What About Watermelon?

It’s no secret that I enjoy carving watermelon almost as much as I enjoy eating it, which is why I’m excited to announce the start of the National Watermelon Promotion Board’s Fourth Annual Watermelon Carving Contest!

Like last year’s contest, the prizes are pretty awesome. Each category will feature a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prize. Prizes 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 in each category. When all the winners have been chosen, we’ll post them here on the blog and let the fans choose the “People’s Choice” winner, which will receive a $500 Amazon.com gift card!

Also, the first 25 entrants will automatically receive a bonus participation prize – the Dexas watermelon cutting board. That’s right, you get a prize just for entering!

Here’s how the contest works:

Carve a watermelon between now and August 4 and send a picture of the carving AND a picture of you posing with the carving to jslice@whataboutwatermelon.com. On August 4, a special panel of judges will choose three finalists in each of these five categories:

– Most Elegant Carving
– Best Fruit Basket Carving
– Funniest Carving
– Best Animal Carving
– Best Watermelophant

I know what you’re thinking: What’s a Watermelophant? A Watermelophant is one of the food animals co-starring in the upcoming movie Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (in theaters September 27). By partnering with Feeding America, the movie’s produce partners are helping to solve hunger by donating thousands of pounds of fresh produce to families and children in need.

I’ll show you how to carve a Watermelophant in a blog entry next month. In the meantime, feel free to check it out on the National Watermelon Promotion Board website.

So there you have it! For complete contest rules, check out the carving contest web page. And, of course, if you have any questions along the way, feel free to leave a comment on the blog or email me. Good luck!