<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000895447-12-000086.txt : 20120618
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20120618163144
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000895447-12-000086
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20120614
FILED AS OF DATE:		20120618
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20120618

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			WOOD JOSEPH W
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001227960

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-21360
		FILM NUMBER:		12912731

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4896 DEER RIDGE DRIVE SOUTH
		CITY:			CARMEL
		STATE:			IN
		ZIP:			46033

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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<SEQUENCE>1
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    <schemaVersion>X0205</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2012-06-14</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>1</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000895447</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>SHOE CARNIVAL INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>SCVL</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001227960</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>WOOD JOSEPH W</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>7500 E. COLUMBIA STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>EVANSVILLE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>IN</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>47715</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>By: W. Kerry Jackson  For: Joseph W. Wood</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2012-06-18</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>jwoodpoa.txt
<DESCRIPTION>EDGAR SUPPORTING DOCUMENT
<TEXT>
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 15th day of June, 2012.





       /s/  Joseph W. Wood

      Signature

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