Home & Garden Department Rules

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Entry Fees

There are no entry fees in our Home & Garden Departments (Depts. 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24).

Registering Entries

Pre-registration Deadline: August 25, 2017

1. Exhibitors are encouraged to list every entry that may be entered. Items that have been pre-entered, but are not ready for show at fair time, can be easily deleted on entry day.
2. Exhibitors are required to use the 2017 Official Fair Entry Form available from the fair secretary, the Sullivan County Extension Office, or on the fair’s website. 
3. Only one entry per category per exhibitor will be accepted. It is the responsibility of the exhibitor to decide in which category an item will be entered.
4. All exhibitors are encouraged to mail or fax their entry form to the fair secretary.
5. Everyone using the online entry system and entering 5 or more items will receive a coupon for a free day pass to the fair(admission only no rides).  Livestock entries excluded.
6. For all entries received by August 23, exhibit tags will be mailed back to exhibitors to place on entries. To receive your tags in the mail, enclose $1.00 for twenty items or less, $2.00 for 21 to 60 items, and $3.00 for 61 items and over. These fees will cover postage and envelopes.
7. If you enter online, please bring or mail the appropriate postage fee.
8. For online entries, make sure you receive a confirmation of your entries and bring a printout with you when you bring your items.

Junior Entries

1. Entries for exhibitors age 19 and under should be entered in Department 11.
2. Entries entered in any other home and garden departments will compete with adult entries. 
3. Junior exhibitors are required to place their age on the entry form in the space provided.

Fair Week

1. Items to be exhibited will be accepted on:
   – Sunday, August 27th between 1 pm and 6:00 pm, and on
   – Monday, August 28th between 12:00 noon to 7:00 pm 
2. Fair management reserves the right to refuse to accept any entry to be in poor taste as deemed by fair management.
3. Judging for the home & garden classes will take place on Tuesday, August 29th. Any entry not deemed worthy will not be placed.  Judges’ decisions are final.
4. Fair management may at any time order the removal of any exhibit or part of any exhibit that has become unfit for show.
5. Exhibits will be removed from the buildings on Monday, September 4th between 3:00 pm and 5:00 pm.

Fair Office Hours

The Fair Office will be open to receive entry forms and answer questions at the following times:

– Tuesday, August 22nd from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm
– Wednesday, August 23rd from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
– Thursday, August 24th from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm and from 6:30 pm until 8:00 pm
– Friday, August 25th from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm and from 6:30 pm until 8:00 pm

There will be no office hours on Saturday, August 26th.

Need More Information?

Please call the fair office at 570-924-3205 during the hours listed above or (570) 924-3843 if you need additional help or have questions.