The Great Pumpkin Commonwealth's (GPC) mission cultivates the hobby of growing giant pumpkins throughout the world by establishing standards and regulations that ensure quality of fruit, fairness of competition, recognition of achievement, fellowship and education for all participating growers and weigh-off sites.

If your site is interested in joining the GPC, your first step is to contact your regional representative. New sites will be considered based on location, contest date, and its previous history as a contest or festival. Not all sites will necessarily be accepted their first year of a contest.

Your site will need to fill out an application which lists the people involved in coordination of the weighoff, as well as someone with a Bigpumpkins.com user account who will work as a data entry person for the weighoff site. The excel form has an extra tab with an example of how one looks filled out.

Keep in mind that there are three different levels at which a site can join. To see a detailed description of each, as well as the prize payout for this year, check out the Fee and Prize Structure Page.