The Fair is Saturday, March 18, 2023, in Lindale Mall, Cedar Rapids.
Times
Check-in for everybody starts at 8:00 AM on Fair Day.
- Students
- EISEF judges
- Sponsored Award judges
Places
Mall Entrance
- Only one Mall entrance will be open on Saturday morning: On the Mall’s north side, next to the former Sears.
- Lindale Mall Info has maps and a photo that show where it is.
- We’ll raise an EISEF banner over the entrance to guide you.
- Follow the crowds and the parked cars.
- Everybody — students, adult sponsors, and judges — will be funneling through this single set of doors.
- Nobody else will be entering the Mall at that time.
Key locations
- EISEF Headquarters: Main level near the former Sears, across from the Sears entrance.
- Student Check-in: Main level in front of the Sears entrance.
- Judges’ Check-in: Outside EISEF HQ.
- Sponsored Awards Check-in: Inside EISEF HQ.
The When and Where page has schedules, maps, and directions to help you find your way on Fair Day.
Advice for you
Last-minute judges and volunteers: come to check-in (EISEF Headquarters) and we’ll sign you up there.
Students:
- You can check your entries on the Status of Student Entries page.
Judges:
- You can pick the exhibits you’d like to judge — before the Fair. These pages list the entries we’ve received, with their titles and descriptions. Look them over, choose a couple that are right for you, and you’ll be ready to sign up on Fair Day morning.
- Exhibit List for Judges (regular EISEF judging)
- Exhibit List for Awards (Sponsored Awards)
Everybody: Contribute to the 2023 Photo Album!
- Take 3 (or more) photos of things you see at EISEF.
- Email them to .
- We’ll include the photos we like.