Maplelea will be publishing a catalogue for Fall 2024! We need lots of photos of kids and their Maplelea dolls!
We accept photos year-round for both print and digital media.
To be considered for the Fall 2024/25 catalogue, photos must be received by Wednesday, July 3, 2024. Photos chosen for the printed catalogue may also be used digitally at a later date.
We may also use some submitted photos only in our social media or other digital media. There is no compensation for photos used digitally.
The Store Credit can be used to purchase anything on the Maplelea website.
If selected for our print publication, a one-time award of a $50 Store Credit is made for each photo. The photo can then be used by Maplelea an unlimited number of times, in perpetuity, in both print and digital media.
By submitting your photo you are agreeing to these terms.
Email photos to: Submissions@maplelea.com.
In the email subject line, put: Photo Contest, the province or territory where the photo was taken, your family name, and a name for the photo.
Ie., "Photo Contest, NS, McDonald, Highland Dancing", or "Photo Contest, NU, Pauloosie, dog-sledding", or "Photo Contest, AB, Patel, exploring Morraine Lake"
Be sure to include in the body of the email:
How children are identified in the published photos: As parent/guardian it is up to you how you would like the child(ren) in the photos identified. We usually use the child's first name, last initial, and geographic area. However, you are welcome to use a pseudonym for your child, and only the province or territory, if you prefer.
For the story behind the photo, you can give us a paragraph or two. We will shorten and edit it!
Some examples of previous captions that have appeared:
Twenty new baby chicks arrived at Maya P.'s farm in Moosomin, SK. They will grow up to be laying hens. Saila and Maya look forward to having eggs, but they also wish the chicks would stay little and cute forever.
Tulips, tulips everywhere! With their Maplelea dolls all dressed up in their Tulip Royale outfits, Abigail, Lennon and Olivia attended the annual Canadian Tulip Festival in Ottawa last year. Every year the Netherlands sends 10,000 tulip bulbs to Ottawa in gratitude for having sheltered their future Queen Juliana during WWII.
Lucy from Kelowna, BC and Brianne have fun practicing their figure skating together at a friend's outdoor rink.
Abigail and her Maplelea doll went camping in Alberta this summer. They went hiking, rock climbed in a canyon, and had toasted marshmallows over the campfire. "Best camping trip ever!" says Abigail.
How many photos can be submitted? There is no real limit, as long as they are all different in terms of locations, activities, and/or doll outfits. Sometimes we get duplicates of locations, activities and/or doll outfits, so it is nice for us to have more than one from you to choose from.
Communication regarding the photos. Please note that we do not acknowledge receipt of emails sent to submissions@maplelea.com (though you can set it to request a read receipt when you send it). Once we decide that we are going to use one of your photos, we will advise you and confirm the information we will be publishing. Once published we will credit the appropriate amount to your Maplelea account. You can then spend that credit on your next purchase.
Hi! I was just wondering, when I submit my photos, should I write a story to go with the photos, or do I just submit the photos alone?
What e-mail do we send our doll photo in for the summer photo contest?
So I just emailed a photo story for Charlsea’s birthday using the submissions email (submissions@maplelea.com) Is that ok?
I just submitted a photo story of Taryn’s Birthday with the submissions email. Is that ok?
Maplelea accepts photos year-round. We are looking for photos from every part of Canada! And, we welcome photos of any Maplelea doll in any part of Canada. Please do show us your adventure with Charlsea in Quebec, or Saila in Alberta, or Jenna in Nunavut—Maplelea Girls love to travel!
Hi! I’m Emily and I’m wondering if Regina, SK is good for the photos! Is there any dolls from here though or is it just the 6?
Hello,
When is the next photo contest? My daughter would like to submit photos please.
Thanks,
Krista MacLean
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Erin Vanmarcke
April 11, 2024
thanks! we are planning to buy léonie and we will have an adventure with her and submit a photo!