SWAIN COUNTY AGRICULTURAL FAIR
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  • Home
    • Welcome to the Fair!
    • 2026 Fair Schedule
  • About
  • News!
    • Volunteer at the Fair
    • Braden Rumfelt Takes the 2026 Fair Stage
    • 4th Annual Spring Craft & More Fling >
      • For Spring Craft & More Fling Vendors
    • America 250 Sticker Design Contest
    • Ag Fair Delights Crowds on Candy Cane Lane
    • Bring Home the Bacon Winner
    • Scarecrow and Friends
    • Mo Pitney 2025 Headliner
    • Plaque Dedication
    • 2025 Gun Raffle Winner
  • Entertainment
    • 2026 Contestants
    • 2026 Battle of the Bands Contest >
      • Equipment & Onstage Rules
      • Judging Criteria
    • 2026 Headliner Concert
    • 2025 Battle of the Bands Winners
  • Vendor Booths
    • Arts & Crafts Vendors >
      • 2026 Vendor Line-up
    • Educational Booths >
      • 2026 Line-up
    • Food Trucks / Food Vendors >
      • 2026 Food Truck Alley
  • Fair Entries
    • Youth Livestock Shows >
      • All Breeds Market Steer Show
      • All Breeds Beef Heifer Show
      • All Breeds Market Lamb/Market Goat/Breeding Doe Shows
      • All Breeds Rabbit Show
      • All Breeds Poultry Show
    • Youth & Adult Entries >
      • Arts & Crafts
      • Baked Goods & Preserved Foods
      • Quilts
      • Farm Produce >
        • Garden Vegetables, Fruit, Eggs & Flowers
        • Honey
  • Contests
    • Food Eating Contests
    • Greased Pig Contest
    • Anything on Wheels Contest
  • Fundraisers
    • Everett Street Diner Coupon Fundraiser
    • Bring Home the Bacon
    • Spring Craft & More Fling
  • Be a Fair Sponsor
  • Contact
  • Volunteer at the Fair
  • Swain County Cooperative Extension

youth
​& Adult

Categories & Exhibitor Information
Picture

Arts & Crafts
Baked Goods
Preserved Foods

Quilts
Farm Produce
​Honey

Create It. Bake It. Quilt It. Grow It. SHOW IT! Calling all makers, bakers, quilters, crafters, and growers — youth and adults alike! It’s your time to shine at the Swain County Agricultural Fair.

✨ Whether you’ve painted a masterpiece, sewn a stunning quilt, baked the perfect pie, canned a shelf full of jams or grown your garden’s pride and joy! We want to see what YOU’VE created this year!
🏅 Ribbons, recognition, and community excitement await — so don’t miss your chance to enter! The fair is your stage!

Exhibitor Information
Youth (8-18 years)
  • Division A:  Ages 5-7 ~ Non-Competitive
  • Division B:  Ages 8-13
  • Division C: Ages 14-18
  • Division D: Special Needs All Ages ~ Non-Competitive
Adult (19+) Division E: Adult

Non-Competitive: Ages 5-7, entries will be based on quality of the exhibit rather than by the rules stated below. Youth ages 5-8 and Special Needs all ages will receive a green ribbon.


Competitive: The youth competitive division is divided into two age groups for judging: 9-13 and 14-18. All exhibits must be the work of the youth and made within the last two years. Rosettes will be awarded in the 9-13 and 14-19 age groups ONLY. In addition, first, second and third place ribbons will be awarded. 
Procedure for Entry
All exhibits must be the work of the exhibitor and must have been created after the previous year’s County Fair. All entries must be accompanied by completed Entry Form. See individual category pages for more information. 

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