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.

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Blind Bag Contest
Deadline: May 1, 2024
Prize: TBA

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.

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Past Contests

Unrealistic/Fantasy Customs
Deadline: May 31, 2021
Prize: Winner’s choice of mini unpainted resins (Cantrell Mustang Stallion, Kilbourn Pixel, Kirksey Platinum Daylily)

These can be any scale. The prize is winner’s choice of AR resins in SM scale – Mustang, Pixel or PDL.

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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.

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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!

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Makeover Challenge!!
Deadline: March 1, 2024
Prize: TBA

Makeover a Traditional scale Breyer Justin Morgan 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!