The Call for Contest Entries is Now For The 2011 San Mateo County Fair!

SAN MATEO, Calif. –The San Mateo County Event Center is accepting contest entries for the 2011 San Mateo County Fair. Whether your skills are agriculture, creative home arts, culinary arts, fine arts, floral arts, equestrian and horsemanship, graffiti, youth exhibits and youth livestock, literary arts, sustainability, or new technology; now is the time to show off your talents, creativity, DIY projects and hard work and win cash, great prizes and colorful ribbons and trophies.

Show off your skills in beer making, rose growing, poetry, sustainability, science, technology, arts and crafts and more. Entries in many categories are free or minimal cost and many prizes are available. Over $50,000 in prize money is awarded during the Fair and every contestant is provided a free ticket! Visit the web site to learn more and enter: http://www.sanmateocountyfair.com

According to Chris Carpenter, The General Manager of San Mateo County Event Center, “We have expanded our contests to reflect the diversity of our community and the wide array of offerings here in San Mateo County. Our county has a rich agricultural heritage in addition to technology and culinary arts and home arts. We anticipate that this year’s fair will have the most contest entries ever.”

The San Mateo Event Center Hosts the San Mateo County Fair, which will be held June 11-19th, 2011. Visit the web site: www.sanmateocountyfair.com often for regular updates, contest, entertainment, promotions and giveaways and sponsorship information.

About San Mateo County Fair
The San Mateo County Fair boasts a stunning variety of world-class musical entertainment, performances, festival foods, local and traditional contests as well as a carnival. The fair lasts nine days and is attended by 140,000 guests. Some of the new features include the development of the “Useable Futures” pavilion dedicated to Sustainable Living and New Technologies and are dedicated to running a more sustainable event through greening initiatives. For more information about the San Mateo County Fair, please visit http://www.SanMateoCountyFair.com. Become a fan on Facebook or follow on Twitter, @sanmateofair, for breaking news, contests and more!

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