29th Annual Gingerbread Contest

29th Annual Uptown Gingerbread Contest 

Thanks to the generosity of the Friends of the Port Townsend Library and PT Mainstreet.

2023 Gingerbread Contest Winners

People's Choice: #7 Union Pier by Atilla Mitrovich

Most Creative: #16 When No One’s Looking by Anora Kuzma

Most Literary: #21 The Lake Isle of Innisfree a W.B. Keats Poem by Maeve Kenney & Hazel Windstrom

Housing for All: #12 Santa Kayaks the Salish Sea by Sephanie Loomis

Children 12 & Under:  #15 The House with the Chicken Legs by Cabet Kuzma

Prizes are awarded in five categories:

- Children 12 & under

- Most Creative

- Most Literary

- People’s Choice

- Housing for All

Gingerbread kits available: November 20 - November 30

Voting takes place: December 11 - December 18

Winners will be announced: December 22

Entries must be picked up by January 2nd.

Please provide your project with a family friendly name and contact details below. Your “house” footprint (size) should be limited to 18”x18”. There is no height limit.

All “houses” must be made from entirely edible pieces. Feel free to use real gingerbread or graham crackers.

Entries will be accepted from December 1st - 10th, 2023. Judging will take place December 11th - 19th, 2023 by Sally Robbins. Please drop off your Gingerbread House to the Port Townsend Library during library hours at 1220 Lawrence Street.

Winners will be announced Dec. 22nd, 2023. Call the library at 385-3181 with questions.