Competition Day
2024 Competition Dates & Facility are TBD!
The competition is typically held in early April.
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2023 Information:
Thursday, April 20th & Friday, April 21st 2023
2023 DETAILS:
National Guard Armory
3300 E Division St, Evansville, IN 47715
Parking lot is available. Teams should enter by the flagpole.
Arrive & check-in each day 3:45-4:00pm. End time will be 7:30pm each day.
Thursday, April 20th
Battles 4:30-7:30 with a scheduled break to eat
Friday April 21st
Battles 4:30-5:30, then a break to eat 5:30-6, & 6-6:15pm line up & prepare for celebration
Readers' Celebration 6:15-7:30pm (Coaches & Teams only this year)
Teams will report 3:45-4:00 and will be directed to where their first battle will begin. A video will be shared afterwards so that family & friends can see the excitement of our Parade of Readers, celebrating all participants.
Readers' Celebration Details
Parade of Readers at the beginning- teams & coaches parade into gym with any team spirit signs they have.
T-Shirt Design Contest Judge will present our design winner with an award (pictured below is Kristi Valiant, illustrator from a past competition):
Announce top teams & top 2 teams come to front for awards. Then, they compete in a Readers' Celebration battle on stage.
Our overall message: we hope everyone had fun reading the books and congratulate all of our readers for reading high-quality books and taking time to prepare for the competition!