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.
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