4-H Exhibitor Fair Entry Instructions

*Screenshots may be a bit different. Contact the Extension office at 712-297-8611 if you have problems.

  1. Go to:
  1. Select the “Sign In with 4HOnline” button
  1. A separate box will pop up where you will enter the same login email address and password from your 4HOnline.

(If you don’t remember your password, you will need to select the “I forgot my password” option to get a temporary one emailed to you. If your email address has changed, log in using the old email address and change it in 4HOnline.)

  1. Click the “Login” box.
  1. This will take you to the Welcome screen, where you will need to select the green box to “Begin Registration”
  1. Choose if you would like to register an individual or a team and click that green box
  1. Click the dot next to the 4-H member you would like to register then select “Continue”.
  1. There are not any specific questions for 4-H members so you will select “Continue”.
  1. Please review all information for the exhibitor that was imported from 4HOnline. If information is incorrect, select “Edit” in each section and make changes. Changes will not transfer back to 4HOnline so you will want to go into that member’s profile in 4HOnline and make changes there as well.

When all information is correct, select “Continue to Entries”.

  1. Select “Add Entry” to the right of the exhibitor name.
  1. Scroll down and find the department of the first exhibit. See the Calhoun County Expo Fairbook for department, division, and class numbers as well as class descriptions and rules. (

Click on “Select” to the right of the project department.

  1. Click on “Select” to the right of the project division.
  1. Click on “Select” to the right of the class.
  1. Review the department, division, and class. If anything is incorrect, click on “change” to the right and make corrections. When everything is correct, select “Continue”.
  1. Click the dot next to the exhibitor’s 4-H club. *For those youth who will be exhibiting in both 4-H and FFA, you will need to follow instructions you received for FFA entries.

Select “Continue”.

  1. If you are entering a static exhibit, you will be prompted to enter a brief description. please be specific as this description for static exhibits will be used to distinguish between exhibits, example – don’t just type in “photo”, type in more description, such as “Butterfly on leaf photo”.

Select “Continue”.

OR

If you are entering a livestock exhibit, you will receive a message telling you that you do not need to distinguish which of your animals you intend to exhibit in the class at this time.

Select “Continue”.

  1. There are not any specific questions for 4-H members so you will select “Continue”.
  1. Review the exhibit entry. If you want to remove the entry select “Delete this Entry” in red on the left hand side. If the entry is correct, select “Continue”.
  1. Decide if you would like to:
  • Register another 4-H Exhibitor (go to step 7)
  • Add another Entry for this Exhibitor (go to step 10)
  • Continue to Payment (go to step 20)

and select that appropriate box

  1. Review your invoice by selecting “Summary” or “Detail”. If it looks correct, select “Continue”. If it is not correct, go back to the “Entry” tab and make changes.
  1. Follow instructions on where to send your entry fee. Your entry is not complete until your fee is paid. If you do not submit your entry fee, you will not be allowed to exhibit.
  1. Confirm your entry one last time. Click the box next to the “I agree to the above statement” and then select “Submit”.

NOTE: Once you hit submit, you cannot edit your entry.

You will receive an email from Fair Entry after your entry has been submitted.

You will also receive an email from Fair Entry letting you know if your entry was approved or rejected by the Extension Staff. If part of your entry was rejected, a reason will be listed and you will be able to log in and fix the problem before submitting that entry again.