Monday, July 29, 2019

Vermont Pumpkin Chuckin' Festival - A Best Fall Festival

We have some good news to pass along. A panel of experts has nominated the Vermont Pumpkin' Chuckin' Festival for the 10 Best Fall Festival Category.

Thank you very much USA Today. We are very proud to be included in this list of 20 great Fall Festival nominees. We'll keep our fingers crossed, our trebuchets locked and loaded, and our pumpkins in the sling.

Here below is the link were you can vote in the contest and check-out all the 20 nominees:

If all of Vermont got behind us we might have a chance in this contest. Go Green Mountain State!

Update: Apparently you can vote every day in this contest. Here's the note that pops up after you vote:  "You can cast a vote in each category every day."

The contest will close at noon Aug. 26. The winners will be revealed Sept. 6th.

** USA Today 10 Best Fall Festivals **

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Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2019 5:32 PM
To: Dave Jordan 
Subject: Vermont Pumpkin Chuckin' Festival photo request

NOT for immediate release. Under embargo until MONDAY, JULY 29 at noon ET.

Congratulations!

A panel of experts and 10Best editors have chosen the Vermont Pumpkin Chuckin' Festival as a nominee for our 2019 10Best Readers' Choice travel awards for the Best Fall Festival category. The contest launches on Monday, July 29, and we wanted to give you a heads-up.

Read more about the contest here and look over the contest rules here.

What you can do before the contest launches:

  • Send me a high-res, horizontal image you'd like to accompany your blurb by Sunday, July 28 (these should be images that you own rights to that Gannett and its affiliates, licensees, and content partners can use)
  • Prepare a press release announcing your nomination
  • Think about how to share your nomination on social media, and remember to tag @10Best

Here's what you can expect from us during and after the contest:
  • Contest posted on Facebook and Twitter, with all nominees tagged in each
  • Contest categories promoted in a newsletter to our subscribers
  • Winners tagged on Facebook and Twitter
  • An Instagram post tagging the winner
  • A pin on Pinterest linking back to the top 10 winners
  • Articles promoting voting and the top 10 winners on 10Best.com with promotion on USA TODAY Travel and local Gannett media outlets
  • Possible expanded content covering the first place finisher (we work with winners on a case by case basis to produce articles, videos, slideshows, etc.)

Keep an eye out for an official contest announcement next week, and in the mean time, don't hesitate to reach out with any questions or concerns.

Best,
Lydia Schrandt
Contractor, Sr. Photo Editor/Readers' Choice Production Manager, 10Best

Wednesday, July 17, 2019

List of 2019 Pumpkin Chuckin' Events

Last updated: September 14, 2019

Courtesy of The Hurl website and checked with some other sources here's a list of Fall Pumpkin Chuckin' Festivals.

The big news is that the World Championships of Punkin Chuckin is moving from Delaware to Rantoul, Illlinois, November 1-3.

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September 2019

September 21-22
Punkin Chunkin Colorado
Location : Aurora, CO
Website : https://www.auroragov.org/things_to_do/events/punkin_chunkin_colorado

September 28
Burlington Pumpkin Pitch
Location : Burlington, WA
Website : https://www.burlington-chamber.com/events/

September 29
Vermont Pumpkin Chuckin' Festival
Location : Stoweflake Resort, Stowe, VT
Website : http://vtpumpkinchuckin.blogspot.com/

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October 2019

October 12
Howard County Punkin Chunkin Fall Festival
Location : Howard, PA
Website : http://www.howardfire.com/punkin--chunkin--fall-festival.html

October 18
Last Fling Pumpkin Sling
Location : Picatinny Arsenal, NJ
Website : http://www.pumpkinsling.com/index.html (It should be noted that this looks to be a schools-only competition)

October 19
1000 Islands Punkin Chunkin
Location : Clayton, NY
Website : http://www.1000islands-clayton.com/punkinchunkinclayton/

October 19
La Jara Smash Fest
Location : La Jara, CO
Website : https://www.facebook.com/La-Jara-Smash-Fest-227614161319293/

October 19-20
Great Pumpkin Fest
Location : Union Grove, WI
(their website has not updated with this year's dates yet, still looks like its on)

October 19-20
Clay County Punkin Chunkin
Brasstown, NC
Website: https://www.claychambernc.com/alpha-pages/punkin-chunkin-2018/

October 25 (??, yes, currently says on Friday)
Pumpkin Chuck Dayton
Location : Riverside, OH (National Museum of the USAF)
Website : https://www.facebook.com/PumpkinChuckDayton/

October 26
Route 66 Punkin Chunkin
Location : Vinita, OK
Website : https://vinitaareachamberofcommerce.wildapricot.org/event-2892515
(site has not yet been updated with the 2019 date)

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November 2019

November 1-3
World Championships of Punkin Chunkin
Location : Rantoul, IL
Website : https://www.punkinchunkin.com/

November 2
Pumpkin Blast
Location : Meridianville, AL
Website : http://www.pumpkinblast.com/

November 2
Discovery Cube Pumpkin Launch
Location : Fullerton, CA (Cal State Fullerton campus)
(site not updated yet, but they have confirmed to hurlingforum)

Wednesday, July 10, 2019

Music at 2019 Vermont Pumpkin Chuckin' Festival

This year at the 11th annual VTPC we will be honored to have these outstanding musicians performing on Sunday, September 29th, 2019, at the Stoweflake Mountain Resort:

House Dunn

House Dunn

John Smyth

John Smyth

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Only 81 days until the 11th Annual Vermont Pumpkin Chuckin' Festival.