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     House Contest


14800 Governor Oden Bowie Drive, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772
301-952-8010; TTY 301-446-3302; Fax 301-952-1773
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Annual Gingerbread Contest

Gingerbread House Contest Beckons Bakers

Get ready to pre-heat the oven, pull out the cookie sheet and pastry bag and enter the 10th Annual Gingerbread House Contest and Show sponsored by Darnall's Chance House Museum. The contest is divided into two categories - adult and child (ages 8-16). The Gingerbread House Committee will award ribbons for 1st, 2nd, 3rd place and Honorable Mention in each category. Ribbons for the Most Creative will also be presented. The Viewer's Choice Awards (which are given to one adult and one child entry) will be selected by viewer voting and each winning entry will receive a $250 gift card!

Entry form for the 2009 Gingerbread House Contest

  • Rules and Regulations for Contestants
  • Photos of Winners from 2008 Contest

  • GINGERBREAD HOUSE PHOTOS - 2008 WINNERS
    To see a larger version of the images, click on the small thumbnail to the left.

    2008 Viewer’s Choice Winners

    Gingerbread HouseChild Category
    Santa’s Spa at the North Pole by Brian Holt

    Gingerbread HouseAdult Category
    Home for Christmas by Mary Elliott

    Adult Division

    Gingerbread HouseFirst Place Award
    Santa’s Favorite Ornament by Ami Hazell

    Gingerbread HouseSecond Place Award
    Reindeer Loft by Pat Cranford

    Gingerbread HouseThird Place Award and Viewer's Choice Award
    Home for Christmas by Mary Elliott

    Gingerbread HouseHonorable Mention
    Showplace Arena by Joan Ridgley

    Gingerbread HouseMost Creative
    Curious and More Curious… by Diana Hugue

    Gingerbread House Santa’s Tree Toppers by Faye Kepner

    Gingerbread House Welcome to Whoville by Patricia Bartolillo

    Gingerbread House Mickey’s Watch Factory by Rachel Lyle-Cranford

    Gingerbread House Bavarian Christmas by Rachel Spiker

    Gingerbread HousePeace by Janina L. Hnatyshyn

    Gingerbread HouseBed and Breakfast by Nicole Patterson

    Gingerbread HouseYuletide European Fishing Village by Nicole Heide

    Gingerbread HouseGingerbread House by Lisa Garrett

    Child Division

    Gingerbread HouseFirst Place Award and Viewer's Choice
    Santa’s Spa at the North Pole by Brian Holt

    Gingerbread HouseSecond Place Award and Most Creative
    Worst. Christmas. Ever. by Andie Pavlat

    Gingerbread HouseThird Place Award
    A Christmas Village by Bronwyn Lewandowski

    Gingerbread HouseHonorable Mention
    So maybe it wasn’t a reindeer… by Tommy Pavlat

    Gingerbread HouseSanta’s Skate by John Berard

    Gingerbread HouseSuper Christmas by Matthew Pavlat








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