Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C.
SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION
906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of Shoe Carnival, Inc. (the "Company") on Form 10-K for the period ending February 2, 2013 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Clifton E. Sifford, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Merchandising Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date:  April 15, 2013	By:	/s/ Clifton E. Sifford
		Clifton E. Sifford
		President, Chief Executive Officer and
		Chief Merchandising Officer