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(Des Moines, IA) -- The Iowa State Fair is celebrating 23 awards, nine of which were first-place honors, at the annual International Association of Fairs and Expositions convention in Salt Lake City. The new Ag Art Contest for kids in the Animal Learning Center was one of the first-place winners. The Iowa State Fair was competing against other fairs with attendance of over 1-million.
Here's a list of the Iowa State Fair's awards...
Hall of Honor Communications:
- 2nd Place in Out of the Box Marketing Promotion
- 3rd Place in Online Advertisements
Competitive Exhibits:
- 1st Place in New Division of Competition
- 2nd Place in Competitive Exhibits Photo Series
- 2nd Place in Competitive Exhibits Event/Contest/Activity Occurring During the Year
Ag Awards:
- 2nd Place in Newly established or evolving program/exhibit at your Fair which promotes agriculture or a current agricultural issue to the Fair going public
- 2nd Place in Program/event/exhibit designed to educate consumers/fair-going public on the Story of Food
- 2nd Place in Agricultural Photo: Livestock (Not Equine)
- 1st Place in Agriculture Individual Photo- Horticulture/Crops
- 1st Place in Agriculture Individual Photo- Equine
- 1st Place in Agriculture Individual Photo- Rodeo
- 1st Place in Agriculture Individual Photo- Ag Education
- 3rd Place in Agriculture Individual Photo- Misc.
- 1st Place in Any other Agriculture Program/Exhibit
Sponsorship:
- 2nd Place in Sponsorship Innovation
- 1st Place in First-time Sponsorship
- 3rd Place in Sponsor Continuity
- 3rd Place in Sponsor Exposure
Non-Fair:
- 2nd Place in Successful Non-Fair Event at your Facility produced or co-produced by Facility Staff
- 2nd Place in Best 1st Year event NOT Produced by Facility Staff
- 1st Place in Printed Promotional Material Specific to Facility Rentals
- 1st Place in Facility Beautification Project
- 2nd Place in Capital Improvement Plan and Execution
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