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Competitive Exhibits

Your CREATIVITY on Display

What's your hobby? Start making, baking, growing, painting, tinkering, carving, sculpting, painting...start creating!

It’s time to enter your best artisanal masterpieces, culinary creations, garden harvests, crafts and collections at the San Diego County Fair.

Entering a competition is easy, and you can win ribbons and even cash prizes while showcasing your talent to more than 1 million fair visitors!


Chances are good that if you create it, we've got a competition for it! Scan the list of competitions below. Most competitions open early in the new year. Sign up for our eblast list to be notified with entry information.

AGRICULTURAL COMPETITIONS

  • Ag Industrial Arts
  • Container Plants
  • Floral Design
  • Landscape Gardens
  • Specimen Blooms
LIVESTOCK PROGRAMS
  • Junior Market Livestock Shows
  • Junior Breeding Livestock Shows
  • Junior Market & Breeding Livestock Shows
  • Open Livestock Breed Shows
  • Open Small Animal Shows
  • Youth Livestock Breed Shows
  • Youth Small Animal Shows

ARTS & CRAFTS COMPETITIONS

  • Collections & Hobbies
  • Decorative Arts & Crafts
  • Fine Art
  • Gems, Minerals, and Jewelry
  • Home Arts & Hobbies – Youth Categories
  • Needle Arts
  • Photography
  • Quilts
  • Woodworking

CULINARY & BEVERAGE COMPETITIONS

SCHOOL/STUDENT COMPETITIONS

  • Elementary Schools
  • Middle Schools
  • High Schools
  • Community Colleges & Continuing Education

Competition Entry Dates at a Glance

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COMPETITION ENTRIES OPEN ENTRY DEADLINE
Design In Wood Mid-January April 30, 2025
Fine Art Mid-January
April 28, 2025
Flower Show Mid-January
varied; see entry guide
Garden Show Mid-January
April 14, 2024 (landscape designs due)
May 16, 2024 (registration complete)
Gems, Minerals & Jewelry Mid-January
April 25, 2025
Home Arts & Hobbies Mid-January
April 30, 2025
Homemade Wine Early-February
April 11, 2025
Industrial Ag Mechanics Early-February
May 15, 2025
Photography Mid-January
April 15, 2024
Livestock Early-February
May 22, 2025
Student Showcase Late-December
May 12, 2025
San Diego County Fair Craft Brew Competition Mid-December
February 17, 2025
Toast of the Coast Wine Competition
Mid-November
February 7, 2025
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