New contest from Tonner Doll Company!

A new contest is being offered by Tonner Doll Company. Check it out--from their latest email:

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In celebration of the 75th Anniversary of The Wizard of Oz film, we are holding a creative contest sure to inspire!  You can enter the photo category or the story category.

Photography    
For the Photo Contest, the rules are simple:  photograph your favorite Wizard of Oz doll(s) from your personal collection, and send us your art!  JPEGS please.

Story
For the Story Contest, here's what we want you to do:  In 500 words or less, come up with an alternate ending to the Wizard of Oz!

We'll pick the top three photographs and the top three stories as finalists, and the winner will be chosen by....YOU!  The People.  There will be a People's Choice email survey sent out, where the public can vote for their favorite Photograph and their favorite alternate ending.

Prizes
Each of the 6 finalists (3 photos, 3 stories) will get their choice of Tonner's NEW 75th Anniversary Oz Collection Basic doll (Absolutely Glinda or Absolutely Wicked Witch).  There will be 2 Grand Prize Winners:  The People's Choice for Photography and The People's Choice for Storyline. Each will receive a 19" Wizard of Oz Artist's Proof and a signed and framed sketch by Robert Tonner.

Please send all entries to Contests@Tonnerdoll.com.  All entries must be received no later than Wednesday, February 19th, 2014.  For photography entries, JPEGS please.   Finalists will be announced shortly thereafter.

***By submitting an entry you grant Tonner Doll Company, Inc. (Tonner) all rights to use the work submitted in any manner Tonner wishes in perpetuity and allow Tonner to publish your name related to the artwork.  No remuneration for the artwork will be provided other than the prizes stipulated in the contest.

Help Out Your Fellow Dolly Friend & Vote

In honor of a photo contest put on by Peak's Woods on Facebook, I decided to make a special outfit for my FOF Hucky.  The contest requires a person to take a picture with their doll, so I made sure Hucky's OOAK outfit matched mine.  We are both sporting pink dresses with white dots.  Can you also tell I did some bokeh work with my camera?

Now, I need your help!  If you are on Facebook, please "like" my photo on the Peak's Woods page.  Your help will be greatly appreciated and will actually help contribute to further MegannArt dolly clothing on new doll bodies.

Remember, go to this photo on Facebook to vote, and you have to "like" the photo itself, not a comment, feed, etc.

Support an artist!  Visit my website (MegannArt) for an Etsy shop, Twitter, Facebook (with occasional discounts), Pinterest page, and much more.  Plus, there is even a new pattern book out now that has some BJD patterns, called Dolly Bureau!

Please vote for Aaron!

One of my favorite people in the BJD world, Aaron Egawa, has entered the very first I love Dollheart contest at Ms. Cholong's Boutique Doll. Please vote for him--between today and June 6, 2013. There will be three winners chosen, based on the number of votes the photos receive:

• 1st place receives $200 worth of Dollheart items
• 2nd place receives $100 worth of Dollheart items
• 3rd place will receive $50 worth of Dollheart items

The prizes will be announced next week on June 7.

If you can't decided which photo you like best, please vote for photo #2, title Mary riding in the Wilderness, with her favorite Bobcase Spike, by my friend Aaron Egawa. He really needs extra Dollheart goodies! :) (There are many terrific entries, I have to say!)

The system will only allows voting for one time for one photo, and it should begin later today. (I don't think it's function just yet.)

First Tonner Pinterest Contest!

Win a free Blonde Perfect Morning Cami and outfit just for Pinning! The first Tonner Pinterest Contest starts this week from Tonner Doll Company. Find out the rules and how to enter at this link.

All you have to do is pin your 8 favorite photos using the hashtag #Pin2Win on a new board (on your Pinterest account) called My Favorite 2013 Tonners. Then, email the link as instructed here and you're all set. You'll be entered to win on May 21 at noon EST (contest ends May 20 at 5 PM EST).

Tonner even shows you how to open up a Pinterest account--if you don't have one, you should. It's great fun. You'll love it!

The fine print:

No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited. Open to the legal residents of the 50 United States, D.C. and Puerto Rico who are 18 or older.  Ends 5/20/13 – 5 pm EST. The winner will be announced via Facebook and Twitter, and will be contacted directly through email. More official rules and details here.  Void outside of the United States.

Also--there is a lot more fine print here.