The Great Allentown Fair’s Premium Listing detailing the procedures and categories for entering the Fair’s blue-ribbon competitions are available on the Allentown Fair’s website.

Placement ribbons and cash prizes are awarded in each of the exhibitor categories judged prior to and during the Fair, Sept. 1 through Labor Day Sept. 6. There are contests for youths in addition to the all-age categories.

Two separate listings are available, one for Agri-Plex entries and one for livestock entries.

Deadline for registering livestock is July 24.

Deadline for Agri-Plex entries is Aug. 7.

Registration must be completed by the U.S. Mail. No on-site registration will be held.

Farmers, gardeners, antique collectors, crafters, bakers, cooks, photographers and more have the opportunity to compete for monetary awards and Allentown Fair blue ribbons.

There are 175 fruit and vegetable categories, including 11 varieties of organic vegetables.

The Fair typically exhibits more than 900 farm animals in the Farmerama area.

More than 9,000 products from farms, gardens and homes, including arts and crafts, are displayed in the Agri-Plex.

There are 11 culinary contests judged during the Fair in front of an audience. The contests require separate applications, available on the Fair’s website.

Allentown Fair Special Culinary Contests are sponsored by PenTeleData.

Extra-incentive prize contests that require separate applications include:

1. PA Preferred™ Junior Baking Cookies, Brownies and Bars Contest sponsored by Newburg Deli & Catering

2. Great American Shoo-Fly Pie Contest sponsored by The Buttered Crumb

3. Holiday Cookie Contest sponsored by Sweet girlz Bakery

4. The Great Chili Bowl Contest sponsored by Mad J’s BBQ

5. Great Layer Cake Contest sponsored by King Arthur Flour

6. Supreme Cheesecake Contest sponsored by Clover Hill Vineyards and Winery

7. Fruit Crisp-Cobblers Contest sponsored by Pampered Chef

8. Fresh Peach Dessert Contest sponsored by Bechdolt’s Orchards

9. Best “No Bale” Dessert Contest sponsored by A&A Plumbing

10. Homemade Chocolate Cake Contest sponsored by Vynecrest Winery

11. Blue Ribbon Apple Pie Contest sponsored by Grim’s Orchard & Family Farms

Information: www.allentownfairpa.org; 610-433-7541