POWER OF ATTORNEY

For Executing Form ID and Forms 3, 4, 5 and 144

 The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Mark J. Worden,
 Jacob P. Weis and Patrick C. Edwards, signing singly, as the undersigned's
 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 the
 undersigned's 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 any Form ID and 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 Form ID
 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 19th day of June, 2023.

       /s/  Marc A. Chilton