User blog comment:Whitix/Possible Contest/@comment-5632489-20151227043859/@comment-26425680-20151227053911

I think something like that would be a little easier for those who aren't intimately familiar with Lovecraft. If you opened the contest by giving specific and clear style guidelines, I think most people would be able to work with that. Just by looking through Wikipedia, I can see that Lovecraftian horror features themes such as a "preoccupation with viscerate texture" and "Anti-anthropocentrism." There are plenty more, and I'm sure your could come up with your own as well. You could base part of your scoring on how successful the authors are at creating a Lovecraft vibe.