ART

• Entries can include items like woodwork, painting, drawing, sculpture, and weaving.
• No tracing allowed.

CRAFTS

• Entries can include decorative wreaths, ceramics, ornaments, craft kits, and paper art.

PHOTOGRAPHY

• Prints must be submitted for entry.
• Entries may be in color or black and white.
• Maximum size for a single photo is 8”x10”.
• All photos must be mounted on cardstock, mat, poster board, construction paper, or foam core.
• The maximum size of a mounted photograph should be 12”x14”.
• No frames allowed.
• Selfies may also be included.

MODELS

• Group 1: Kit Model – can include LEGO, Kynex, or other commercially produced items.
• Group 2: Physical Model – a handcrafted representation of an object like a building, mountain, landscape, watershed, etc.
• Group 3: Freeform Model - any commercially produced items not following a set of designs or instructions.

NEEDLEWORK & SEWING

• Needlework entries can include needlepoint, knitting, embroidery, crochet, hook rugs, and cross stitch.
• Needlepoint, embroidery, cross stitch – back of work should be neat with no loose threads.
• Knitting, crocheting – even stitches, appropriate yarn weight and gauge, clean.
• Hook rugs – loops should go in the same direction, tight threads of the same length, finished edges.
• Needlework judging criteria:  neatness, cleanliness, pressed, finished edges, and uniform stitches.
• Sewing entries can include clothing, house wares, quilting, purses, and totes.
• Stitches should be the same size, no loose threads, and have binding.

BAKED GOODS

• No mixes allowed.
• Baked goods may include the following:
  Yeast Bread (1 loaf)          
  Quick Bread (1 loaf)
  Machine Bread (1 loaf)                      
  Pies (whole)
  Cookies (1 dozen)            
  Cake (whole)
  Muffins/Biscuits/Rolls (1 dozen)
  Candy/Confections (1 dozen)
• Submit entries on a disposable plate or cardboard with see-through wrap. (No lidded containers)
• No cream cheese unless it is bakedinto the recipe.
• No raw eggs or meringues allowed (must be cooked into recipe). 
• With the exception of candy, items must be cooked or baked and must contain flour.
• Entry must include the recipe neatly written or typed. 
  Put the exhibit entry information on the back of the recipe. 

BAKED GOODS DECORATING

• The following items may be decorated:

• Mixes and pre-made frosting are allowed.
• No cream cheese frosting.
• Items must be cooked and contain flour. No raw eggs or meringue allowed.
• Submit entries on a disposable plate, on cardboard, or in a pastry box with see-through wrap.

CANNED GOODS

• Entries can include vegetables, jellies, preserves, fruit, pickles, relishes, and meats.
• Entries must be one year old or less and be canned following USDA Canning Guidelines.
• All cans must be processed and sealed in clean, standard, canning jars with two-piece lids.
• Jellies and preserves must be in jars made for that specific purpose.
• Judging criteria: Pack - Container…10  Fullness…20               Uniformity…20  Product Proportion…20   Clarity…15  Color…15
• Head space at top of jar:
  Vegetables…1 inch                      
  Jellies…1/4 inch                            
  Preserves…1/4 inch
  Pickles/Relishes…1/2 inch    
  Poultry…1 1/4 inch        
  Other Meat…1 inch