Premiums and Competitions

Premium books are now available on line in pdf format. To view these books you will need acrobat reader installed on your machine. To save these books on your computer, right click on the appropriate link and choose the save option.

Special contests at the Illinois State Fair provide an opportunity for fairgoers and groups to participate and win prizes. Marching bands, float builders, baton twirlers, runners, fiddle & banjo players as well as diaper decorations and derbies all have the opportunity to show off their talents.  

Special Events Premium Book and Event Registration Forms will be available Tuesday, April 29th!

Find out who the winners are in any one of hundreds of competitions going on during the fair. From grand champion livestock to husband caller, winners are posted almost immediately after the judging.