Model Equine Photo Showers Association

Contests

MEPSA Contests for 2024

Below are the contests that we have lined up for this year.

Please state your intent to enter any of the above contests to our Donations Coordinator. Please note that this is just to field participation numbers and doesn’t require you enter.  Conversely, please also advise if you change your mind regarding entering. Once you have committed to entering and have sent your entry to MEPSA, it becomes the property of MEPSA.

Entries must be sent AT ENTRANT’S EXPENSE to our Championship Show Coordinator and BECOME THE PROPERTY OF MEPSA to use how they see fit.  This could mean as a piece “for offers”, for outright specified sale, or as a prize for contests in the Championship show. Violation of these rules and requests may result in inability to enter future contests.  Please keep it fun for all.

As usual, please Contact us with any questions.

Unrealistic/Fantasy Customs
Deadline: September 15, 2024

MEPSA is holding an Unrealistic/Fantasy Contest as a MEPSA benefit. The winner will be decided by popular vote and everyone is encouraged to enter. This is a great way to get your work shown to a large audience, win a great prize, and help MEPSA.

Contest Rules:

  1. Anything goes in this contest as long as the final model does not look like a regular horse. The customized model can have wings, horn, any color, etc. The final product is up to the artist’s discretion.
  2. This contest will have two categories: Traditional/Classic and Mini. You can enter one category or can enter both categories if you have two entries.
  3. Model must have been customized by the entrant. Your identity, as the artist, should be kept under wraps until the voting is over. Please don’t tell anyone which entry is yours. Guessing is part of the fun!
  4. All finished entries need to be sent to Alice Aldridge, PO Box 1334, Petal, MS 39465.
  5. All entries become property of MEPSA to raise funds or use as Championship show awards. This is a MEPSA Benefit contest. There is no other fee to enter.
  6. The contest will be publicized on Facebook in model horse groups. Please help spread the word!
  7. Deadline for customizing your item and entering is September 15th, 2024. Voting will take place in October.

Prizes: Stay tuned for an announcement about the awesome prizes. There will be a prize for the Traditional/Classic category and another prize for the Mini category.

Makeover Challenge!!
Deadline: March 1, 2025
Prize: TBA

Makeover a Traditional scale Breyer Morganglanz any way you want, with some customization when compared to the original mold. It can be minimum, like a mane and tail or head position change, or a drastic custom – it’s up to you!  A few bodies may be available to live show proven artists, please inquire.  Otherwise, artists must provide their own body. Get the body soon, so you have plenty of time to work!

Winner will be decided by popular vote. This is a big fundraiser for MEPSA to help us continue to put on a great Championship show. Please help out if you can!

Contest Rules:

  1. Your identity, as maker, should be kept under wraps until the voting is over. Please don’t tell everyone which entry is yours. Guessing is part of the fun!
  2. All finished models need to have a clear digital or scanned photo of each side, with a model to show scale sent in to MEPSA, Alice Aldridge aaldridge1334@gmail.com – Alice can do the photographs for you, if needed, when the model is received.
  3. All entered models become property of MEPSA to raise funds or use as Championship show awards. This is a MEPSA Benefit contest. Maker must send the finished model to MEPSA upon completion to Alice Aldridge, PO Box 1334, Petal, MS 39465 at their own expense. There is no other fee to enter.
  4. The contest will be publicized on Facebook and in model horse groups. Please help spread the word!
  5. Deadline for completing your makeover is March 1, 2024. Voting will take place during March.
  6. If you would like to enter and request a Justin Morgan body, please contact Alice Aldridge at aaldridge1334@gmail.com. We have a limited number of bodies available so you may need to supply your own. If you supply your own body, please send me an intent-to-enter statement at aaldridge1334@gmail.com just so I know how many entries to expect.

Annual Writing Contest
Deadline: TBA, 2025
Prize: TBA
Judge: TBA

We need both longer and shorter articles. 1000-3000 words is the length to shoot for.
Text should be formatted in Microsoft Word (.doc) or .rtf or .txt.
Name your text file using your last name (e.g. bailey.doc).
Do not embed images in your article. Send the illustrations for your article as separate .jpg files (no more than 2 MB each), named using your last name and the figure/illustration number (e.g. “baileyfig1.jpg”). Illustrations must be original or used by permission from the source. Provide a source for each illustration as they will be listed in the figure captions (e.g. photo by Corina Roberts). Illustrations are an essential part of almost any article.
You may include a short byline describing yourself/credentials/place in the hobby.
Email your files to mepsa22@yahoo.com.
Choose a subject related to model horses in which you are knowledgeable. Here are some examples that would be topics of interest:

  • Performance-the tack, rules, setting, etc. illustrated with photos of real horses/tack and/or model horses.
  • Customizing – how to … (paint, resculpt, do hooves, braid a mane, etc.)
  • How to make tack – a halter, bridle, saddle, costume, harness …
  • How to make props
  • Breeds (e.g. “Tiger Horse”, “exotics”) – with real horse illustrations. If you breed, keep or train horses, speak from your experience and illustrate with your horses! What model horses best represent your breed? Why?
  • Photography – share your special tips on model horse photography with our readers!
  • Model horse manufacturers: a history of Hagen Renecker or Breyer or artist resins …
  • Fiction/poetry – We are willing to accept these submissions. Of course they should be horse related. We will not be printing more than one “creative work” in the Champ book. Others may appear in the club newsletter.
  • Other similar subjects of interest to model horse photo showers. To see an example MEPSA Championship book, go to Lulu.com, search for MEPSA, and look at a preview.

Thank you for your consideration! These articles help to make our Champ show book awesome. Please contact Jennifer Cole at mepsa22@yahoo.com if you are interested in participating!

Past Contests

Mini Customs
Deadline: June 26, 2021
Prize: Winner’s choice of 2 mini unpainted resins (Mustang, PDL)

Rules for contest:

  1. Artist provides the model to be customized. The model must fit the criteria of the contest it was meant to be entered into – in this case a Stablemate/Chips or Little bit/Pebbles scale model for mini division. Each entrant may enter one or two models.
  2. Artist may use any technique, any materials, and customize the model any way they choose. The model customizing contests are open to any equid – not only horses, but donkeys, zebras, etc. Only realistic models for this contest.
  3. All finished models must have a clear digital or scanned photo of each side, sent in to MEPSA- Shana Bobbitt (starfroggie @ gmail.com). MEPSA can do the photographs for you if needed, when we get the model.
  4. Upon completion, the artist must send the finished model to MEPSA at entrant’s expense. Please mail to Elena Lemm (address provided upon request)
  5. The contest will be publicized heavily on the Internet and in model horse groups. Please help spread the word!
  6. For this contest, winners will be selected by majority vote on MEPSA’s website. When the contest entries are announced and the voting completed, winners will be notified via email.
  7. While we LOVE looking at in progress photos, to preserve the integrity of this contest, we are asking that all entrants NOT reveal through personal means via website, on MEPSA sites, or MHSP and the like of their connection with contest entries to encourage equity and fairness of all entries. Please preserve anonymity to make it fun for all!
  8. Please state your intent to enter any of the above contests to Shana Bobbitt at starfroggie @ gmail.com. Please note that this is just to field participation numbers, and doesn’t require you enter. Conversely, please also advise if you decide to change your mind regarding entering.
  9. This is a MEPSA benefit contest. ALL entered model become property of MEPSA to raise funds or use as Championship Show awards.
  10. Violation of these rules and requests may result in inability to enter future contests. Please keep it fun for all.

We will adhere to the deadline mentioned should we receive enough entries for that contest. MEPSA reserves the right to extend the deadlines should there not be enough entries. Voting will take place within a month after the latest expressed deadline.

Prop Making Contest
Deadline: December 15, 2023
Prize: Western Tack Set

MEPSA is holding a prop making contest as a MEPSA benefit. This contest is open to Traditional, Classic and Stablemate size props. The winner will be decided by popular vote and everyone is encouraged to enter. This is a great way to get your work shown to a large audience, win a great prize and help MEPSA.

Contest Rules:

  1. Prop must have been made by the entrant. The entered item may be previously made or made especially for this contest. Your identity, as maker, should be kept under wraps until the voting is over. Please don’t tell everyone which entry is yours. Guessing is part of the fun!
  2. You may enter any type of prop. All entries must be made, not purchased.
  3. All finished props need to have a clear digital or scanned photo of each side, with a model to show scale, sent in to MEPSA, Alice Aldridge aaldridge1334@gmail.com – Alice can take the photographs for you, if needed, when the prop is received.
  4. All entered props become property of MEPSA to raise funds or use as Championship show awards. This is a MEPSA Benefit contest. Maker must send the finished prop to MEPSA upon completion to Alice Aldridge, PO Box 1334, Petal, MS 39465 at their own expense. There is no other fee to enter.
  5. The contest will be publicized on Facebook and in model horse groups. Please help spread the word!
  6. Deadline for producing your item and entering is December 15, 2023. Voting will take place in mid-to-late December. We will accept entries from November 1 – December 15, 2023.
  7. MEPSA appreciates an intent-to-enter-statement as soon as you determine that you will enter. Please send to Alice Aldridge aaldridge1334@gmail.com. This is not binding but will give us an idea of how many entries to expect.

Stay tuned for the details of the awesome prize!

Blind Bag Contest
Deadline: May 1, 2024
Prize: Blick’s Art $100 Gift Card

MEPSA is holding a blind bag contest as a MEPSA benefit. The winner will be decided by popular vote and everyone is encouraged to enter. This is a great way to get your work shown to a large audience, win a great prize and help MEPSA!

Contest Rules
1. Choose which scale model you would like to enter. Email Alice aaldridge1334 @ gmail.com with your choice and a blind bag model of that size will be sent to you to complete (fix/repair/strip/prep/paint). There are a limited number of bodies available.
Bodies Available:

  • Traditional and Classic scale models that are either broken and/or missing pieces
  • Stablemate and Littlebit scale broken and/or missing pieces
  • Traditional and Classic scale models that need stripping and/or prepping but are not broken
  • Stablemate scale not broken but needs stripping and/or prepping

2. Model must have been customized by the entrant. Your identity, as artist, should be kept under wraps until the voting is over. Please don’t tell anyone which entry is yours. Guessing is part of the fun!
3. All finished entries need to be sent in to MEPSA, Alice Aldridge, PO Box 1334, Petal, MS 39465.
4. All entries become property of MEPSA to raise funds or use as Championship Show awards. This is a MEPSA benefit contest. There is other fee to enter.
5. The contest will be publicized on Facebook in model horse groups. Please help spread the word!
6. Deadline for customizing your item and entering is May 1, 2024. Voting will take place in May.