Minnesota

Deadlines, info for 2025 MN State Fair competitions

EPLN Staff Reports

May 26, 2025

Mary Alsop’s quilt won sweepstakes awards from Minnesota Quilters and Affinity for Quilts. Photo by Juliana Allen

Eden Prairie has had many Minnesota State Fair winners in the past. To win, though, you have to enter.

Entry registration for most 2025 competitions at the Great Minnesota Get-Together is now open, with deadlines listed below. Visit mnstatefair.org/competitions to learn how to enter.

Entry registration for horses, open class and FFA livestock competitions opens June 23.

Other Minnesota State Fair competition entry deadlines are as follows:

Fine Arts: July 14

Minnesota State Fair Scholarship: July 14

Landscape Design & Construction (FFA): July 15

Horses: July 21 (mail entries); Aug. 1 (online entries)

Amateur Talent Contest: July 21

Beef and Dairy Cattle (Open Class and FFA): July 28 (mail entries); July 30 (online entries)

Sheep (Open Class and FFA): July 28 (mail entries); July 30 (online entries)

Swine (Open Class and FFA): July 28 (mail entries); July 30 (online entries)

Poultry & Rabbits (Open Class and FFA): July 28 (mail entries); July 30 (online entries)

Dairy, Boer and FFA Meat Goats: July 28 (mail entries); July 30 (online entries)

Llamas: July 28 (mail entries); July 30 (online entries)

Stock Dogs: July 28 (mail entries); July 30 (online entries)

Creative Activities (baked products, canned & preserved food, special contests, needlecraft, garment making, work of senior citizens, handcrafts and collections): July 29

K-12 Competition (school projects): July 29

Vegetable & Potato (FFA): July 30

Flowers (FFA): July 30

Interactive Exhibits/Demonstrations (FFA): Aug. 1

Christmas Trees: Aug. 6

Crop Art & Scarecrow: Aug. 6

Farm Crops: Aug. 6

Minnesota State Fair Flower Show: Aug. 7

Fruit & Wine: Aug. 7

Bee & Honey: Aug. 7

Vegetable & Potato (Open Class): Aug. 7

Agriculture Technology (FFA): Aug. 8

Crops (FFA): Aug. 8

Judging Contests (FFA): Aug. 18

Safe Tractor Operators Contest (FFA): Aug. 18

New Corn: Aug. 28

Minnesota 4-H members can visit https://extension.umn.edu/4-h-events/4-h-minnesota-state-fair for the 2025 4-H competition premium book and deadlines.

The 2025 Minnesota State Fair will take place Thursday, Aug. 21, through Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 1.

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