MANHATTAN, Kan. – Entries for the 2017 National Festival of Breads, sponsored by King Arthur Flour, Red Star Yeast and the Kansas Wheat Commission, are being accepted from Oct. 1, through Jan. 16, 2017. The competition seeks the best yeast bread recipes from home bakers throughout the United States.

Adult amateur bakers, ages 18 and up, can submit original recipes for holiday breads, rolls, time-saving and simple breads, and whole grain breads online at www.nationalfestivalofbreads.com. Youth bakers, ages 8-17, can also submit recipes for yeast breads and quick breads using the same form. Submissions, which requires photos of the entered bread, will only be accepted through the online form.

Judges will evaluate all entries and select eight adult finalists, each of whom will receive airfare and accommodations to participate in the national competition on June 17, 2017, in Manhattan. In addition, each adult finalist will receive a $500 cash award, participate in a wheat harvest tour to a working Kansas wheat farm, flour mill and grain elevator, learn about wheat research at the Kansas Wheat Innovation Center and take part in other activities. The Grand Prize Winner will receive $2,000 cash and a trip to attend a baking class of their choice at the King Arthur Flour Baking Education Center in Norwich, Vermont.

One youth grand prize winner will be selected and will receive a $300 scholarship. Two youth entries will receive a runner-up prize of a $100 scholarship. More prize packages are detailed in the official contest rules atnationalfestivalofbreads.com.

The Festival of Breads was established in 1990 by the Kansas Wheat Commission and Kansas WheatHearts, an auxiliary group of the Kansas Association of Wheat Growers. In the original “Festival of Breads” baking competition, hundreds of amateur bakers from Kansas submitted their baked products during the biennial competition.

The National Festival of Breads is sponsored by two of the most trusted brands in baking, King Arthur Flour and Red Star Yeast.