WSIA Sun Cup and WSCA Craft Cannabis Cup: Washington's Sun-Grown Showdowns
Two Washington State contests celebrate cannabis grown under the open sky. Their names are similar but their hosts are different, and the sources leave a few questions open.
- 148results on record
- 2018–2024years in our data
- 7editions
- 89matched to strains
- Seattle, WAlatest location
01Beginnings: two cups, one sunny idea
This page covers two separate Washington competitions for outdoor growers and keeps them apart on purpose. The first is the Sun Cup, a yearly contest between outdoor farms run by the Washington SunGrowers Industry Association, usually shortened to WSIA1. The Stranger identifies Jeremy Moberg, owner of CannaSol Farms, as the founder of the WSIA1. The same writer counts Moberg among the people who persuaded the state to allow outdoor cultivation in the first place, which helps explain why a sun-grown contest exists at all1.
The second is the Craft Cup, hosted by the Washington Sun and Craft Growers Association, or WSCA2. The name is close to the WSIA's, but the sources do not say whether the two groups are related, so that question stays open here.
02The story so far
The clearest picture of the Sun Cup comes from The Stranger's coverage of the 2019 edition. According to Moberg, about 30 farms entered that year1. The year the contest began is not documented in the sources. The 2019 Best Overall award went to CannaSol Farm's 9lb Hammer1.
That year also brought a small controversy. CannaSol won three categories, and Moberg himself received an Outstanding Cannabis Advocate award, which raised eyebrows because he founded the host group1. His response was that the WSIA board chose to honour him and that he had not known it was coming1.
The Craft Cup has a clearer recent timeline. Its 8th annual edition was held on 21 April 2024, with 43 companies competing across 18 categories2. The day and month come from the article, and the year is inferred from the June 2024 issue in which the piece ran2.
03Culture: blind bags, big thanks
Judging is central to how both events present themselves. At the 2019 Sun Cup, the judges were budtenders and influencers, and judging was fully blind: each judge received only a black bag marked with a number1. The Craft Cup put the emphasis on openness. Its organisers chose 67 budtender judges from more than 200 applicants and described the process as transparent judging2.
The 2024 Craft Cup thanked its supporting sponsors and named Agro Couture as the title sponsor2. Because it fell the day after 4/20, the event sat neatly inside the spring cannabis calendar, and the writer closed with a cheer for sun-growers everywhere2.
For consumers, The Stranger's writer says that following Sun Cup winners led him to some of his favourite farms, including Kiona Gardens and Eagle Trees1.
04Where things stand
The most recent dated source for the Craft Cup is an article from the June 2024 issue of Northwest Leaf, which reports on the 8th annual event2. It sends readers to sunandcraft.org/craftcup for results. That site was not checked for this page, so any later editions are not documented here2.
For the Sun Cup, the most recent edition covered in the sources is 2019, as reported by The Stranger1. The sources do not say whether the contest has run since then. Readers who want current information should check with the organisers directly.
05What comes next
The sources used for this page contain no announced plans for either the Sun Cup or the Craft Cup. Future dates, formats and any link between the two host groups are not documented, and this page does not speculate about them.
The results, in our data
CannaLib holds 148 results from this cup across 7 years (2018 to 2024), 89 of them matched to a strain in the catalogue.
Recent first-place strains
| Year | Strain | Category | Entrant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Cosmic Charlie | Best CBD Flower (blinded) | Raven |
| 2024 | Gmo | Best Hash (blinded) | Krakin Charas |
| 2024 | Strawberryyo Gurt | Best Rosin (blinded) | Krakin Charas |
| 2024 | Banana Runtz | Best Rosin Carts (blinded) | Mad Mark |
| 2024 | Aliens On Moonshine | Best CBD Carts (blinded) | Lazy Bee |
| 2024 | Blueberry Frost | Best Dry Cured Dab (blinded) | Agro Couture |
| 2024 | Apple Zauce | Best Live Resin Dab (blinded) | Lazy Bee |
| 2021 | Rolexx | Best full-term sungrown flower | Eagle Trees |
| 2021 | Slurricane | Best light-dep sungrown flower | Lazy Bee Gardens |
| 2021 | Harlequin | Best CBD flower | Washington Bud Company |
| 2021 | Tropicana Cookies | Best indoor and greenhouse-grown flower | Good Good Garden |
| 2021 | Malibu Marsha | Best solvent-free rosin | No Mids |
| 2021 | Remedy | Best CBD cartridge | Puffin Farms |
| 2021 | Wedding Cake | Best THC cartridge | Lazy Bee Gardens |
Editions on record
- 2019 · Seattle, WA (private event, downtown)
- 2020 · Online (Facebook Live)
- 2021 · Washington (format/venue not stated)
- 2024 · Seattle, WA
Sources
- Hey Stoners, You Should Pay Attention to Who Wins Washington's Sun Cup (The Stranger)
- Craft Cup: Celebrating Sun-Grown, Craft Cannabis (Leaf Nation / Northwest Leaf)
Written from the sources above and checked on 2026-10-29. Spot an error? Tell us on the contact page.