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American Girl’s Luciana Vega: Our doll giveaway contest winner!

May 26, 2018 by Melodye Shore

It was so much fun to introduce American Girl’s Doll of the Year 2018, and to spotlight my guest blogger, Payton Rowley. She did an amazing job, don’t you think?

Here’s a couple of highlights…

When Payton filled JoyJars® for the Jesse Reese Foundation, she took Luciana with her.

They also toured the Air and Space Exhibits at the California Science Center. An aspiring astronaut of Chilean-American descent, “Lucy” dreams of being the first person to set foot on Mars.

(Click here to see the original post and read the contest entries.)

We have lots of entries, and wow, your comments really touched our hearts. Thank goodness it’s a drawing and not an essay contest—it would’ve been impossible to pick one entry over another! So now, without further ado: Payton and her brother Logan created this video to announce the winning entry!

Here’s what our winner wrote about Luciana Vega:

She’s a beautiful doll that both of my daughters would love. I’m glad to see a girl that’s into space and science which my oldest daughter loves. She loves her story has read the book already and would love the have the doll! It’s wonderful to see a doll that can inspire young girls to go into the space and science industry. This why I love American girl! My daughter is into space right now had her own star chart, this past week she was telling me about worm holes. Fingers crossed that we can get a chance to welcome her into our home!

Congratulations Erin Wyllie! Please send your mailing address to me, so I can pass it along to American Girl. They’ll ship your Luciana doll to you directly, so be sure you put out the welcome mat for her!

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Posted in: American Girl, contest, Luciana Vega, Payton, writing Tagged: Air and Space Exhibits, American Girl, astronaut, California Science Center, contest winner, doll, Logan, Luciana Vega, mars, Payton, prize giveaway

And the winners of Gabriela McBride’s Book Giveaway Contest are…

February 17, 2017 by Melodye Shore

I asked my pinniped-loving pal in New York to help select the winners in Gabriela McBride’s Book Giveaway Contest. Wow, does she win the prize for creativity, or what?

She dropped the entrants’ names into a favorite hat…

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and created this adorable graphic to announce the winners.

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Congratulations, one and all! I know already that you’ll love reading and sharing Gabriela’s story, so we’ll get those books out to you, right away!

Posted in: American Girl, Book Giveaway Contest, contest, doll, dolls, Gabriella McBride, Harbor Seals, seals Tagged: book giveaway contest, Gabriela McBride, harbor seals, seals

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