FETCH Fest Photo Contest 2025

Welcome to the FETCH Fest Photo Contest! Each year FETCH a Cure hosts FETCH Fest, a pet wellness festival to celebrate the joys of animal companionship. The event raises funds for our vital programs like Companions in Crisis and Pixie’s Pen Pals. In addition to our fundraising competition-for-a-cause, we host a fun photo contest! It's easy to participate! Submit your favorite photo of your pet, then encourage your family and friends to vote for your pet's picture.

Enter the contest! Click the button to submit your favorite picture of your pet(s) for a chance to win amazing prizes.Each entry is $5. Check out more details below.
Vote for your favorite pets! Each vote = $1 and the proceeds fund FETCH a Cure’s critical work to help animals and people in our community.

Winners will be announced at FETCH Fest on June 7th at Mainline Brewery/Cirrus Vodka! To learn more about the festival, visit the event page: About FETCH Fest

Through your support and participation in events like our FETCH Fest Photo Contest, we can continue towards realizing our vision of a community where no one is denied a choice for their pet’s health and well-being due to a lack of options, education, or funding.

Prizes

The top 5 places will have a custom sticker made of their pet that was submitted to the contest!

Winners will be able to pick up their custom stickers at the FETCH a Cure office in Richmond, Virginia once they’ve been printed.

Rules

Submit a photograph of your dog and make a $5 donation to FETCH a Cure at the contest site.
Limit of TWO dogs of the same family per photo entry. No people are allowed in entry photographs.
In Memoriam photos are welcome.
All donations from entries are non-refundable.
All entry photos must be uploaded through the competition software. We do not accept printed photos. The entry photograph must be taken by you. We do not accept any copyrighted or professional photos.
The submission period starts at 9:00:00 AM (Eastern Time) on Monday, April 28, 2025 and ends at 9:00:00 PM (Eastern Time) on Friday, June 6, 2025.
Votes can come from anywhere in the world.
One (1) vote is a $1 donation. A minimum donation is $5 (five votes).
All donations from voting are non-refundable. Voting and other donations must be made through the online contest page, which is a secured site for money transactions.
Any photograph that includes content that is deemed inappropriate, indecent, or obscene, as determined by the FETCH a Cure staff, in their sole discretion, will be removed from the contest with no opportunity for a refund.
Each dog may be entered only once. Posting more than one photo of your dog does not increase the chances of winning.
The 10 winners of the FETCH Fest Photo Contest will be determined by the number of votes they receive. Votes are tallied by the contest software.