PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sept. 24, 2025

CVB Contact: Sheila Snow
Phone: 318.387.5691
E-mail: ssnow@monroe-westmonroe.org

Discover Monroe-West Monroe Announces 5th Annual MWM Pumpkin Decorating Contest

MONROE-WEST MONROE, La. – Discover Monroe-West Monroe (DMWM) is bringing back its pumpkin decorating contest to Ouachita Parish!

The 5th Annual MWM Pumpkin Decorating Contest will take place starting Wednesday, Oct. 1 through Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. Individuals, businesses, or organizations throughout Ouachita Parish can carve, decorate, or paint their pumpkins.

This year’s theme is Spooky Sports Tourism. The decorated pumpkin can represent any sport that participants choose. DMWM is encouraging participating pumpkin artists to decorate around the spirit of wheelchair basketball to celebrate the National Wheelchair Basketball Championships that’s coming to the Twin Cities in March 2026.

Participants of the contest are instructed to drop off their completed pumpkins at DMWM’s office between Oct. 1 – Oct. 29, 2025, during business hours: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Winners will be announced on Halloween 2025. All participants who turn in a pumpkin will receive a small prize.

Contact Public Relations and Media Coordinator Kenya Ross for more information at kross@monroe-westmonroe.org
or 318-460-4687.

About Discover Monroe-West Monroe

Discover Monroe-West Monroe promotes Ouachita Parish as a destination for leisure travel, conventions, meetings and sporting events, creating a positive economic impact for our local community through increased visitor spending and sales tax collections. For more information about Discover Monroe-West Monroe, visit https://www.monroe-westmonroe.org/