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The 2015 Grand Prize Non-professional category winner Sarah Boumphrey with her gingerbread replica of the Burrito Buggy. (Photo by Joel Prince)

Uptown for the Holidays Gingerbread Competition Open for Entries


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The 2015 Grand Prize Professional category winner Nancy Mingus with her replica of the Kidwell Covered Bridge. Mingus has won this category every year since the competition began in 2013. (Photo by Joel Prince)
The 2015 Grand Prize Professional category winner Nancy Mingus with her replica of the Kidwell Covered Bridge. Mingus has won this category every year since the competition began in 2013. (Photo by Joel Prince)

The fourth annual Uptown for the Holidays Gingerbread House Display and Competition is now open for entries online at www.athensgingerbread.com.

New this year is an additional grand prize of $250 for the best gingerbread replica of 24 W. State Street, new home for the Southeast Ohio History Center, formerly the Athens County Historical Society and Museum.

Prize money has increased to a total of $2,450 in nine different categories. Two grand prizes of $500 each and one grand prize of $250 will be awarded in addition to six first prizes of $200 awarded in other categories.

The entry deadline is Nov. 1 with entries to be delivered and judged on Dec. 1 at the Southeast Ohio History Center, 24 W. State Street, Athens.

Entries will be on display at the Southeast Ohio History Center, 24 W. State Street and in some uptown windows from Dec. 2-30.

Complete information, contest rules, entry form and photos of past entries are available at www.athensgingerbread.com. Direct any questions to athensgingerbread@gmail.com.