The holiday season is just around the corner so get ready to build your gingerbread house. There are alot of contests out there that you may want to enter. If you think you have a special gingerbread house look at the listings below.
National Contests
Alabama
- City of Opelike Gingerbread House Contest
Entries to be delivered On Thursday and Friday, December 6 and 7, 2012 at:
829 South Railroad Avenue
Opelike, AL
Arizona
- Peoria’s Oldtown Holiday Festival and Gingerbread Competition
Oldtown
Peoria, AZ
- Gingerbread Village
Prescott, AZ
- Greer Gingerbread Contest
November 2012
Greer, AZ
California
- Gingerbread Contest at Coyote Point Museum
Coyote Point Museum
San Mateo, CA
- Discovery Science Center Science of Gingerbread Competition
2500 N. Main Street
Santa Ana, CA 92705
(714) 542-2823
Entries Due By November 26
Displayed From November 23, 2012 – January 6, 2013
- Epilepsy Foundation’s Gingerbread City Gala
Thursday, November 29, 2012
6 PM – 9 PM
Grand Del Mar
5300 Grand Del Mar Court
San Diego, CA 92130
Colorado
- Colorado Gingerbread House Denver Gift Gala
Denver Performing Arts Complex
Speer Boulevard and Arapahoe Street
Denver, CO 80204
Connecticut
- Simsbury Gingerbread House Contest
Application Deadline: November 12, 2012
Simsbury, CT
Florida
- Home Sweet Home: A Gingerbread House Contest
Olde Towne Square
3rd Street NW
Winter Haven, Florida
Georgia
- High School Team Gingerbread Competition
Saturday, November 17
Young Harris, Georgia 30582
(706) 379-9900
Illinois
- Annual Gingerbread FIREhouse Contest
Aurora Regional Fire Museum
Aurora, IL
Indiana
- Brown County Gingerbread Competition
Brown County, IN
November 18 – December 1, 2012
- Gingerbread Village
Display: November 29, 2012 – January 6, 2012
13400 Allisonville Road
Fishers, IN 46038
(317) 776-6000
- Aurora’s Gingerbread House Competition
Saturday, December 1, 2012
The Centre
Evansville, Indiana
Kansas
- Gingerbread House Festival
Friday, November 30, 2012 – Sunday, December 2, 2012
Carnegie Building
200 W. 9th St.
Lawrence, Kansas
(785) 843-7359
Kentucky
- Christmas at the Galt House Hotel Gingerbread House Contest
140 North 4th Street
Louisville, KY 40202
(800) 843-4258
Louisiana
- Lake Charles Gingerbread House Contest
Deadline: November 9, 2012
Display: December 1, 2012 – December 27, 2012
Maryland
- Darnall’s Choice Gingerbread House Contest
14800 Governor Oden Bowie Drive, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772
(301) 952-8010
- Scents and Sweets Competition
Frederick, MD
Massachusetts
- Boston Christmas Festival Gingerbread Contest
Friday – Sunday, November 2 – 4, 2012
Seaport World Trade Center
Boston, MA
- Wenham Museum Gingerbread Express Model Train Layout and Contest
132 Main Street
Wenham, MA 01984
(978) 468-2377
Entrance Date: December 7, 2012
Display: December 8 – 15, 2012
Michigan
- Les Cheneaux Old Fashion Christmas Gingerbread Contest
November 23 and 24, 2012
- Aurora Midwest Gingerbread House Competition
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Aurora, MI
- Annapolis Gingerbread House Contest
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Annapolis, MI
- Caro Gingerbread Village
November 30, 2012 – December 5, 2012
Caro, MI
Mississippi
- Riccland Gingerbread House Contest
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Richland Public Library
Richland, MS
Missouri
- Lydia’s House Gingerbread House Contest
November 17, 2012 – December 2, 2012
Plaza Frontenac Mall
1701 South Lindbergh Boulevard
St. Louis, MO 63131
Montana
- Missoula Gingerbread Contest
November 14 – December 28, 2012
Southgate Mall
Missoula, MT
Nevada
- Boulder City Gingerbread House Competition and Christmas Faire
Saturday, December 8 — Noon – 8 pm
Sunday, December 9 — 10 am – 5 pm
Boulder City Elks Lodge 1217
Nevada Highway, Boulder City, NV
New Jersey
New York
- Gingerbread House Competition of New York
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Wings of Eagles Discovery Center
339 Daniel Zenker Drive
Horseheads, NY 145845
- Dickens Festival Gingerbread Competition
Entry Deadline: November 20, 2012
Display: November 30, 2012 – December 2, 2012
Port Jefferson, NY
- Gingerbread Wonderland Contest
Friday, November 30, 2012 – Sunday, December 9, 2012
353 East Hanover Ave.
Morristown, NJ 07962
North Carolina
- National Gingerbread House Competition
November 17, 2012 – January 2, 2013
The Grove Park Inn
290 Macon Avenue
Asheville, NC 28804
(800) 438-5800
Ohio
- Dayton Holiday Festival
Friday, November 23, 2012
Dayton, OH
Oklahoma
- Global Gingerbread Contest
Tulsa, OK
Oregon
- Gingerbread Jubilee
Deadline: Friday, October 26, 2012
16 S. Bartlett
Medford, OR
(541) 779-3000
Pennsylvania
- PPG Place Gingerbread House
November 16, 2012 through January 7, 2013
- Gingerbread Competition
Friday, November 26, 2012 – January 5, 2013
Peddler’s Village
Routes 202 & 263
Lahaska, Bucks County, PA
(215) 794-4000
- Mrs. Buck’s Sweet Shoppe and Gingerbread Contest
December 1, 2012
Cambria County Historical Society
615 N Center St
Ebensburg, PA
- Bellefonte Victorian Christmas Gingerbread House Contest
December 7 – 9, 2012
Bellefonte, PA
Rhode Island
- Gingerbread Village Competition & Reception
Monday, December 17, 2012
Ocean House
Westerly, RI
South Carolina
- Charleston Gingerbread House Competition
Deadline: October 29, 2012
Edisto Hall
James Island County Park
871 Riverland Drive
Charleston, SC
Tennessee
Texas
- Gingerbread House Decorating Contest
Registration Deadline: November 24, 2012
Display: November 30, 2012 – December 2, 2012
Josey Ranch Lake Library
1700 Keller Springs Road
Carrollton, Texas 75006
Vermont
- Chaffee Art Center Gallery Gingerbread Contest
16 South Main Street
Rutland, VT 05701
(802) 775-0356
November 16, 2012 – January 2013
Virginia
- Kenmore Gingerbread House Contest
Entries Accepted November 25 – 30, 2012
Display: December 1 – 30, 2012
Historic Kenmore
1201 Washington Avenue Fredericksburg, VA 22401
(540) 373-3381
- Virginia Gingerbread House
December 6 – December 9, 2012
Charlottesville, VA
- Gingerbread Contest at George Washington’s Boyhood Home
December 1 – 31, 2013
1300 Courthouse Road
Stafford, VA 22555-0339
(540) 658-8681
- Salem Gingerbread Festival
December 8, 2012
Longwood Park
Salem, VA
Washington
- Port of Bellingham Holiday Port Gingerbread House Contest
Deadline: December 4, 2012
Wisconsin
- Christmas in the Country Gingerbread House Contest
Grand Geveva Resort
Lake Geneva, WI
