World Pumpkin Carving Championship

Thank you carvers! Thank you judges! Even thank you to the judge that wrote me this to the friendly reminder that his votes were due... "I had planned to make the votes during my summer holiday 2023 (I did expect that would leave plenty of time before the official announcement of the result)". I guess we deserve that. Perhaps the real magic of this year is that the results are posted by the middle of November. I for one don't have Christmas decorations out yet! It was a tight race this year for the podium. The judges had 3 clear favourites. First - with 42 points goes to  Pumpkin G/ House Elf by Melanie Taylor Second  - with 36 points goes to Pumpkin J/ Hocus Pocus  Boookkkk by Mark Taylor Third  - with 32 points goes to  Pumpkin K/ Rub me the right way by Leanne   Congrats on the 1, 2 sweep to the Taylor family!! Can anyone help me with where the trophy has ended up?? Once I have located it I will try to get it to you :)...

Hi guys,  Another great year of pumpkins! Thanks everyone. Hope you all had fun making them and still have 10 fingers :)  Just to re-cap for our judges - the theme was Magical Pumpkins. I was expecting at least one Cinderella carriage but sure missed my guess. For the pumpkins where people had sent me a name I have included it. If yours doesn't have one and you would like to add it just send it to me. Enjoy!! PS. If anyone knows how to stop making the picture on the post overview page stop being huge let me know! I'm new to this program... Pumpkin A Pumpkin B (M agical forest) Pumpkin C (Silly Simon) Pumpkin D Pumpkin E (Abracadabra) Pumpkin F Pumpkin G (H ouse elf) Pumpkin H (M agical gnome) Pumpkin I (Ship eater) Pumpkin J ( Hocus pocus Boookkkk) Pumpkin K (Rub me the right way) Pumpkin L  Pumpkin M Pumpkin N (M agical wand) Pumpkin O ( “Harry Potter accidentally turned into a  pumpkin  by Ron  (don’t worry, Hermione was able to reverse it!)”) Pumpkin P ...