Pikes Peak Whittlers
42nd Annual Woodcarving and Woodworking Show
October 10th and 11th, 2026
Show Rules and Regulations
General
General
- Table space and electrical outlets are limited, so sign up early. Reservations are taken on a "first-come-first-served basis.
- All tables must be manned during all show hours. Please do not dismantle exhibits before 4:00 p.m. Sunday.
- All tables must be covered, and exhibitors must provide their own table covering. Table covers must cover the top and three sides of the table, reaching to the floor. No staples, pins, or tape shall be used on the tables, except tape supplied by the Pikes Peak Whittlers.
- No woodburning or pyrography inside the building.
- In order to maintain a certain standard for the show, the show chairman, or officers of Pikes Peak Whittlers may request that the show chairman remove anything that is objectionable in carving, wording, or presentation. This pertains to items on display at your table as well as items on the Awards Table. Competition and Awards
- You must be present to be eligible to enter the competition.
- A limit of two entries, per category, per individual is allowed.
- If you have registered for at least a half-table space, the cost per entry is $5.00 or unlimited entries for $20.00 (still only two entries per category) for all adult carvers. Under 18, the cost to enter is free.
- If you don’t have a table, your first entry is $20.00 for PPW members ($25 for non-members). Additional entries at the normal rate of $5.00 each or an additional $20.00 for unlimited entries (still only two entries per category) for all adult carvers.
- Participants of “Guest Tables” (free tables offered to promote other clubs) are not eligible to compete. You may sell at your table.
- PLEASE DON’T TOUCH any of the carvings on the awards table, including your own. Items can be sold but must not be touched or removed from the Awards Table until 4:00 p.m. on Sunday. Any items removed before 4:00 p.m. on Sunday will be disqualified from any awards.
- Competition will be open competition. That is, we will award ribbons in each category for Novice carvers. Awarding ribbons in all skill levels is at the judge’s discretion. You may compete in only one skill level.
- All competition applicants must declare their skill level classification on their competition entry registration application.
- Entries must be completely and solely the work of the individual, including the carving, woodburning, painting, etc., and must have been completed during the past year. All entries will be of wood, except for the Gourd division and Scrimshaw. Carvings from rough-outs are permitted only in the Rough Out category (9A). Novice and Intermediate carvers may enter pieces they completed as part of a class in the Class Piece category (9B).
- Entries may be unfinished, painted, clear finished, burned, or any combination thereof.
- Cast metal or plastic bills on birds are not permitted. Cast metal legs are permitted only in the Novice category. Glass eyes and metal/epoxy handmade legs are permitted, and metal/epoxy handmade deer or elk antlers are also permitted.
- If there are fewer than two carvings in a category, a carving may be moved to a related category, or to the open category, at the discretion of the judges/officials.
- The judges’/officials’ determinations are made according to the Pikes Peak Whittlers standards and will not be subject to review.
- Disputes regarding which category an entry will be placed in will be the responsibility of the entry judges/officials, in accordance with entry standards. Judges/officials may change an entry to a category that they deem more appropriate.
- Ribbons won at any other show/competition may not be displayed at this show – only ribbons won at previous PPW shows.
- Entries for the competition can be submitted starting Friday afternoon and will end on Saturday at 9:45am, in accordance with the published schedule.
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