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Fall Fest/Slammin' Rhymes Challenge
The extended deadline for the contest is now closed (end: 11/14).
Thank you for your interest in the Slammin' Rhymes Challenge XVIII.

How to Enter

DEADLINE: Thursday, October 31st, 2024

Please note: A separate entry form must be completed for each entry.

  • To be eligible, participants must be Marion County students, grades 6-12.
  • Each entry MUST be attached to an official entry form, printed version or online.
  • Keep it clean: absolutely no profanity will be allowed!
  • Write your inspiring thoughts on this year's theme, "Courage"
  • All entries must be the original work of entrants.
  • Please submit a typed or legibly written of a 3-minute original poem and a recording. Choose one:

Note to Teachers

If you are submitting on behalf of your students, each work must be accompanied by a completed official ENTRY FORM.

For more information contact: Jacquelyn Green 317-275-4881 or jgreen@indypl.org.

  • No entry will be returned. All submissions become the property of The Indianapolis Public Library.
  • Participants must agree to being photographed/videotaped...
Photograph/Media Release Agreement - Indianapolis Public Library & Indianapolis Public Library Foundation (more…)

The Indianapolis Public Library, in an effort to promote Library services and programs, requests your permission to use a photograph/videotape/audio recording of yourself, your child or legal ward in Library publications or productions, including, but not limited to, the Library's newsletter, annual report, television or video programming, web page, posters, brochures or other public displays.

Please read (and, later digitally sign when completing the entry form) the agreement, below:
I agree to allow The Indianapolis Public Library to use a photograph/videotape/audio recording of myself, my child or legal ward for any of the above stated purposes. I understand that this agreement holds the Library harmless from any liability resulting from the use of these materials, and that there will be no compensation paid for the use now or in the future.

You must agree to these terms to participate.

WINNERS AND PRIZES

  • All participants will receive a gift card.
  • Ten selectees will read their entries at:
    • Fall Fest/Slammin Rhymes Challenge
      Saturday November 16, 2024
      12 - 4 P.M.
      Central Library | 40 E. St. Clair Street
  • All participants are encouraged to be at the event and registered by 12 P.M. to claim their prize.
  • Photoshoot for all participants with Yolanda Renee King will take place at 3 P.M.
  • Selectees will be notified by phone and will be presented with their award given by Yolanda Renee King.

    The family-friendly festival will include a dynamic speech from 15 year-old author and activist, Yolanda Renee' King, the only grand-child of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King. Her new book "We Dream A World" is a call for unity and equality and is inspired by Langston Hughes's seminal poem "I Dream A World". Yolanda Renee King is leading a new generation of modern activists. Though the 15-year-old never met her grandfather, she is galvanizing countless young people to stand up and speak out on a range of issues affecting the world today. She represents and embodies this year's fall fest theme, "Courage".