30th Annual Gingerbread Contest

Gingerbread Contest Art

30th Annual Uptown Gingerbread Contest 

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

Prizes are awarded in four categories:

- Children 12 & under

- Most Creative

- Most Literary

- People’s Choice

Gingerbread kits available: November 18th - November 30th

Submissions accepted: December 1st - December 8th

Judging takes place: December 9th - December 16th

Winners will be announced by: December 20th

Entries must be picked up by: Friday, January 3rd

Juror: Mayor David J. Faber.

Please give your project with a family-friendly name, and provide your contact details. 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-8th, 2024. Judging will take place December 9th - 16th.  This years juror is Mayor David J. Faber.  Please drop off your Gingerbread House to the Port Townsend Library during library hours at 1220 Lawrence Street.

Winners will be announced Dec. 20th, 2024. Call the library at 385-3181 with questions.

 

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

 

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People's Choice: #7 Union Pier featuring Gunther the Whale 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
12 and Under: #15 The House with the Chicken Legs by Cabet Kuzma