Tell us about your child's individual sense of style for a $50 jcpenney gift card!

THANK YOU EVERYONE! We have reached our quota of 80 posts. We are reviewing current submissions to make sure they are qualified. You will be notified via email if you were one of the qualifying participants. Thanks for participating! Even if you are not in the first 80 submissions, you are welcome to continue submitting your posts, and we will share all of them with the team at jcpenney.

This back-to-school season, jcpenney celebrates the idea that daydreams can become reality, and are empowering kids to express their individual style. jcpenney makes it affordable, you make it yours. Think back to before you were a grown-up... before you forgot what it was like to dream big. What was it like when you were developing your own personality and sense of style? That’s the magic of being a kid and the start of each new school year for our children is full of new possibilities. That’s the kind of fresh individuality in all our kids and it’s worth celebrating. Our children’s sense of style is fueled by imagination—where the options for self-expression are limitless.

In honor of the new jcpenney Back-to-School season, we are introducing a fun blogging program! Celebrate the idea that daydreams can become reality! Embrace your children’s individuality and uniqueness. Share an original blog post with us about your child’s individual sense of style! Does your daughter like to take store-bought clothing items and add her creative touch to make them original? Are your kids into accessories, or are they more practical? Is your daughter’s style totally tomboyish? Does your son love to dress up like a football player? We can’t wait to read all about your child’s individual sense of style.

We're looking for quality over speed, so please read on.

How it works:
We are looking for 80 creative, original and authentic blog submissions of high quality. Create an original post on your blog, in 400 words or more (using your own words), telling us about your child’s individual sense of style. Include a thoughtful introduction, original content within the body of your post, and a conclusion. Check your spelling and grammar. You must also include the disclosure statement that is below in your post and install the campaign widget in the sidebar of your blog. Then follow the rest of the requirements below. We will review every post and select the first eighty qualifying submissions to receive a $50 jcpenney gift card!

Highlights from your posts, tweets and tips will be collected and featured on http://jcpenney.socialmoms.com, and distributed across the web for all to see. The blogging program starts on July 27, 2011 and the submission window closes at 11:59pm PST on August 26, 2011. We will contact the qualifying bloggers on or about September 2, 2011. Full terms and conditions are posted for your review at http://jcpenney.socialmoms.com/terms.

Rewards for Participating:
The first eighty qualifying participants will receive a $50 jcpenney gift card! See Terms and Conditions.

Requirements:
To participate, we ask that you:

Create an original blog post on your blog, in 400 words or more, telling us about "your child’s individual sense of style." Please include a thoughtful introduction and conclusion in addition to the main body of your essay. Give it plenty of thought, and include content that your readers would like to hear about and can connect with! Short or poorly written posts will not be accepted. Copying and pasting does not count. Blank posts submitted to create a blog link on the discussion page will be disqualified. Don't copy another blogger's post or ideas. Plagiarism is grounds for immediate disqualification.
Participants must include the following disclosure as a footnote of their post:
“I wrote this blog post while participating in the SocialMoms and jcpenney blogging program, for a gift card worth $50. For more information on how you can participate, click here.” (make sure you link to http://jcpenney.socialmoms.com/about)

Install the campaign widget in the side bar of your blog

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Log on to your Twitter account, www.twitter.com, and send a tweet including a link to your blog post with the hashtag #jcpback2school.
Return to www.SocialMoms.com and post a comment on this discussion page in the comments section below, including an active link to your blog post and a direct link to your Twitter tweet. (You can click on the date/time link below your tweet to get the direct link to your tweet.)

Eligibility:
No purchase required to participate. You must be a legal resident of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia, have a personal blog and be a registered user of the www.socialmoms.com and www.twitter.com websites to participate and at least 18 years of age or older at time of submission. See Terms and Conditions. Please see SocialMoms FAQs for more information on blogging programs.

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Permalink Reply by robin phillips-knotts on July 27, 2011 at 5:04pm

Post: http://bit.ly/r2ycro
Tweet: http://twitter.com/cokelush/status/96370288559796224
Disclaimer in, widget in.
Thanks!

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Permalink Reply by Valorie on July 27, 2011 at 5:04pm

Blog Post: http://bit.ly/oxmqPY

Widget: Sidebar on Right Down www.TruthBeToldBlog.com

Tweet with hashtag: http://bit.ly/rk0oG6

Thanks!

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Permalink Reply by Shelly Leatham on July 27, 2011 at 5:05pm

here is my post http://sweepnsave.blogspot.com/2011/07/my-daughter-has-style-that-i...

my tweet: http://twitter.com/#!/sleatham1/statuses/96370218582020096

widget in sidebar

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Permalink Reply by Annette Yen on July 27, 2011 at 5:06pm

This one is fun!

Blog post: http://parentingzoo.com/members/?p=1787

Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/funwithmojo/status/96370770174947329

Over 400 words

Widget in sidebar

Disclosure in post

THANKS!

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Permalink Reply by barb gary on July 27, 2011 at 5:06pm

My website link

My twitter link

http://twitter.com/dlsblogs/status/96370070883803139

Yay, I received my first ever Rambo alert email today so I think I finally made a campaign!

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Permalink Reply by Jennifer Tyree on July 27, 2011 at 5:08pm

http://www.mytotallyrandomlife.com/2011/07/childs-sense-of-style.html

https://twitter.com/#!/jennifertyree/status/96371165257408512

Rotating banner on blog.

Disclosure at bottom

Thanks for the opportunity.

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Permalink Reply by Jennifer Patrick on July 27, 2011 at 5:08pm

I blogged! Fun one!!

http://www.stilllivingthedream.com/2011/07/fashion.html

tweet: http://twitter.com/#!/jpatrickcomm/status/96370591896051713

Jennifer

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Permalink Reply by Sheri McDonald on July 27, 2011 at 5:09pm

I did it all, and then realized it is for the US, but I'm posting anyway because I visit the US all of the time, and if we can be included that's great, and if not...oh well, I wrote the post and it was fun.

Blog http://www.kidsumers.ca/2011/07/a-mind-and-style-of-her-own/

Twitter http://twitter.com/#!/kidsumers/status/96371155404992512