Pumpkin Carving Contest 2023

🎃 Pumpkin Carving Contest Winners Announcement 🎃

Greetings, creative carvers, and pumpkin aficionados! It's time to unveil the winners of our Pumpkin Carving Contest. Brace yourselves for the amazing skills these participants brought to the table!

🏆 1st Place - Forkee

🎁 Choice of Orange/black parrot, octopus, or monkey. (delivered)

- Forkee, congratulations on being our top pumpkin artist! Send a petition entitled “FAO Clotho” requesting your pick from our selection of colorful companions.

🥈 2nd Place - Lelani

🎁 Choice of standard sleeping pet. (delivered)

- Lelani, you've earned second place! Now, which cozy critter will join you in your pirate hideaway? Send a petition entitled “FAO Clotho” requesting your pick!

🥉 3rd Place (Tied) - Sonicbang and Missyfiercer

🎁 Your creations have earned you both a Pumpkinseed sloop. Set sail on the seas of creativity! Make sure to trade the deed to an alt and back to update the property.

🎖️ Honorable Mentions - Greyladyy and Cattrin

🎁 Orange Skelly Chest and Jack o'Lantern.

- Greyladyy and Cattrin, your carving skills are commendable! Claim your treasures—an orange skelly chest and a grinning Jack o'Lantern.

🎃 Participation Awards

- Dgk, Grimmreefer, Kriosx, Ameba

- 🎁 Large pumpkin and Jack o'Lantern for each of you brave carvers who added a festive touch to our community.

To everyone who participated, your creativity has added a delightful spirit to our community. Until the next contest, may your lanterns glow bright and your pumpkins continue to bring joy! 🚢🎨👻

In addition to these prizes, everyone gets a miniature pumpkin trinket as a memento. More prizes to come; stay tuned!

Grimmreefer received a Clotho doll!
Lelani received a Hera doll!
Greyladyy received a Demeter doll!

Prizes

1st: Orange/black parrot, octopus, or monkey.
2nd: Choice of standard sleeping pet.
3rd: Orange and black Pumpkinseed sloop.

Honorable mentions will receive prizes such as orange or black trinkets, clothes, or furniture. Additional prizes may be added depending on participation.

In addition to the main judging, it has become traditional for OMs to look through the thread and award eggs or dolls to entries that particularly please them!

What to do

Get ready for a creative adventure!

Obtain a real pumpkin. If pumpkins are not available where you live, you can use any type of gourd, squash, melon, watermelon, or any pumpkin-like fruit or vegetable.
Create a Puzzle Pirates design for your pumpkin or pumpkin-like base.
Create a card or slip of paper (handwritten, typed, or printed) that includes your pirate name, ocean, and the year (2023).

Carve and Photograph:

Carve the design onto your selected pumpkin or pumpkin-like base.
Take at least two photos during the carving process to showcase your work. Include the identification card in each photo to confirm it's your original creation (no photoshopping).
Capture at least one lit and one unlit photo of your finished creation. Again, include your pirate's name and ocean on a card in the photo.
Host your images on Imgur or any other platform that doesn't require an account.

Participate!

Submit your entry in the entry thread with a minimum of four photos per entry (two of the creation process, one lit, and one unlit). Make sure they include the card with your pirate name, ocean, and year.
Note that only the lit image needs to be shown in the submission thread; any others can be provided as links.
You may upload or show more images, but only the first lit image will be used in judging (make sure to add your best image as the first one!).
Double-check your entry to ensure you have working links to each entry, following the template below.

Entry Template to copy:

== Pirate Name / Ocean ==

* [https://YOURIMAGE.png Creation image with card]
* [https://YOURIMAGE.png Creation image with card]
* [https://YOURIMAGE.png Unlit image with card]

<gallery> Lit Image:
File:YOUR_IMAGE_UPLOADED_TO_YPPEDIA.png
</gallery><be>

Judging Criteria

Judging will be based on the creativity and cleverness of design, the quality and detail of carving, and the overall effect of the lit pumpkin. Take care of shadows, flashes, focus, and detail.

=> Remember, the LIT pumpkin is the photo being used for judging.

Other Rules

Other rules

Only one entry per player
Only one pumpkin per carving
Carvings must be original and your own and may not be designs submitted to other contests
Avoid excessive decorations. There’s no additional credit for decorating or dressing your pumpkin in ways other than carving - and if it detracts from the carving itself, you could even lose marks!
Feel free to use or modify commercial patterns, but you are unlikely to score highly on creativity if you do so!

So, what arrr ye waitin' fer? Get carvin'!

Questions about the event? Use the discussion page!

Pumpkin Carving Contest 2023