Exhibitors

An exhibitor is a person who enters the fair. Exhibitors live at the account level rather than the event level, which is the whole point: their exhibitor number persists year over year, and so does their history.

Exhibitor numbers

Every exhibitor gets a number, and that number is what appears on their entries and their claim tags. Their name does not.

This is what makes anonymous judging possible — a judge sees entry 214, not Marjorie's quilt. It is also what published catalogs mean when they say the exhibitor's name or label will not be allowed on any entry.

Returning exhibitors keep their number. Somebody who entered in 2024, skipped 2025, and comes back in 2026 is the same exhibitor with the same number and a visible three-year record.

The exhibitor record

• Contact details
• Exhibitor number
• Household — used by the best-per-household rule
• Entry history across seasons
• Placements and premiums won
• Premium payout history

Households

Several exhibitors can belong to one household. This matters because of a common catalog rule: multiple entries per household are judged independently, but only the highest-ranked one earns the ribbon and the premium.

The rule is applied before ranking, so suppressing a household's second entry lets the ribbons flow down to the next exhibitor rather than leaving a hole.

Adding exhibitors

• They register themselves on the public entry page when they enter
• The office adds them at the desk

Either way the number is assigned once and then kept.

The exhibitor portal

Exhibitors can log in to see their entries, their results once published, and what they are owed in premiums. See Exhibitor Portal.

Across seasons

The season reset clears entries but keeps exhibitors. Nobody re-registers, nobody gets a new number, and the multi-year record stays intact.