448\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Spooktopia19-Photo-Challenge-Favourite-4.jpg 597w, https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Spooktopia19-Photo-Challenge-Favourite-4-300x273.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B4KFYGkg24C\/?utm_source=booktopian_blog&amp;utm_medium=booktopian&amp;utm_campaign=spooktopia19_winner\">readthewriteact<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Such a great shot of <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/a-map-of-days-ransom-riggs\/book\/9780141385907.html?utm_source=booktopian_blog&amp;utm_medium=booktopian&amp;utm_campaign=spooktopia19_winner\">A Map of Days<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, the fourth novel of Miss Peregrine&#8217;s Peculiar Children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We sure hope those spiders aren&#8217;t real though &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B4RVPJpnR5S\/?utm_source=booktopian_blog&amp;utm_medium=booktopian&amp;utm_campaign=spooktopia19_winner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Spooktopia19-Photo-Challenge-Favourite-2.jpg\" alt=\"Spooktopia19 Favourites - 4\" class=\"wp-image-113592\" width=\"449\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Spooktopia19-Photo-Challenge-Favourite-2.jpg 598w, https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Spooktopia19-Photo-Challenge-Favourite-2-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B4RVPJpnR5S\/?utm_source=booktopian_blog&amp;utm_medium=booktopian&amp;utm_campaign=spooktopia19_winner\">gav_the_slav<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Monsters love to read too &#8211; just check out this shot!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>To see the rest of the amazing competition entries, search the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/spooktopia19\/?utm_source=booktopian_blog&amp;utm_medium=booktopian&amp;utm_campaign=spooktopia19_winner\">#Spooktopia19<\/a><\/strong> hashtag on Instagram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:33px;text-align:center\"><strong>Follow our bookish adventures on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/booktopiabooks\/?utm_source=booktopian_blog&amp;utm_medium=booktopian&amp;utm_campaign=spooktopia19_winner\">Instagram<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We asked our Instagram followers to show us their scariest book pictures for Halloween&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":113523,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[2322,2460,10613,10612,10600],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Spooktopia-Social.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113516"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113516"}],"version-history":[{"count":78,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113786,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113516\/revisions\/113786"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}