The spooky season is back, leaves are turning beautifully colorful, and one needs no more excuses to hide in a LEGO room and build! Let’s see what this month has to offer in regards to contests, challenges and other little inspirational building prompts!
We’ve listed them in order of deadline so you can plan your building time wisely—especially in a month that always seems to fly by. Be sure to check the LEGO activity calendar for local challenges and events near you. Some of our fondest memories, proudest builds, coolest trophies, and strongest friendships started with a contest entry, so we hope you’ll jump in and give one (or two) a try.
LEGO Ideas is asking for a haunting! Well, haunting creations that is – so get your bricks, get creative and build something athmospheric for Halloween!
Deadline: October 14th
Prizes: Five Grand Prize winners will receive 11383 Mayor Manor, 21369 The X-Files, 21351 Disney Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, 40872 Halloween Pumpkin Lantern, 40883 Halloween Skull Candle, 21349 Tuxedo Cat, 21361 Gremlins Gizmo, and 40825 Halloween Wreath
Where to enter: LEGO Ideas
It’s officially Spooky Season! Celebrate with the usual minifigure habitat format for some spooky fun MOCs. This year there are fun optional daily prompts as well as a new 16×16 category for those that want to be extra creative!
Deadline: October 23rd to 25th
Prizes: TBA!
Where to enter: Instagram
BrickCentral: The Thing from Another World
Borrowing its title from a famous movie this month’s BrickCentral challenge can really be about anything: Cute aliens, evil aliens, creatures, things, objects – just use your imagination!
Deadline: October 28th
Prizes: Just the fun of building with LEGO!
Where to enter: Threads & Discord
MOCtober 2026
With a daily prompt for each day of October, there is no lack of inspiration to have a bit of fun building this month!
Deadline: October 31st
Prizes: Just the fun of building with LEGO!
Where to enter: Instagram
LEGO Speeder Bikes: “Spindlejack” Challenge
The LEGO Speeder Bike rally is back, and this time the emphasis is on “bikes” – airbikes to be precise. The prompt is simple: Build a messenger and their airbike – and have fun!
Deadline: November 2nd
Prize: Just the fun of building speeder bikes!
Where to enter: Flickr and Instagram
Creations for Charity is not a contest, but a prompt for something much more important: Donating MOCs to raise money to donate LEGO sets to underprivileged children around the world.
Reimbursement of cost of parts or shipping is possible if needed.
Go build a creation or donate an existing one to make this Christmas a special one!
Deadline: November 30th
Prize: Knowing you made the difference for an underprivileged child!
Where to donate: Creations for Charity Website & Donation Form
The Colossal Castle Contest is coming back soon! Join the fun with one of the longest-running annual LEGO contests out there!
Coming on: November 1st
Prize: TBA
Where to enter: Classic-castle.com
Do you have what it takes to be a Dragonslayer? Do you deserve a place at the round table with some of the best medieval builders out there? Join the epic Brickscalibur contest coming next month!
Coming on: November 1st
Prize: Each category offers custom-built prizes that will be unveiled during the first weeks of Brickscalibur.
Where to enter: Discord or the Brickscalibur website
Nerdvember is only a month away! What will be our theme? What will Nerdly be up to? Stay tuned and get ready to build for this most nerdy of contests!
Coming on: November 1st
Prizes: Prizes will be announced November 1st
Where to enter: Flickr or Instagram
Happy building! See you here next month for our next LEGO community contest list. And if you would like us to add a contest, please email dave@bricknerd.com.
What are your experiences with LEGO contests? Are there any you know of that we missed? Leave your thoughts in the comments below.
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