DALLAS — Ham I Am!, purveyor of fine meats and manufacturer of HOGWASH, a tasty condiment to hams and smoked meat, is excited to announce it will be participating alongside Random House Children’s Books and Dr. Seuss Enterprises, L.P. in the 50th anniversary celebration of Dr. Seuss's “Green Eggs and Ham” by supporting their video contest, “HAM It Up.” Fans across the United States will be submitting a video capturing their theatrical interpretation of a scene from the book for a chance to win the Grand Prize; a year’s supply of ham from Ham I Am!, a $2,000 cash prize, a beautifully framed 50th Anniversary Green Eggs and Ham print, and a flip camera.
“We are thrilled to be a part of this celebration and congratulate the Dr. Seuss Enterprises on this major milestone,” said Meghan Meehan, Vice President of Ham I Am!. “Participants should have fun with this contest, the sillier, funnier and hammier the better!”
The “HAM It Up” video contest kicks-off on September 21 and will end on November 3, 2010. Dr. Seuss fans can find details on how to enter and read official contest rules on Seussville. Entrants can submit their video by upload, in-browser recording, or via a YouTube url. The contest platform will display videos within a player so that they are shareable and embeddable. Entrants are encouraged to promote their video to friends and family to boost their ratings. The general public will decide which participants best tapped into their inner Sam-I-Am during a public voting period. The videos with the most votes will be judged by the Random House Children's Books team and Dr. Seuss Enterprises to determine the best overall acts. Prizes will be awarded to one grand prize winner and 10 runners up based on the following criteria: creativity and originality, representation of the contest theme and public votes.
The Grand Prize winner will receive their choice of Ham I Am!’s award winning pork products over a year’s time. Up to one prize delivery per month will ensure that the grand prize winner gets their fill of green eggs and Ham I Am!. “A year’s supply of ham is the perfect addition to the grand prize winnings; you can ‘eat in a house, with a mouse, or in a box with a fox’! We know the winner will like Ham I Am!,” said Meehan.
Ham I Am! has a tasty line-up of award-winning products for any and all occasions. The Ozark Trails Hickory Smoked and Peppered Ham along with other meats in this line have been recognized as the best of the best by members of the NASFT, National Association for the Specialty Food Trade, along with receiving the Fancy Food Show's Sofi Award. Ham I Am is committed to serving up the best tasting specialty foods, and for delivering superior customer service. For more information, visit here.
Random House Children’s Books is the world’s largest English-language children's trade book publisher. Creating books for preschool children through young adult readers, in all formats from board books to activity books to picture books and novels, Random House Children’s Books brings together award-winning authors and illustrators, world-famous franchise characters, and multimillion-copy series. In 1957, Random House pioneered the beginning reader genre when it launched the Beginner Books series with Dr. Seuss’s classic The Cat in the Hat. Each year, Random House Children’s Books, along with Dr. Seuss, proudly supports the National Education Association’s Read Across America initiative, which calls on America’s children to celebrate the joys of reading in conjunction with Dr. Seuss’s birthday, March 2. Random House Children’s Books is a division of Random House, Inc., whose parent company is Bertelsmann AG a leading international media company.
The primary focus of the Dr. Seuss Enterprises, L.P. is to protect the integrity of the Dr. Seuss books while expanding beyond books into ancillary areas. This effort is a strategic part of the overall mission to nurture and protect the relationship consumers have with Dr. Seuss characters. Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss) said he never wanted to license his characters to anyone who would “round out the edges.” That is one of the guiding philosophies of Dr. Seuss Enterprises. Audrey S. Geisel, the widow of Dr. Seuss, heads Dr. Seuss Enterprises as President.
Source: Ham I Am!