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I don't know anything about the winner, but I did find this link describing the contest:

https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/132228922/

in which the September 25, 1998 Des Moines Register apparently advertised the contest with the following text (OCRed so some misspellings):


 * Hey, kids. Want to give your folks a scare this Halloween? See if you can get "Goose-bumps" author R.L. Stine to be your English teacher for a day..- Winner of the Brain Juice Terrifying Title Contest will get a visit to his or her school fronf Stine, the best-selling children's book author whose popularity with kids is not always welcomed by parents. To enter the contest, you need to think up an scary title fora new Goosebumps book. You must be between ages 6-12 tjo enter. Send an original story title along with your nameraddress, phone number) age and school to: Brain Juice Terrifying Title Contest, Box 7012, Stacy, Minn. 55078-701?! Entries are due Oct. 8.