Jubilee Joe's in Pelham, AL will hold a crawfish eating contest on April 21 awarding $500 to the winner.
The Slawburger Festival will hold a Slawburger eating contest in Fayetteville, TN awarding $500/$200/$100 on April 21. The top woman and Lincoln County resident will also get $100.
The Central Valley Pizza Fest will hold a 28 inch pizza eating contest for two-person teams in Lemoore, CA on Saturday awarding $200/$100/$75
The Dallas Pizza Fest will hold an eating contest on April 15 awarding $250/$100/$50.
Buffalo Thunder Resort & Casino in Santa Fe, NM will hold a mega burger eating contest on April 28 awarding $500/$250/$100.
The Scott Boudin Festival will hold a sausage eating contest in Scott, LA on April 8 awarding $500/$250/$100 to the top 3.
The Southern Hotwing Festival will hold a wing eating contest in Memphis on April 21 awarding $400 to the winner.
Flancer's in Gilbert, AZ will hold a pizza eating contest on April 8 awarding $250 to the winner.
Viewhouse in Denver will hold a hot dog eating contest on April 7 awarding $200 to the winner as part of its baseball opening day celebration.
Taco Bus has extended its qualification period for the El Jefe Burrito Eating Championship until April 4. The contest on April 5 in Tampa will award $2500/$1000/$500.
Flaming Joe's Seafood in Aurora, CO has announced a crawfish eating contest that will award $3000 to the winner. There will be three rounds and the first round will start on March 31. Entrants will need to qualify.
Carseldine Markets in North Brisbane, QLD, Australia will hold a hot cross bun eating contest on March 24 awarding $1000 to the winner.
Cooper's Alehouse in Seattle will hold a Peeps eating contest on March 31 awarding $250 to the winner.
All Pro Eating announced that The Hwy 55 Burgers, Shakes & Fries World Hamburger Eating Championship will return to Crabtree Valley Mall in Raleigh, NC on June 2. The contest format has been changed to a fixed time of 5:55 and the purse will be $2500/$1250/$500/$250. Beard Meats Food reported that Leah Shutkever had received an invitation in a recent podcast with Wayne Algenio an Darron Breeden. (around 19 minute mark)
Leinenkugel's in Kansas City will hold a taco eating contest on March 20 awarding a Jack Daniels electric guitar.
Irish 31 in Tampa will hold a "Guinness Car Bomb Wing Eating Contest" on March 17 awarding $250 to the winner.
The Festival of the Kite at the Redondo (CA) Beach Pier will hold a hot dog on a stick eating contest tomorrow awarding $200 to the winner.
10 Tavern in Washington, DC will hold a 4 round wing eating contest starting tomorrow. The final round on March 31 will award a viewing party for the NCAA Championship basketball game on April 2.
Arooga's at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, CT will hold a wing eating contest on March 10 awarding a $150 Visa gift card. The second round on March 17 will award a $500 Visa gift card. Other Arooga's locations will also hold contests; the total amount of prizes on the circuit is listed as $1,300.
Meatstock will hold sausage eating contests in Melbourne on March 18 and Sydney on May 6 awarding $2000 in cash and prizes.
Denio's in Roseville, CA will hold a corn dog eating contest on March 24 awarding $200/$100/$50 to the top 3 finishers.
Niji Sushi in Sydney, Australia will hold a sushi eating contest on March 19 awarding $500 to the winner and $200 to the runner up. The victor will also receive a flight to Japan if the time of 1:42 is broken for the 1.5 kg meal.
That Meetball Place will hold meatball eating contests in Patchogue, NY and Farmingdale, NY on March 9 awarding $1000 to the winner.
The Fulton, TX Oysterfest will hold an oyster eating contest for men on March 3 and a competition for females on March 4. Both events will award $200/$100/$50 to the top 3.
Jesse "Food Coma" Freeman ate a metre long pizza in under 9 minutes to win the first prize of $1000 Tuesday at Arrivederci Pizza in Brisbane.