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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000911916-12-000100
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20120319
FILED AS OF DATE:		20120323
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20120323

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ASCHLEMAN JAMES A
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001217824

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-21360
		FILM NUMBER:		12712054

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		300 N MERIDIAN ST STE 2700
		CITY:			INDIANAPOLIS
		STATE:			IN
		ZIP:			46204

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SHOE CARNIVAL INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000895447
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-SHOE STORES [5661]
		IRS NUMBER:				351736614
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			IN
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0130

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		7500 EAST COLUMBIA STREET
		CITY:			EVANSVILLE
		STATE:			IN
		ZIP:			47715
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8128676471

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		7500 EAST COLUMBIA STREET
		CITY:			EVANSVILLE
		STATE:			IN
		ZIP:			47715
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    <periodOfReport>2012-03-19</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000895447</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>SHOE CARNIVAL INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>SCVL</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001217824</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>ASCHLEMAN JAMES A</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>7500 E. COLUMBIA STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>EVANSVILLE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>IN</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>47715</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <footnotes></footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>W. Kerry Jackson For: James A. Aschleman (power of attorney attached)</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2012-03-23</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY - JAMES A. ASCHLEMAN
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<HTML><BODY><PRE>POWER OF ATTORNEY

For Executing Forms 3, 4, 5 and 144



 The undersigned hereby appoints each of Mark L. Lemond, W. Kerry Jackson and David A. Kapp, signing singly, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact, for such period of time that the undersigned is required to file reports pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), due to his affiliation with Shoe Carnival, Inc., an Indiana corporation, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, to:



(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned Forms 3, 4, 5 and 144 and any amendments to previously filed forms in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act or Rule 144 of the Securities Act and the rules thereunder.



(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete the execution of any such Forms 3, 4, 5 and 144 and the timely filing of such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any other authority as required by law; and



(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in his discretion.



The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary and proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act or Rule 144 of the Securities Act.



 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 20th day of March, 2012.





       /s/  James A. Aschleman

      Signature

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