2026 CBRR&R
PHOTO CALENDAR
PHOTO CALENDAR
Contest
Entering Ends 8/14/2025 at 11:59:59 PM | Voting Starts 8/15/2025 at 1:00:00 AM Pacific Time

2026 CBRR&R Photo Calendar Contest

Hey CBRR&R Friends,

It’s me—Quincy, your furry and fabulous spokesdog for the 2026 CBRR&R Calendar!

Our annual photo contest is open, and we’re calling on all Chesapeake Bay Retrievers to submit their best photos for a chance to be featured in the 2026 calendar—our biggest fundraiser of the year!

Here’s what you need to know:

📸 Submit Your Photos:

  • Two photos per dog

  • Dogs only—no humans (seriously!)

  • Horizontal / landscape format only

  • High-resolution files (300 dpi, over 1MB)

  • No cropping or editing—send us the original file!

🐶 Want to Reserve a Calendar Day?


🏆 Win a Feature Month in the Calendar!

  • Top vote-getter picks the month and gets a free calendar

  • The next 11 vote-getters each get a full-page month too!

🛍 Pre-Order Your Calendar:

Don't miss your chance to support rescue and see your beautiful Chessie in print.
Upload your photos today and get those tails wagging!

Love & Licks,
Quincy 🐾
& the 2026 Calendar Committee
  


Tips for calendar photographs--this is important!
We've been working with the calendar photographs and design for several years. There are always a portion of entries that must be rejected for the main image contest because of small file sizes. We thought we'd share some notes about taking and downloading. Check out this helpful link on the CBRR&R Website! Keep reading for more tips and tricks to get a successful photo entry. 

We need landscape/horizontal photos. Vertical photos just don't work. If you need a visual on what we mean, click here to check out this great tutorial. 

For reproduction purposes, submitted photographs need to be BIG! Yes, really big, high resolution, high quality photos. In technical terms, that means 300 dpi and at least 12 inches wide if you went to print it out on a traditional printer. Photos that are too small will look pixelated, grainy, and blurry when they are blown up. To make sure we have the highest quality calendar possible, we don't want to do that! 

And...don't crop your photos! We can tell (yep, we can!). Cropping out people or copyright watermarks (boo!) or trying to crop to change the shape of the photo only deteriorates the quality of the original file. If your photo is otherwise award winning and happens to have a human toe in the corner that we didn't notice when we approved it, WE can take care of that on our end if your photo makes the cut. 

If your photo is small or a vertical image, consider submitting it to the "reserve a date" section instead of the calendar contest.

If you're interested in learning more, check out this article. For example, in most cases, your file size will be over 1MB which means in probably has enough "data" to be a high resolution photo. Horizontal images are required, as the calendar has a horizontal format. 

Most digital cameras, and phones, will produce acceptable files, just so long as the download is made at the largest possible size. Before taking the photographs, if the camera has a setting for file size, make it as large as possible. We know it's not always easy to get the photos off your phone in the largest file type possible. We have found that if you can email the photo file to yourself, you will be able to select the file size that you are downloading from the phone and sending. Always choose "actual size" for the attachment. 

And, if you are using your phone, hold it horizontally…or "landscape!" That will create a horizontal photo that will have a more likely chance of making the contest.

There  is a bit of a process to set up an online account for this site even to submit a photo. While no payment is required for submission, there is a sign up process. Please be sure to complete the entire process so your photo is submitted. We find "half submitted" photos in the system and can't do much to help.

And finally, please check your email. We find that quite often that when we reach out from our volunteer email addresses we never hear back. You will get an email telling you that your photo has been approved for the contest (and also if it has been rejected). Once your photo is approved, please GO VOTE! Share the photo to get your friends to vote. 

We're looking forward to seeing your dogs!


Rules
  • Photos of Chesapeakes doing "Chesapeake things" are encouraged! Action shots, funny shots, even cute puppy shots! Keep in mind that all photos must be high resolution and your own work! Staged photo shoots are discouraged. No humans, please! ALL Photos with humans will be rejected.
  • Cropped and edited photos will be rejected. Only submit unedited, uncropped files.
  • All entries must be the original work of the entrant. If a professional photographer took your photo, you must own the copyright to the photograph or have written permission to use it from the photographer before submitting the photo. If you don't own the copyright, please email permission to development@cbrrescue.org before submitting the photo to the contest.
  • Professional photos with watermarks will not be accepted. A photographer credit will be made on the calendar page but not on the photo itself. All professional photos must be submitted without watermarks.
  • Each photo submission entry will be approved for content, quality and pixels. Please be sure to read the submission guidelines. There is no charge to upload a photo, but it will be approved before it appears on the website!
  • Photos must be high resolution (to work for the calendar). That means REALLY BIG files! A minimum of 300 dpi is the tech info. Check out this article for help on what the means.
  • Horizontal (landscape) photos are recommended. Vertical photos just don't work. If you need a visual on what we mean, click here to check out this great tutorial
  • All photos will be reviewed for proper format before being posted for a vote. If you're using a cell phone, set your camera for the highest resolution photos possible and hold it horizontally!
  • Up to two entries per dog is encouraged and honorary Chesapeakes are welcome too. Dogs do not have to be rescues to enter.
  • Each vote is a tax-deductible donation of $2 to CBRR&R.
  • Poor quality photos will be rejected. We're sorry, but we have hundreds and hundreds of photos. We'll try to reach out and let you know why your photo was rejected, but please be sure to check your email to see the rejection emails from our volunteers. You'll have an opportunity to correct the photo, but no refunds on votes will not be given if you submit votes to a photo which can't be replaced. If we can’t reach you, your photo may be moved to an available “reserve a day” slot somewhere in the calendar.
  • Yes, you can submit a photo with multiple dogs but they will not reproduce as well. We suggest no more than two dogs per photo, with the dogs placed close together.
  • The top photos with the most votes will be featured/printed as full page images in the 2026 CBRR&R Calendar. The cover photos and insert photos are chosen at the discretion of the editors.
  • "Reserve a date" photos are available for $10 per date. First come, first served. And, no humans, please!
  • Submitted photos may be shared on the CBRR&R page on Facebook and the website.
  • Submissions are accepted by the editors and while a particular photo might win a "month" shot, if the photos does not meet production criteria, the editors reserve the right to move the photo to another location.
  • CBRR&R reserves the right to modify or clarify any of the contest rules during the term of the contest without advance notice.
  • Entries will be taken until 11:59:59 PM (Pacific Time) on Thursday, August 14, 2025
  • Voting will BEGIN at 1:00:00 AM (Pacific Time) on Friday, August 15, 2025.
  • Voting will CLOSE at 11:00:00 PM (Pacific Time) on Monday, September 15, 2025.
  • Calendar orders will close on November 1, 2025 on this site. Orders can be placed via PayPal on the cbrrescue.org page.
  • No refunds will be issued including for votes or reserved dates that do not meet the standards. Votes may be transferred to other approved photos. Every effort will be made to correct photos.
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