It’ll be pretty similar to last year’s contest, which means lots of great prizes and fun categories. And just like last year, the first 25 entrants will AUTOMATICALLY receive a Dexas watermelon cutting board as a bonus participation prize, so get your carvings in to claim your cutting board!
HOW TO ENTER
All you need to do is email a picture of your carving AND a picture of you with your carving (the picture of you with the carving is important) to us before August 4. Check out the carving contest page for more details and instructions.
And yes, you can enter more than one carving. Some folks last year entered a carving in each category, or more than one carving in some categories. (Note: For the bonus participation prize, there’s a limit of one watermelon cutting board per person.)
CARVING CATEGORIES
Here are the five categories in this year’s contest. For creative inspiration, check out the carvings page of the National Watermelon Promotion Board site. And yes, you can complete and enter one or more of the carvings you see on that page
1. Most Elegant – Culinary professionals and highly skilled food artists can knock our socks off. Show us how the experts do it.
2. Best Fruit Basket Carving – A watermelon really can look like two bowls glued together at the rim. Cut it in half, hollow it out and add some flair, and you’ve got a fruit basket!
3. Funniest Carving – We’ve all seen hilarious takes on food, so show us your humor! Comical staging counts, so make us LOL!
4. Best Animal – People love watermelon. Animals love watermelon. People love animals. Show us your best animal made from a watermelon!
5. Star-Spangled Watermelon – Show us your most patriotic carving to help celebrate the National Watermelon Promotion Board’s summer-long Star-Spangled Watermelon promotion. (Check out the website for red, white, and blue carving ideas!)
PRIZES
Each category will feature a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prize. Prizes in each category include: $150 Amazon.com gift card for 1st place, $100 Amazon.com gift card for 2nd place, and $50 Amazon.com gift card for 3rd place. When all the winners have been chosen, we’ll post them here on the blog in August and let the fans choose the “People’s Choice” winner, which will receive a $500 Amazon.com gift card!
There you have it. Start thinking about which carving(s) you’ll make, and send in those pictures soon! For complete contest rules, check out the carving contest Web page. And, if you have any questions before the August 4 deadline, feel free to leave a comment on the blog or email me. Good luck!