To enter your art or craft, please read and complete the Arts and Crafts Entry Form with Rules and Regulations.
Judging Rules and Regulations
- Competition is open to all interested parties. 4-H Club members will be allowed to make exhibits in any class
under their age division or in the 4H division.
- Quilts are required to be delivered Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023, from 5-8 p.m. With judging to begin on Wednesday,
Aug. 23rd as close to 9 a.m. as possible at the discretion of the superintendent. Quilts only!
- All other entries are required to be deliver on Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023, from 3-8 p.m. With judging to begin on
Friday, Aug. 25, 2023, as close to 9 a.m. as possible at the discretion of the superintendent.
- Exhibitors are to remove items entered for judging on Sunday, Sept. 3, 2023, from 9 a.m. – noon. No person or
organization will be allowed to take down their exhibit before the stated hour.
- All entries in all departments must be the work of the exhibitor. Farm crops, vegetables, flowers, etc. must have
been grown and prepared under the personal supervision of the exhibitor. All entries must have been made,
grown, produced, drawn etc. during the past year (except quilts). Quilts must have been completed during the
past year.
- No professionals will be allowed to compete in a department which is associated with their profession, except for
Department A. A professional is a person who makes items for sale or who teaches others for profit.
- Exhibitors will report to the superintendent of each department who will check in items. The superintendent will
present the items to the judges and make the proper entry of prize winners.
- No exhibit will receive monetary prize. Awards will be made on exhibits that meet the rules and guidelines in each
department. The CCFA will secure the best judges obtainable, and they will be experts in their line. Awards for
entries will be designated as follows: first place – blue ribbon; second place – red ribbon; third place – white
ribbon.
- The association reserves the right to withhold prizes if fraud, deception, or interference with the judges is
attempted.
- Ribbons will be placed by the judges at the time of judging in each department. Decisions of the judges are final.
- CCFA assumes no responsibility for damage or loss to exhibits whatsoever. CCFA will provide sufficient security
from Tuesday Aug. 22, 2023, starting at 5 p.m. through Sunday, Sept. 3, 2023, until noon.
General Rules and Regulations for all Departments
- All articles entered for exhibit must be the work of the persons exhibiting and must have been
made/grown/produced/drawn etc. during the past year (except quilts). Quilts must have been completed during
the past year
- Exhibitors are limited to one entry in any one class.
- General rules for entry and removal of exhibits will apply to all departments.
- Exhibitors will not be allowed to place their own exhibits on display. The department superintendent will handle
this in a manner impartial to all.
