Hello Aledans! The day is finally here – the announcement of #PonyFest12! If you remember #PonyFest11 we had a great time designing ponies based on our novels and voting on our favorite, and this year is going to be even BIGGER! First, to tempt you to join, a beautiful custom by our very own Kalavista:
Lothlorien, by Kalavista
Kal has graciously agreed to customize this year’s winning pony as well. And based on her beautiful work, I think you’ll be happy with the results (click through to go to her DA page and see all her beautiful customs).
And now for #PonyFest12!
The Rules:
-either draw your own pony or use a template or the pony creator to make a pony based on your novel. Choose colors for the body, mane/tail, and eyes, as well as a symbol. Ponies can be earthers, unicorns or pegasi (no alicorns/unipegs please).
-all ponies must come from a full-length, original work (no fanfics). Unpublished novels are OK. Feel free to plug your published novel in the post if you are that lucky!
-it can be a pony based on a character, setting, or theme from your novel. You can make more than one pony, but they must be voted on as a whole, from the same book, and only ONE of those ponies will be customized.
-write up a short description of your pony(s), and a one sentence tag-line for the book.
-post the pony(s) on your blog by Sunday September 30th and reply here with the link to that post (please don’t link to your home page, the contest runs for a long time and you don’t want to make people scroll).
-from October 5th through 13th visit the other blogs and vote for your favorite pony!
-winner will be announced on October 14th!
The Prize: The winner (based on popular vote) will have their pony made into a real custom pony by Kalavista, plus receive a copy of her book, The Secret of Shadow! And this year the prize is even bigger, because the winner will also receive a copy of Spookygirl, by Jill Baguchinsky, and Angelfire, by Courtney A Moulton (also pony friends of mine).
EDIT: Beth Revis has donated a signed copy of her book A Million Suns to the prize pack!
Restrictions: The custom pony will not have clothes or accessories (no sculpty/clay will be used), so make a representation of the character, rather than a carbon-copy right down to their underwear. No Twice-As-Fancy symbols (symbols that cover the entire body), alicorns/unipegs, or sitting poses. Open to US/Canada residents only (you can still play, but only US/C residents can win the prize, sorry!).
Good luck everyone – I can’t wait to see all your beautiful designs!
September 16, 2012 at 10:58 am
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September 16, 2012 at 11:35 am
SQUEE! She’s gorgeous! Awesome job on the symbol too; it looks amazing! I’m gonna get my PonyFest post ready for next week!
September 16, 2012 at 11:37 am
I can’t wait to see your post ^_^
September 16, 2012 at 1:34 pm
That is simply gorgeous. I’m loving the detail on the symbol. ^_^
September 16, 2012 at 1:36 pm
The symbol is so gorgeous. She has another with lighter greens, but I thought the darker green just popped so well.
September 16, 2012 at 2:31 pm
[...] ago. I even learned what a Brony is. o.O Then today I stumbled on Rebecca Enzor’s post about Pony Fest #12 and the Pony Creator by General Zoi. And having little to no brain today, I decided to get [...]
September 16, 2012 at 2:33 pm
My Pony Fest 12 entry – Miko from In the Service of Samurai – http://blog.gloriaoliver.com/2012/09/pony-fest-12-entry-miko-from-in-service.html
September 16, 2012 at 10:44 pm
Couldn’t resist, so here’s my entry — a pony version of Violet from Spookygirl: Paranormal Investigator.
http://mintconspiracy.blogspot.com/2012/09/contest-entry-rebecca-enzors-ponyfest12.html
September 17, 2012 at 7:30 am
[...] stumbled over this one – Rebecca Enzor is holding the My Pony Fest 12 at her blog. Basically it’s a call for authors with completed (even if unpublished) novels [...]
September 17, 2012 at 8:03 am
[...] made into a real custom! The contest was so much fun, Rebecca has decided to make it annual. Visit her post for the rules if you want to participate! And be sure to come back in October to visit other [...]
September 17, 2012 at 10:57 am
Okay, seriously, I NEED this pony! It is so cute. I don’t have an entry, but I’m certainly enjoying seeing what everyone comes up with. Love, love, love all the creativity!
September 17, 2012 at 11:08 am
I agree – this is my favorite time of year with all the awesome ponies ^_^
September 21, 2012 at 9:36 am
Sounds like a great blogfest! Too bad I’m in South Africa.
September 21, 2012 at 4:56 pm
You can still play, you just can’t win :/ But it would be fun to see what kind of ponies you make!
September 21, 2012 at 4:44 pm
[...] Custom of the Week: Lothlorien (and announcing #PonyFest12!) [...]
September 23, 2012 at 10:19 am
[...] Custom of the Week: Lothlorien (and announcing #PonyFest12!) [...]
September 26, 2012 at 10:45 am
I love ponies (just posted about them last week)! The pony creator link is fabulous. I won’t have time to enter, but I’ll make some ponies and print them for novel inspiration.
September 26, 2012 at 11:24 am
Even if you don’t have time to make them for the deadline, please show them off! I’d love to see what you create
September 26, 2012 at 1:24 pm
Hey that was pretty fun
http://kjhstories.blogspot.com/2012/09/my-pony-for-kiya.html
September 26, 2012 at 2:17 pm
Glad you enjoyed it!
September 26, 2012 at 6:22 pm
Okay. I’m super psyched and pretty much feeling this is the best contest ever. haha. It’s just such a fun idea. I’m a new follower to your blog and I’m off to create my ponies. (I have two books) Yay! I’ll be back.
September 26, 2012 at 8:00 pm
Glad you like it! I have so much fun with this contest every year
September 27, 2012 at 12:11 pm
[...] Custom of the Week: Lothlorien (and announcing #PonyFest12!) [...]
September 28, 2012 at 11:37 am
[...] GUTGAA participant Rebecca Enzor is holding her second annual PonyFest. I remember having seen an announcement of PonyFest11 during Rachael Harrie’s [...]
September 28, 2012 at 11:39 am
Here’s mine, though not very adventurous: http://carrieannebrownian.wordpress.com/2012/09/28/justines-pony/
I love drawing horses, but I went with the custom creator.
September 28, 2012 at 11:47 am
The custom creator is certainly easier – it’s what I’ll be using for this year’s pony too (I don’t enter the contest, but I like to create a pony for it anyways ;P)
September 29, 2012 at 1:24 am
Ummm…haha. I think I misunderstood the rules the first time I read this. I can only enter one book, right? I can’t enter two books with two different ponies–one from each manuscript I’ve written–with a blog post, tagline for each? Just wondering cause my daughter LOVES horses and she already drew them up and we painted them together. It was fun either way, so no big deal. But I don’t want to inadvertently break any rules by putting them both on my blog, so could you let me know for sure about this?
September 29, 2012 at 12:08 pm
You can only enter one book, but you can enter multiple ponies from that book.
You can always save the other books for next year – I plan to do this every year!
September 29, 2012 at 3:18 pm
Cool! That’s what i wanted to know.
I had a lot of fun with this, so I’m glad you’ll be doing it every year. Thanks!
September 29, 2012 at 8:08 am
Took me all week! But here is my entry
http://snarkyforhire.blogspot.com/2012/09/pony-fest-12-entry-cassandra.html
September 29, 2012 at 12:14 pm
It’s a good thing I can’t vote, because I don’t think I would be able to decide!
September 30, 2012 at 2:19 am
My daughter, Kassidy, and I had SO much fun making our pony. Hope you like her and thanks for hosting the contest!
Here’s the link: http://onemagicbeanbuyer.blogspot.com/2012/09/pony-fest-2012.html
September 30, 2012 at 9:56 am
So lovely, thanks for joining the fun!
September 30, 2012 at 8:36 am
I got it done in time! Here’s my entry
She’s based on the Amazon princess in my co-written novel.
http://www.marcykennedy.com/zerynthia-the-warrior-my-little-pony/
September 30, 2012 at 9:58 am
Yay! I’m so glad you were able to get it done in time!
September 30, 2012 at 10:14 am
[...] Custom of the Week: Lothlorien (and announcing #PonyFest12!) [...]
September 30, 2012 at 10:14 am
[...] Custom of the Week: Lothlorien (and announcing #PonyFest12!) [...]
September 30, 2012 at 2:58 pm
[...] know, two posts, in one day? I couldn’t help it. I decided to join Rebecca Enzor’s custom pony contest: #PonyFest12. When I read her post last week, I decided to create a pony for my main character in [...]
September 30, 2012 at 3:03 pm
OK, Rebecca, I couldn’t help myself. This pony has been staring at me all week, just begging me to submit her. So here goes: http://dianabeebe.wordpress.com/2012/09/30/my-very-own-my-little-pony/
October 1, 2012 at 12:11 am
Yay! I’m glad you were able to make a pony in time! She’s so pretty
September 30, 2012 at 11:29 pm
Yay!!! Here are my ponies from my YA fantasy novel! Woo hoo! This was so much fun!
Break Free Ponies
October 1, 2012 at 12:12 am
Love the different designs! Thanks for joining the fun!
October 4, 2012 at 4:24 am
[...] Announcing Pony Fest #12 by Rebecca Enzor [...]
April 11, 2013 at 5:32 pm
I want it! Can I buy it? How much?
April 11, 2013 at 5:40 pm
You’ll have to ask the customizer (which isn’t me – I’m not nearly that good!). If you have a Deviant Art account you can ask Kalavista here: http://kalavista.deviantart.com/art/Lothlorien-II-206436935 or you can go directly to her custom website here: https://sites.google.com/site/kalavistacustoms/Home (her email for commissions is posted on her website).