Chairman: Linda Phillips (615) 406-7626
Co-Chairman: Sherry Phillips
Advisor: Carla Bush - Ext. Program Leader
Online Registration Deadline: Wednesday, August 5
In-Person Registration & Entry Drop-Off: Friday, August 7, 1-5 PM (Ext. Agents Only) & Saturday, August 8, 10 AM-3 PM
Pickup: Sunday, August 23, 1-3 PM
Location: Made in Tennessee Building
Premiums: 1st - $15 • 2nd - $10 • 3rd - $8
Competition open to all Tennessee residents.
Wilson County residents must enter in the same classes & lots in the Wilson County Competition to enter in the State Canning Competition.Rules:
- No person may enter more than one exhibit in any one lot.
- Prizes will be awarded on the decision of the judges.
- All entries are to be removed Sunday, August 23, 2026 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. Entries not removed by 3:00 p.m. will be donated to a local nonprofit organization. No entry may be removed early.
- All entries must have been made on or after August 1, 2025.
- Exhibitors must be 19 years old or older.
- Wilson County Promotions will not be responsible for any loss or damage to entries.
- No exhibitors will be allowed in the exhibition area during judging.
- All entries must be entered in clean, standard canning jars (no specialty jars) with new, single-use two-piece lids and bands. No decorative jars and no overlays or accessories on jars. Exhibits should be canned using tested recipes issued in 2009 or later. For example, USDA, Ball, Sure-Jell, or National Center for Home Food Preservation guidelines, etc.
- Entries deemed unsafe by chairman will be disqualified and ineligible for ribbons or premiums.
Completed Fair Food Preservation labels are required for all entries and should be attached to entry. NO substitutions.