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OFA Annual Award Submissions

Deadline For Nominations: September 26, 2025. One nomination/category per form submitted.

Nominations must be submitted by an OFA member, however, any individual, project, or organization based in Oregon is eligible for nomination.

Awards will be presented at the annual convention October 16-18, 2025 at the Wingspan Event & Conference Center in Hillsboro, OR.

The Awards selection committee encourages you to provide a summary of why your nominee is deserving of an award. Please keep your overview to 100 words or less. You may expand on this information in a separate profile of no more than 3 pages that can be uploaded. You are encouraged to include copies of any news media coverage that the nominee/project/incident received.

Questions about submissions? Please contact Camy via email: camytillamookfair@gmail.com

BUSINESS FAIR SUPPORTER AWARD

This award will recognize the vital contributions that businesses make to the success of our fairs. Nominees will have made a significant impact on a fair through their sponsorships, financial contributions, donations of materials, services and other unique or special efforts.
500 characters max, upload additional files below.
Business Fair Supporter Award File Submission Max file size 5MB

LOCAL FAIR SUPPORTER AWARD

This award recognizes the vital contributions that local community organizations or individuals make to the success of our local fairs. Nominees should have made a significant impact on a fair through their unique or special efforts. This nominee must have been active in the Fair community in the past year.
500 characters max, upload additional files below.
Local Fair Supporter Award File Submission Max file size 5MB

YOUTH PROJECT AWARD

This award recognizes a special project that benefits youth which has been coordinated by a fair or that a fair has had strong involvement in coordinating.
500 characters max, upload additional files below.
Youth Project Award File Submission Max file size 5MB

WHOOPS! AWARD

This award is a laugh-at-ourselves award. Recognizing a fair person or organization/fair board that made an outrageous mistake during the past year, and, of course, doesn’t mind sharing the error with the OFA membership. Photos/support documents are highly encouraged for this nominee.
500 characters max, upload additional files below.
Whoops! Award File Submission Max file size 5MB

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD

This award recognizes the contribution of service and dedication to the Oregon Fairs Association along with contributions to his or her local fair and community. This nominee has been an active OFA member for the past 7 years, by serving on the OFA board, a committee or as an Area Director along with still being active at the local Fair or community level. To qualify for this award the person must not only have made significant contributions to your fair but to Fair’s in general and to the OFA.
500 characters max, upload additional files below.
Distinguished Service Award File Submission Max file size 5MB

FAIR BOARD MEMBER OF THE YEAR AWARD

This award is honoring a Fair Board member who has gone above and beyond his or her expected responsibilities to make significant contributions to improve the Fair that he or she represents. This nominee must have been active in the Fair community in the past year.
500 characters max, upload additional files below.
Fair Board Member of the Year File Submission Max file size 5MB

LOCAL YOUTH FAIR SUPPORTER AWARD

This award recognizes the vital contributions that youth make to the success of our local fairs and OFA. Nominees should be age 18 and younger whose unique or special efforts have made a significant impact on your fair.
500 characters max, upload additional files below.
Local Youth Fair Supporter Award File Submission Max file size 5MB

PHIL DOWNING SERVICE MEMBER AWARD

OFA Service Members will select one of their own to receive this prestigious award recognizing significant contributions to the fair industry. A person who is nominated for this award should meet at least the following criteria: 1) Member of OFA for at least two years prior to nomination and in good standing with regard to annual dues and convention fees. 2) Must have contributed to OFA by way of volunteering on committees or at convention. 3) Upheld the ethics of business and conduct with Fairs and other Service Members. 4) Has promoted the mission and goodwill of the Service Members to OFA.
500 characters max, upload additional files below.
Phil Downing Service Member Award File Submission Max file size 5MB

FAIR MEDIA & MARKETING ENTRIES

These awards will recognize outstanding media and marketing efforts by fairs. Printed materials
Ads and/or Fair Poster can be either a high resolution image file or print originals for judging.
When sending print originals, please send in mailing tubes so materials can be displayed at convention.
If your files are too big, please use the text boxes to link to a shared file url (Vimeo/Google Drive/whatever you use to share files) or you can mail them to Westside Commons
Mailed submissions to:
Westside Commons
C/O Bob O'Loughlin
801 NE 34th Ave.
Hillsboro, OR 97124

FAIR POSTER

Fair Advertising/Commemorative Poster Max file size 5MB
If your file is too big, please paste a hyperlink

Fair Premium Book/Fair Schedule

Please submit your digital copy of your book/schedule Max file size 5MB
If your file is too big, please paste a hyperlink

NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING

Submit either a single ad or a series of ads. Entry to not exceed 4 (four) advertisements. Max file size 5MB
If your file is too big, please paste a hyperlink

Radio Advertising

Entry/commercial to not exceed 60 seconds Max file size 5MB
If your file is too big, please paste a hyperlink

TV Advertising

Entry/commercial not to exceed 60 seconds Max file size 5MB
If your file is too big, please paste a hyperlink

Billboard Advertising

Please submit your final ad proof; either an electronic version or a printed version
If your file is too big, please paste a hyperlink

Website or Social Media Advertising

Please submit your website/social media screen shots/posts
Enter your fair url/social media urls
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