Contestant applications for 2024 will be available in November, 2023. 

Questions about Contests?

Want to know what happens? Maybe you're curious about what the contest entails? If you want information, then you can contact contests to ask!

Holding a title provides fabulous opportunities to make an impact on the community and foster individual self-growth. SELF welcomes contestants from Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. 

Be a contestant, help shape your community, develop leadership skills, and make lifelong friendships. We're extremely supportive of our contestants and will provide a full support program for you.  You can expect email support as you prepare to compete at SELF and if you win a title we will provide you with information from how to budget your finances, keeping your energy high, and other practical support so you are well prepared and ready to have a great title year! 

Along with our support system, each title will receive an equally divided portion of the monies raised for the travel fund throughout the weekend. 

Contest Accessibility
The Contest will be more accessible this year than ever before! If you are in need of accomodations during the show Friday and/or Saturday night, we invite you to enter the contest room at 6:30pm. 

SELF Titles:

MastertitleSouthEast Master/slave slavetitle
Open to any contestant pairing regardless of gender, ability, race, sexual orientation, or lifestyle orientation. Contestants must live a Master/slave lifestyle according to their own definition of such This is a title which focuses on education. M/s pairs will be expected to teach and reach local/national communities. The winner will go on to compete at SPLF in Dallas, TX for International Master / slave.  A $200 entrance fee is required of the M/s couple.

mrtitleMr. SouthEast LeatherFest 
Open to all who self-identify as a male, regardless of biological sex, gender expression, ability, race, sexual orientation, or lifestyle orientation. The winner may go on to compete at International Mr Leather or for another appropriate title. The agenda of this title is decided on by the winner.  You get to choose what is important to you and what your title year will signify. SELF supports individual interest and focus. Be you. Show us who you are! A $160 entrance fee is required of each contestant.

SouthEast LeatherFest boy boytitle
Open to all who identify as boys/bois/pups, regardless of biological sex, gender expression, ability, race, sexual orientation, or lifestyle orientation. Contestants for SouthEast LeatherFest boy can be male, female, or gender variant. The winner may go on to compete at International Mr. Leather or for another appropriate title. The agenda of this title is decided on by the winner. You get to choose what is important to you and what your title year will signify. SELF supports individual interest and focus. Be you. Show us who you are! A $160 entrance fee is required of each contestant.

mstitleMs. SouthEast LeatherFest
The Ms. SouthEast LeatherFest contest is open to all who self-identify as female, regardless of biological sex, gender expression, ability, race, sexual orientation, or lifestyle orientation. Ms. SouthEast LeatherFest will go on to compete at International Ms Leather or for another appropriate title. The agenda of this title is decided on by the winner.  You get to choose what is important to you and what your title year will signify. SELF supports individual interest and focus. Be you. Show us who you are! A $160 entrance fee is required of each contestant.

SouthEast Bootblackbootblacktitle
The SouthEast Bootblack title is open to any contestant, regardless gender, ability, race, sexual orientation, or lifestyle orientation. The SouthEast Bootblack may compete at International Mr Bootblack or International Ms Bootblack. The agenda of this title is decided on by the winner.  You get to choose what is important to you and what your title year will signify. SELF supports individual interest and focus. Be you. Show us who you are! A $160 entrance fee is required of each contestant. 

SEPoLtitleSouthEast Person of Leather
The SouthEast Person of Leather title is open to any contestant, regardless of gender, ability, race, sexual orientation, or lifestyle orientation. This title is specific to representing a leather lifestyle. Diversity within the leather lifestyle is honored and expected. The SouthEast Person of Leather must compete at the International Person of Leather Contest at SPLF in Dallas, TX.  A $160 entrance fee is required of each contestant.