{"id":5238,"date":"2020-10-09T19:12:53","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T19:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/?p=5238"},"modified":"2021-06-01T15:46:24","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T15:46:24","slug":"competitions-for-amateurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/competitions-for-amateurs\/","title":{"rendered":"Competitions for Amateurs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:0px;--awb-padding-right:0px;--awb-padding-bottom:0px;--awb-padding-left:0px;--awb-margin-top:20px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:0px;--awb-padding-right:0px;--awb-padding-bottom:20px;--awb-padding-left:0px;--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 sep-underline sep-solid fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:10px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:34;line-height:1.4;\"><strong>Competitions for Amateurs<\/strong><\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling reverse-cols\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:40px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-one-half fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:50%;width:calc(50% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.5 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h3>If you love to craft, sew, bake, cook, grow or any create DIY projects in your free time, check out our amateur competitions!<\/h3>\n<h3>The Wisconsin State Fair hosts a variety of competitions for those who create for personal reasons, with no monetary compensation from any related source.\u00a0Youth are encouraged to participate in all classes except where noted.<\/h3>\n<h3>Commercial enterprises or businesses are not eligible to enter amateur contests, please see our <a href=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/competitions-for-professionals-small-businesses\/\">Competitions for Professionals &amp; Small Businesses<\/a> page.<\/h3>\n<h3>See below for all contests open to amateurs at Wisconsin State Fair.<\/h3>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-one-half fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:50%;width:calc(50% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.5 ) );\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element in-legacy-container\" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" title=\"ribbons\" src=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/ribbons.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-3343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/ribbons-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/ribbons-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/ribbons.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1352px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:10px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 sep-underline sep-solid fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:20px;--awb-margin-top-small:10px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:26;line-height:1.5;\"><strong>State Fair Competitions for Amateurs<\/strong><\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-blog-shortcode fusion-blog-shortcode-1 fusion-blog-archive fusion-blog-layout-grid-wrapper fusion-blog-no\"><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-blog-shortcode-1 .fusion-blog-layout-grid .fusion-post-grid{padding:20px;}.fusion-blog-shortcode-1 .fusion-posts-container{margin-left: -20px !important; margin-right:-20px !important;}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-posts-container fusion-posts-container-no fusion-blog-rollover fusion-blog-layout-grid fusion-blog-layout-grid-3 isotope fusion-blog-equal-heights\" data-pages=\"0\" data-grid-col-space=\"40\" style=\"margin: -20px -20px 0;min-height:500px;\"><article id=\"blog-1-post-5347\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-5347 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-competitions-for-amateurs\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/beer_IMG_1627.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/beer_IMG_1627-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/beer_IMG_1627-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/beer_IMG_1627.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 784px) 407px, (min-width: 712px) 610px, (min-width: 640px) 712px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/amateur-beer\/\">Amateur Beer<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/beer_IMG_1627.jpg\" data-options=\"\" data-id=\"5347\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"beer_IMG_1627\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/amateur-beer\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAmateur Beer\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/category\/competitive-exhibits\/competitions-for-amateurs\/\" rel=\"tag\">Competitions for Amateurs<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/amateur-beer\/\" aria-label=\"Amateur Beer\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/amateur-beer\/\">Amateur Beer<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-double sep-solid\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>This contest includes over 100 classes for American, British, Belgian, German, and Specialty beers plus over 20 additional classes for Meads and Ciders.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/amateur-beer\/\" aria-label=\"More on Amateur Beer\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-5197\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-5197 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-competitions-for-amateurs\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/amateur_photo_20230627_105345.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/amateur_photo_20230627_105345-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/amateur_photo_20230627_105345-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/amateur_photo_20230627_105345.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 784px) 407px, (min-width: 712px) 610px, (min-width: 640px) 712px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/amateur-photography\/\">Amateur Photography<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/amateur_photo_20230627_105345.jpg\" data-options=\"\" data-id=\"5197\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"amateur_photo_20230627_105345\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/amateur-photography\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAmateur Photography\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/category\/competitive-exhibits\/competitions-for-amateurs\/\" rel=\"tag\">Competitions for Amateurs<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/amateur-photography\/\" aria-label=\"Amateur Photography\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/amateur-photography\/\">Amateur Photography<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-double sep-solid\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Do you love to take pictures for fun or as part of a hobby? Then enter your best shots in the Amateur Photography Competition at the State Fair!<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/amateur-photography\/\" aria-label=\"More on Amateur Photography\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-5351\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-5351 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-competitions-for-amateurs\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/wine_20230414_155016.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/wine_20230414_155016-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/wine_20230414_155016-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/wine_20230414_155016.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 784px) 407px, (min-width: 712px) 610px, (min-width: 640px) 712px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/amateur-wine\/\">Amateur Wine<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/wine_20230414_155016.jpg\" data-options=\"\" data-id=\"5351\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"wine_20230414_155016\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/amateur-wine\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAmateur Wine\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/category\/competitive-exhibits\/competitions-for-amateurs\/\" rel=\"tag\">Competitions for Amateurs<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/amateur-wine\/\" aria-label=\"Amateur Wine\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/amateur-wine\/\">Amateur Wine<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-double sep-solid\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>This contest includes over 20 classes for Dry, Semi-Sweet, and Sweet Wines plus special classes for Novelty, Sparkling and Fortified Wines.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/amateur-wine\/\" aria-label=\"More on Amateur Wine\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-242\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-242 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-competitions-for-amateurs category-competitive-exhibits\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/culinary_20230805_091126.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/culinary_20230805_091126-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/culinary_20230805_091126-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/culinary_20230805_091126.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 784px) 407px, (min-width: 712px) 610px, (min-width: 640px) 712px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/culinary\/\">Culinary<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/culinary_20230805_091126.jpg\" data-options=\"\" data-id=\"242\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"culinary_20230805_091126\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/culinary\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCulinary\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/category\/competitive-exhibits\/competitions-for-amateurs\/\" rel=\"tag\">Competitions for Amateurs<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/category\/competitive-exhibits\/\" rel=\"tag\">Competitive Exhibits<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/culinary\/\" aria-label=\"Culinary\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/culinary\/\">Culinary<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-double sep-solid\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Do you love baking and cooking for fun or as part of a hobby? Then enter your best recipes in the Culinary Competitions at the State Fair! Contests include canning, breads, cookies, pies, cakes, decorated cakes and culinary challenge!<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/culinary\/\" aria-label=\"More on Culinary\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-7\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-7 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-competitions-for-amateurs category-competitive-exhibits\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/hort_20230805_084711.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/hort_20230805_084711-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/hort_20230805_084711-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/hort_20230805_084711.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 784px) 407px, (min-width: 712px) 610px, (min-width: 640px) 712px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/horticulture\/\">Horticulture<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/hort_20230805_084711.jpg\" data-options=\"\" data-id=\"7\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"hort_20230805_084711\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/horticulture\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHorticulture\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/category\/competitive-exhibits\/competitions-for-amateurs\/\" rel=\"tag\">Competitions for Amateurs<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/category\/competitive-exhibits\/\" rel=\"tag\">Competitive Exhibits<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/horticulture\/\" aria-label=\"Horticulture\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/horticulture\/\">Horticulture<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-double sep-solid\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Do you have a green thumb and love growing flowers or vegetables in your backyard for fun or as part of a hobby? Then enter your best blooms and veggies in the Horticulture Competition at the State Fair! Contests include amateur horticulture, dahlia, gladiolus, vegetable and society show challenges!<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/horticulture\/\" aria-label=\"More on Horticulture\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-5226\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-5226 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-competitions-for-amateurs\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/quilt-topia-2024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/quilt-topia-2024-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/quilt-topia-2024-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/quilt-topia-2024.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 784px) 407px, (min-width: 712px) 610px, (min-width: 640px) 712px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/quilting\/\">Quilting<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/quilt-topia-2024.jpg\" data-options=\"\" data-id=\"5226\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"IMG_0545\" data-caption=\"IMG_0545\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/quilting\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tQuilting\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/category\/competitive-exhibits\/competitions-for-amateurs\/\" rel=\"tag\">Competitions for Amateurs<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/quilting\/\" aria-label=\"Quilting\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/quilting\/\">Quilting<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-double sep-solid\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Do you love to make quilts for friends, family or as part of a hobby? The State Fair competition is the perfect place to show off your skills and earn prizes!<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/quilting\/\" aria-label=\"More on Quilting\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-5230\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-5230 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-competitions-for-amateurs\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/textile-craft-20230805_090444.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/textile-craft-20230805_090444-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/textile-craft-20230805_090444-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/textile-craft-20230805_090444.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 784px) 407px, (min-width: 712px) 610px, (min-width: 640px) 712px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/textile-craft\/\">Textile &#038; Craft<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/textile-craft-20230805_090444.jpg\" data-options=\"\" data-id=\"5230\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"textile &amp; craft 20230805_090444\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/textile-craft\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTextile &#038; Craft\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/category\/competitive-exhibits\/competitions-for-amateurs\/\" rel=\"tag\">Competitions for Amateurs<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/textile-craft\/\" aria-label=\"Textile &#038; Craft\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/textile-craft\/\">Textile &#038; Craft<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-double sep-solid\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Do you love sewing, knitting, crocheting, DIY home d\u00e9cor or making crafts for fun or as part of a hobby? 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