Nominations are now open for the 2023 Holiday Lighting Contest. Take a moment to nominate yourself, a neighbor, a friend or any residential address in the City of Gillette!

Contest Rules

 - All homes in Gillette city limits are eligible.
 - Participants must be at least age 18.

Nominations

 - Nominations must be received by 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 10, 2023.
 - Submit your nomination with just a few clicks through our Online Lighting Contest Entry Form, or send an email to [email protected]  that includes the following:

 - Your Name
 - Address of house to be judged
 - Your Phone number
 - Your Email address
 - A photo of the decorated home

Judge's Choice Awards

 - On December 11, judges from the Campbell County Senior Center will review all nominations and select their Judge’s Choice winners.
 - 1st place receives $300, 2nd place - $200, 3rd place - $100
 - The Senior Center judges will also select the top ten (10) homes to be judged for the People's Choice Awards. On Saturday, December 16, the Gillette News Record will run an article with pictures of the top ten homes. The Gillette News Record and City of Gillette will also post photo albums of the top ten homes on their respective Facebook pages.

People's Choice Awards

 - You can vote by liking the photos in the Facebook photo albums on the Gillette News Record's page and on the City of Gillette's page. These photos will be posted on Facebook on December 16.
 - Deadline for voting is Tuesday, December 19 at 8:00 a.m.
 - You can vote for/like a house in each photo album (both on the News Record Facebook page and the City's Facebook page), and you can vote for as many houses from the top ten as you would like.
 - The total number of likes that each house/address receives will be counted as votes. The votes from both the News Record Photo album and the City of Gillette photo album Facebook will be added up. The homes/addresses with the top three total votes are the People's Choice winners.
 - 1st place receives $300, 2nd place - $200, 3rd place - $100
 - All winners will be announced on Tuesday, December 26.