The deadline to enter the Oxford County Library's Storybook Pumpkin Contest is Sunday October 30th.
OXFORD - It's the last call to enter the Oxford County Library's Storybook Pumpkin Contest.
The library is inviting everyone to decorate a pumpkin like a character from their favourite book or story and send in a picture of it for a prize, and you have until Sunday October 30th to do so.
To enter, all you have to do is snap a photo of your pumpkin, and send it to any of the Oxford County Library social media pages, or e-mail it directly to any of the branches.
The prizes will remain a surprise, but they will be available for each category. The age ranges are 0-6, 7-12, 13-17, and 18+. There is also a staff category for the local library branches to get creative and compete against each other. The Ingersoll staff submission is pictured above.
Shannon Van Herzele, the Literacy and Innovation Specialist at the Ingersoll Branch, explains why the contest is such a hit every year.
"It's just a fun way to combine stories and readers' advisory and some creativity for the whole family. The participants are asked to tell us about something that they like about their character or the story that they chose, so it sort of acts like a mini readers' advisory and it may help other people find new characters and new books to explore."
More information is available here.

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