{"id":1608,"date":"2014-08-12T10:01:12","date_gmt":"2014-08-12T10:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.whataboutwatermelon.com\/?p=1608"},"modified":"2017-06-12T10:01:42","modified_gmt":"2017-06-12T10:01:42","slug":"2014-watermelon-carving-contest-vote-for-your-favorite-carving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whataboutwatermelon.com\/index.php\/2014\/08\/2014-watermelon-carving-contest-vote-for-your-favorite-carving\/","title":{"rendered":"2014 WATERMELON CARVING CONTEST: VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE CARVING!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4608 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whataboutwatermelon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/pic6.jpg\" alt=\"pic\" width=\"276\" height=\"499\" \/>Six weeks ago, we asked you to submit carvings for our 2014 Watermelon Carving Contest, and you definitely answered the call! We received lots of carvings, and all of them were great, which made it very difficult to choose the first, second and third place winners in each of our five categories:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Animal Carving<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Most Elegant Carving<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Fruit Basket<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Funniest Carving<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Star Spangled Watermelon (patriotic carving)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The folks at the National Watermelon Promotion Board have chosen the winners in each category, and now it\u2019s up to YOU to vote for which carving will win the $500 People\u2019s Choice award.<\/p>\n<p>To vote, stop by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whataboutwatermelon.com\/index.php\/watermelon-carving-contest\/\">2014 Watermelon Carving Contest voting page<\/a> to check out the People\u2019s Choice award contenders and cast your vote before August 31. We\u2019ll announce the People\u2019s Choice winner AND the category winners on September 1. 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