Competition Overview 

The iconic 2024 Ekka Giant Pumpkin Competition presented by Pillow Talk has been won with a record breaking entry! To see full results click here

To view and download images from our Giant Pumpkin presentation gallery click here

Entries for the 2025 competition will open early next year and will offer more than $3,400 in prize money, including $1,000 for the heaviest pumpkin over 350kg!

The competition features two classes, testing the growing skills of farmers, students and gardeners to see who can harvest the heaviest giant pumpkin.

The competition record is currently held by Downlands College from Toowoomba, whose monster entry in this year's competition of 368.5kg smashed the previous record of 261.5kg set in 2015.

Entries for the 2025 competition will open in October 2024.

Watch the latest episode of Ekka TV and all of the competition highlights from the 2024 competiton

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Contact Competition Support
Name: Mai Tominaga
Phone: 07 3253 3936