Registration will begin mid-June for the first ever Royal Contest this year as part of the Southside Fall Festival.

Della Spain is the SSFF Royalty Contest Co-Chair.  She said registration for the new event will take place June 15th through July 25th.  The event is free and kids ages 5-16 can participate.

“That way we can see how many contestants we have and get everything together,” Spain said. “It’s not a beauty pageant but it’s going to be held like one.”

The contest will be divided into three age groups; Mini Mr. & Miss SSFF, Little Mr. & Miss SSFF, and Mr. & Miss SSFF.  The contest will be held Sept. 10 at the Historic Green Acres Banquet Hall.

“We want to keep it free because our parade and festival has always been free,” Spain said. “There will be winners in subcategories but there will also be overall winners and they will be introduced in the opening ceremonies on Friday night at the festival and they will also ride in the royalty float.”

She said registration forms will be able to be picked up at four locations:

KING HILL PIZZA HUT- 6942 KING HILL AVE

IMAGE SALON AND DAY SPA- 1504 N 36TH STREET

LATONYA WILLIAMS PHOTOGRAPHY -620 FRANCIS SUITE 214

CARNEGIE LIBRARY- 316 MASSACHUSETTS

Or they can request one from the South Side Fall Festival Royalty Contest’s Facebook page.