JSA Entry Requirements

Jim Story Award: Entry Information

JSA Eligibility Requirements

Entrant must be a current AGS member
Entries must have won 1st or 2nd place in a manipulated gourd category in a State Chapter Show in 2025.
If you have a qualifying entry for both the Single and Multiple Manipulated categories you may submit each one for the 2025 contest. *note: you may submit only one entry per category.
Submit a separate form for each entry.
Entries are dried manipulated gourds that have been cleaned,** with no added finish
Entries may have multiple manipulation techniques, such as knotted and molded, coiled and molded or etched while green. Use your imagination.
Multiple manipulated gourds are manipulated so that they are inseparable.
Multiple manipulated entries may also have been grown in different years, such as a green gourd manipulated around a previously grown & dried manipulated gourd. Once both gourds are dried the entry is eligible.

**See Green Cleaning educational document below

What You Need for Your Entry

Complete the Jim Story Award Entry Form. Save the form on your computer and add your last name to the file name. Note: submit one form for each entry. Please provide sufficient information to inform the judges of the challenges and techniques you used to create your entry.
Provide several high quality photos of the entry. At least one photo is desired from each side, the stem end and blossom end of the gourd. (Optional - one photo of the gourd with you)
- See the tutorial "How to Photograph Your Gourd for the Jim Story Award" below
Photos of the gourd during the growing and manipulating process inform the judges on the time and effort involved. These are optional, but helpful.

How to Submit Your Entry

Submit the completed application form (Fill-in-the-blank form above) by sending as an attachment to an email to [email protected]
6 or more high quality photos to [email protected]
Alternatively, you may send these items by USPS mail to AGS Membership, PO Box 2186, Kokomo, IN 46904-2186
Submission Due Date: NOVEMBER 30th

2025 Jim Story Entry Application
2025 Jim Story Award Rules