title: List of chainsaw carving competitions
text: # List of chainsaw carving competitions
  
  Chainsaw carving competitions are competitive events held all over the world where contestants display their skills in the act of chainsaw carving.
  
  ## Australia
  
  * Australian Chainsaw Carving Championship, Melbourne
  
  ## Canada
  
  * Chetwynd (International) Chainsaw Carving Competition (Championship), Chetwynd, British Columbia held annually since 2005
  * Brigade Days/Hope Chainsaw Carving Competition, Hope, British Columbia, biannually
  * Prince George Chain Saw Carving Competition, Prince George, British Columbia
  
  ## Japan
  
  * Tōei, Aichi, since 2001
  
  ## United Kingdom
  
  * Carve Carrbridge, Carrbridge, Scotland, held annually since 2003
  * English Open Chainsaw Carving Competition, Tatton Park, Cheshire, England, since 2005
  
  ## United States
  
  ### Arkansas
  
  * Arkansas State Championship Chainsaw Carving Competition, Russellville, Arkansas, annually since 2021 on the first weekend of May each year as part of Balloons over Russellville,
  
  ### Alaska
  
  * Seldovia Craft Invitational Chainsaw Competition, Seldovia, Alaska, annually since 2006
  
  ### Montana
  
  * Kootenai Country Montana International Chainsaw Carving Championship, Libby, Montana,
  
  ### Oregon
  
  * Reedsport Chainsaw Carving Competition/Oregon Divisional Chainsaw Sculpting Championship, Reedsport, Oregon, held annually since 2000
  
  ### Pennsylvania
  
  * Chainsaw Carvers Rendezvous, Ridgway, Pennsylvania, held annually since 2000
  
  ### Washington
  
  * Burning Bear, Ocean City, Washington
  * Sedro Woolley Logger-Rodeo (Loggerodeo), Sedro Woolley, Washington, since before 1999
  * Sequim Irrigation Fest, Sequim, Washington, featuring Logging Show since 1989
  * Sand and Sawdust, Ocean Shores, Washington
  * Texas Chainsaw Pumpkin Carving Contest, Fremont Oktoberfest in Seattle since before 2005, draws 30,000 spectators
  
  ### Wisconsin
  
  * US Open Chainsaw Sculpture Championship, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
  