Rules

• Human entrants must be over the age of 18 at the time of entry. (Lawrence Humane staff and immediate family members of staff are not eligible to participate in the contest.)

• Your pet does NOT have to be adopted from the Lawrence Humane Society to be eligible to enter the contest.

• Entry fee is $5 per photo. You may enter as many photos as you want, but you must pay the entry fee for each photo entered.

• Each photo may only have one pet in it. You MUST submit a different entry for each pet. Photos and submissions with multiple pets will be excluded from the contest without receiving money back.

• Photos must be of pets only; people are not allowed in the photo. All animals must be depicted in a humane manner.

• Pets submitted into the "Other" category can be any pet other than cats and dogs. Examples include (but are not limited to) horses, donkeys, pigs, chickens, rabbits, rats, reptiles, etc. As long as the animal submitted is or was truly your pet.

• Any photo that is deemed to be inappropriate or that does not comply with rules will be removed from the contest without the entrant receiving money back.

• Your pet does not need to be alive at the time of entry to be eligible.

• Photos must be high-resolution (300 dpi or greater).

• By entering a photo, you warrant that you have the rights to use the photo and the entry does not infringe the intellectual property rights of any third party or violate the privacy rights of a third party.

• Photos with professional photographer watermarks will not be eligible.

• Photos of paintings, drawings, or other artistic renderings of pets will not be eligible.

• All photos must be submitted online to be eligible.

• All photos submitted become the property of the Lawrence Humane Society.

• Each vote is $1. There is no limit to the number of times a person can vote. In fact, we encourage as many votes as possible!

• Voting period ends at midnight (11:59:59 PM Central Time) on Tuesday, March 31, 2026.

To keep things interesting, we're adding a whole new category to the contest! In addition to featuring the dog and cat winners on the LBC crowler, we will also have an "Other Animal" category, the winner of which will also be featured on the crowler! And we'll have some fun prizes for a few lucky entrants as well! Read on to learn how it will work:

• The GRAND PRIZE winners (3) will be the one cat, one dog, and one "other" animal whose entries receive the most votes in their respective categories at the close of the voting period. These animals' images will be illustrated by Kent Smith and will be featured on Lawrence Beer Co. crowlers during the summer of 2026! (And in the event of a tie vote in any category, the winner will be the participant with the earlier entry date.)

• We will also have a dog, cat, and "other" animal raffle so that EVERYONE has a chance to win a prize! 

• Every photo submission (other than the Grand Prize winners) will be entered into raffles for their respective categories (so 3 raffles in total). Each entrant gets one spot in their respective raffle so that everyone has an equal and fair chance of winning. Lawrence Humane staff will film the picking of the winning raffle entrants so that all can see the random and fair process. The raffle winners will ALSO be illustrated by Kent Smith and will have their illustrations featured on shirts made especially for their humans.

• All winners will be notified no later than April 5, 2026 via e-mail. Winners will be asked to keep from sharing the news publicly until Lawrence Humane and Lawrence Beer Co. do a public announcement.