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element14 Announces ‘Nightmare on e14 Street’ Competition

Community members are encouraged to participate in a wearable electronics Halloween costume competition

Chicago – October 18, 2021: element14, an Avnet community, is encouraging their community members to take their Halloween costumes to the next level by incorporating wearable electronics into the designs with ‘Nightmare on e14 Street’.

Community members can participate in this spooky competition by building a wearable Halloween costume featuring electronics and blogging about it on element14.com now through November 8. Everyone who enters the competition and blogs about their wearable electronics costume will receive a Nightmare on e14 Street horror movie-style poster.

“We have seen some amazing wearable costumes and cosplays over the years on the element14 Community,” said Dianne Kibbey, Global Head of Community and Social Media at element14. “We’re excited to see how community members will incorporate wearable technology in the design of their creative costumes this year.”

Community members are encouraged to think creatively, build something unique and share blog posts with high-quality videos and photos. The best wearable electronics costume will win an ultimate horror movie fright-night-in, including a home popcorn machine, a scratchable top 100 horror movies poster, and a collection of classic horror movie Blu-Rays. The winner will be announced on November 15.

Community members can submit their entries here: https://www.element14.com/community/docs/DOC-96912/l/nightmare-on-e14-street-halloween-2021-wearable-project-competition?ICID=halloween-2021-topbanner

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