Entries welcome to my Ultimate Harts Party!

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You asked . . . so here are the rules for scoring an invite to my Ultimate Harts Party! (See post below if you have no idea what I’m talking about.)

Please read everything carefully! Then go, go, go and I can’t wait to start receiving your entries!! I love you all! ❤ I absolutely am sooooo excited about this and can’t wait to party with a dozen Harts! You’re the best readers in the world!

THE DEETS:

When: BREYERFEST 2015

Exact date: To be determined. It will be one evening (either Friday or Saturday) during BF (April 17-19, 2015)

Time: To be determined.

Allowed number of guests: 12 (I wish I could have 1200 but my room won’t hold that many 😉

When can you enter? NOW until May 1st, 2015 at midnight EST. No entries after that date will be accepted.

When will you find out if you got an invite? By May 30, you will receive an email if you’re in. If not, I’m sorry, but the spaces filled up.

What do you have to do to enter? BE CREATIVE!! Show and tell me about it via email as to how you are spreading the word about Canterwood Crest to people who don’t know about the series.

Some examples?

Email me what you’re doing/going to do and include photos!

Shoot a video, post it on YouTube and tell me all about your project!

Make Canterwood posters, bookmarks, whatever, and ask your school/local library to display them. Send me pics to prove it!

Get your local library to carry the series and shoot pics of them at your library.

Make CC t-shirts!

Create a Canterwood trailer and post it on your YouTube channel then send me the link.

Get traffic and more likes to the Canterwood Crest Facebook page. Email me and tell me how you’re doing this.

THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX! The more creative you are and the better you promote Canterwood and reach new readers, the more likely you are to score an invite! Since I love you all so dearly, I will NOT be choosing the winners! Instead, a friend of mine will be going over all contest entries and will pick the winners in May.

Another idea?dreamhorse Paint a model horse like this one in Canterwood colors and do something with it! Send me your pics! Paint your own REAL horse, LOL, with non-toxic paint and share the photo with me.

THE TINY RULES:

1) YOU MUST ALREADY BE COMING TO BREYERFEST. Like, for sure. I’ll need to actually speak, Skype, FaceTime (whatever!) with a parent before I pick you as an official winner if you’re a finalist. If the parent says you are indeed coming to BF, then you’re one step closer to an invite!

2) You can be 9 or 99 to enter! 🙂 All ages are welcome!

3) You HAVE to email me at hartsforjess AT gmail DOT com with a LINK (DO NOT send me your video files–your entry will be deleted. If you create a video, post it on YouTube and only send the link.) to your video, Facebook post, blog post, photos of your project, your letter explaining what you’re doing, etc.

4) All entries have to have some type of written explanation as to what it is and how your project is getting new readers.

5) Emails asking if I received your entry will not receive a response. Sorry, guys, I don’t have the elbow capacity for it!

6) You can snail mail projects/letters/photos to me! They must be postmarked by May 1st, 2015. Please send to:

Jessica Burkhart
112 Circle Drive
Dover, TN 37058

7) In your email subject, please put something like “Ultimate Harts Party contest entry”

8) Failure to follow all rules will result in automatic disqualification.

9) If you do some sort of social media campaign that you can’t link me to, then take screenshots and include those in your email.

10) When you submit an entry, you are giving me the rights to post it on my blog with photos, links, etc. I will NOT use your full name or location. Don’t worry! 🙂

11) In your email, tell me: Your full name, full address, email address, age, parent’s email and phone number.

**12) You may enter as many times as you like as long as you do a new idea each time! 🙂 **Added 2/8

I’ll be staying at the Embassy in Lexington. You MUST have a parent or guardian willing to bring you to my hotel room and pick you up after the party. There won’t be enough room for all the parents to stay in the suite, but there’s plenty of room for them to hang in the Embassy.  🙂

IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, ask it in this post please! I don’t want to miss anything so don’t Tweet or IG them to me. I’ll only reply here.

** Rules are subject to change any time. Keep an eye on this post as I’ll date and bold any new rules if I have to add any.

GOOD LUCK AND CAN’T WAIT TO SEE YOU!

xoxo

Speaking and signing at BreyerFest 2015! Plus, Ultimate Harts Party!

Screenshot 2015-02-05 15.54.17Okay, guys! The news is 100% official . . . I will be speaking and signing at 2015’s BreyerFest! Viva la France!

The festival is July 17-19th at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY. I met SO many wonderful Harts last year that I’m psyched to do it again!

Who’s coming?

Also . . . I want to host an Ultimate Harts Party!

Your name here!

Your name here!

Please Tweet, leave me an IG comment, or one here if you’re coming to BF so I have an idea as to how many people there might be. I will be holding a contest for some of YOU to come to my hotel for a spa/mani/pedi/music party during BreyerFest! Get your creative minds going because I’ll be asking you to create a little something as your contest entry. 🙂 🙂

I plan to make reservations at the CLARION HOTEL in Lexington, so I’ll be there unless I note otherwise. **NOTE OTHERWISE: The CLARION was booked THREE WEEKS AFTER BF 2014! So, I’m trying to figure out where I’m staying. More deets to come! 🙂

This is going to be soooooooooo much fun! I can’t wait!

You MUST have tickets to attend and they are now on pre-sale here.

More details to come!

xo

Okay, guys! The news is 100% official!

#BreyerFest2014 iPhone app!

Okay, iPhone people! 

If you’re attending BreyerFest, they’ve created a FREE app and it’s ready for download now!

Check it out: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/breyerfest-2014/id877604446?mt=8

My signing/speaking times are on the event page!

xo

Canterwood Breyer Horses!

A complete dream come true! Here’s the official press release: 

 

Breyer Animal Creations® to Release Models Based on Canterwood Crest Series

Author Jessica Burkhart to attend BreyerFest 2014!

 

(PEQUANNOCK, N.J.) May 28, 2014—Breyer joins Sasha Silver and her horse as they begin their adventures on the campus of the elite riding school, Canterwood Crest!  Breyer Animal Creations announced today that it is partnering with author Jessica Burkhart to release two book and model horse sets of the popular middle grade series, Canterwood Crest, published by Simon & Schuster.  The book and model sets will be at retail in mid June. 

 

“Just like our models, literature has a wonderful way of creating a powerful connection to horses.  Readers of Canterwood Crest are just like our fans.  They are girls with imagination and creativity who love horses,” said John Serek, Senior Marketing Manager. 

 

“I’m so excited that my books will be inspiring even more girls and horse lovers around the world,” said, author Jessica Burkhart.  “Breyer Animal Creations is the perfect partner for the series, since many Canterwood Crest readers already love their model horses!  Plus, I can’t wait to meet more Canterwood Crest readers at BreyerFest!”

 

Canterwood Crest follows the story of Sasha Silver, who is determined to prove she belongs at the elite boarding school in the first book of the series, Take the Reins. The set includes the paperback novel and a Classics® scale model of Charm, Sasha’s horse. The next book in the series, Chasing Blue, continues the story, and is accompanied by the model of Aristocrat, the horse of Sasha’s riding partner, Heather, the school’s haughty “it girl.”

 

Jessica Burkhart is honored to be attending BreyerFest Silver Jubilee this year as a special guest. Fans can meet their favorite equestrian author up close for daily readings and insights about the Canterwood Crest series.  Horse lovers and fans can even get models and books autographed by the popular author herself!

BreyerFest Silver Jubilee is Breyer’s 25th annual festival for fans of the world’s finest equine models and horse lovers, to be held July 11-13, 2014 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky. This fun, family-friendly festival brings more than 10,000 people to Lexington to celebrate the world of horses and the model horses that are inspired by them! 

 

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About Breyer Animal Creations®

Breyer Animal Creations is a division of Reeves International (www.reevesintl.com), a family-owned, NJ-based toy manufacturer and distributor. Breyer, founded in 1950, celebrates the horse and other animals, dedicating itself to the creation of authentic and realistic model horses for play and collecting. Breyer is one of America’s iconic toys and its ‘portrait’ models of horse heroes and animals like Secretariat, Black Beauty, The Black Stallion and Lassie have inspired children of all ages to love animals. Breyer’s partnerships with publishers like Scholastic and Macmillan Children’s Publishing and studios like Universal (Seabiscuit); DreamWorks (Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron and Dreamer), and Touchstone Pictures (Hidalgo) have provided a platform to create new content and play forms for children inspiring a world of imagination and creativity.  Visit us atwww.breyerhorses.com or call 800-413-3348 to learn more about the model horse hobby and Breyer Animal Creations.

Contact for more information:

Reeves International (Breyer Animal Creations)
Kathleen Fallon 973-349-1704; Cell:917-592-5185
kfallon@reevesintl.com

or

Audrey Hix
973-694-5006, x 192
ahix@reevesintl.com

 

This is a link to the first two horses that will be available in June. As of this moment, they’ve got the horses mixed up. 😉 But don’t worry! They’re on it! 

I absolutely cannot wait to sign books and horses at BreyerFest! 

#BreyerFestMoments contest

I found this on Breyer’s Facebook page and am reposting it here. Enter and come see me at BreyerFest! 🙂

 

Enter the #BreyerFestMoments Contest!

It’s easy! Here’s how to enter:

#BreyerFestMoments Instagram Contest

1.Upload your picture of your favorite BreyerFest moment to Instagram using the official hashtag #BreyerFestMoments, add a caption, and share  with your friends!

2. Fill out the form on the Breyer Model Horses Facebook page using the promotional form by April 21, 2014 at 11:59PM EDT! The form can be found on  the top of the Breyer Facebook page or with the following link: https://a.pgtb.me/sjzlF4

3. You may win two (2) BreyerFest 2014 Tickets!*

Prize:

  • One (1) Grand Prize will be awarded. The Grand Prize is two (2) Three-Day BreyerFest 2014 Tickets (July 11-13, 2014 at the Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, Kentucky (Total Estimated Retail Value $185**).

 

Entries will be judged by Breyer’s marketing team. Each digital image will be judged on 50% photography skill, 25% adherence to theme, and 25% creativity.

 

*BreyerFest 2014 is held at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY, July 11-13, 2014. Airfare, transportation, meals and lodging not included. Terms and conditions apply, see BreyerHorses.com for complete details. **Total Estimated Retail Value based on price of Two Full-Price, Adult BreyerFest Three-Day Tickets; $92.50 each).

By submitting an entry, you agree to be bound by the following contest rules on BreyerHorses.com.

I’m going to BreyerFest!

I forgot to blog about this when I Instagrammed it, but yes, I will be in Lexington, Kentucky for BreyerFest! I’ll be signing copies of Canterwood books at a booth there. I’m SO excited!

 

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I’ll be there from July 11-13th. Not sure yet what exact day that I’ll be signing, but I’ll post as soon as I know. It’s my first KY signing! I’m beyond excited.

Who’s coming?!