Official RulesTHIS CONTEST WILL BE RUN IN US DOLLARS ONLY. Please check with your credit card company to be sure they convert if you are participating from another country.
Enter your favorite photo of your pet to win one of 12 coveted spots in the 2020 "
For the Love of Dogs" Calendar. The top vote earner will be on the cover of the calendar, and choice of month within the calendar.
The top 12 vote getters will receive a
2020 "For the Love of Dogs" calendar. The photo must have a HI-resolution. SUBMITTED PHOTO FOR VOTING SHOULD NOT CONTAIN ANY HUMANS.
We invite you to join the fun by participating in this special fundraiser which helps pets and pet owners in need. The contest winners will be determined by
public online voting.
Participant Guidelines
To Enter:
You must submit a photo of your Pet and include:
- Name of Pet
- Owner's First Name
- Your City and State or Country
- A paragraph that tells voters something fun or interesting about the pet in the photo. (25 word limit) Please share something special that we could include on our calendar if your pet wins.
All photos must be uploaded. Sorry, we cannot accept hard copies.
Entry fee is just $5.
Each vote thereafter will be $1 ($5 minimum). Each $1 donation counts as a vote for that photo.
There are 12 spots available to win, one for each month, including the calendar cover.
Deadline to submit all photos online is 9 PM (EST) on August 25, 2019 Eligible Pet Photographs
- Acceptable photo format is .jpg only. HI RESOLUTION IS PREFERED.
- Photos may contain no more than 1 pet. NO HUMANS PLEASE
- Photographs must be in color or black and white and contain no more than 1 pet (no people)
- Any image that includes content that is deemed inappropriate, indecent, or obscene, as determined by the staff of Beach Dog Rescue of Costa Maya or otherwise does not adhere to the rules will be removed from the Calendar Fundraiser.
- Photographs may not be edited or altered (other than minor color, contrast, or sharpness adjustments)
- Photographs may be from a professional studio but copywrite permission must be submitted to receive votes.
How to Submit Photographs
Visit
PARTICIPATE/ENTER CONTEST and follow the directions to upload a photograph of your pet along with up to 25 words describing your photo. All photos become the property of
Beach Dog Rescue of Costa Maya.
Public Voting For Pets
Winners will be determined by the number of votes received per pet photo.
The voting period will end at 9 PM (EDT) August 31, 2019.- Once a pet photo is submitted, it will appear in the online gallery, and be open to voting by the general public. Voting requires a minimum donation of $5/per five votes with each transaction.
- All votes for photo submissions will be tabulated and displayed online. Donations are not refundable.
- Due to electronic processing variables out of our control, voters should be cautious when applying votes during the final seconds of the contest.
The pets with the most votes (donations) at the end of the voting period will win the opportunity to be featured in the calendar. The single entrant with the most votes will be featured on the cover of
2020 "For the Love of Dogs". The next 11 top vote recipients will be displayed on a calendar month (one entry per month).
To vote, go to
Participate/View Entries/Vote and donate a minimum of $5 for five votes (more votes/donation are certainly appreciated). Those votes can then be cast for any submitted photo in one-vote increments. Voters do not have to use all of the votes at the time of donation. When voters donate, they will be given the option of applying all of the votes to one photo, spreading their votes over various photos, or storing votes in their account. If a voter chooses to store the votes, voter can log in to their account using their ID and password and vote at a later time.
Payments can be made via MasterCard and Visa. YOU DO NOT NEED TO CREATE AN ACCOUNT TO VOTE!
Tips to help your pet become a winner
- Use the social media links within the contest to promote your pet to your friends and family.
- Get cash sponsorships! You can collect cash donations for your pet from friends, family and acquaintances, then simply apply the amounts yourself, using your own log-in information and credit card. This is probably one of the easiest ways to get support, because you are collecting funds directly and your supporters do not have to create their own account. Most people are happy to support Beach Dog Rescue of Costa Maya, and you can collect any amount….from one dollar to hundreds.
- Use the Vote Bank to store votes so you can apply those last minute votes without waiting for credit card processing. Don't forget to apply these donations as votes before the close of the contest. If you forget to apply them, your pet will not get the credit even though the donation has been processed.
- Be very CAREFUL as the contest approaches the cut-off time. Attempting to process last minute donation votes can be tricky, because we do not have control over processing time. A few seconds can make the difference between winning and losing, so try not to cut it too close to the finish line when applying your votes.
Notification of Winners
- The 12 participants to receive the most votes when public voting ends will be contacted via email.
Fundraising Prizes:
- The Top 12 vote getters will receive a free 2020 calendar.
- Questions? For questions about the 2020 "For the Love of Dogs" Calendar Photo Contest, please contact Kim Tamburri at rkctam1@verizon.net
- Thanks for participating and for your support of Beach Dog Rescue of Costa Maya.