Do you have a picture-perfect kitty? Does your cat think he’s a superstar? Is your feline friend a real character?
Then enter them in the FFGW 2027 Fabulous Feline Calendar Contest! Our photo contest is open to all cats; they do not have to be FFGW alumni!
Enter your cat in the contest by submitting a photograph of your cat with a $10 donation. Share the link provided with your family and friends to gather more votes for your favorite feline. Votes are $1/vote ($5 minimum) and you can vote as many times as you want!
The top vote getter will win the coveted cover photo for the 2027 calendar! The 2nd - 13th place winners will have their feline featured as Cat of the Month. More about our Prizes.
Please review the Contest Rules carefully for submission guidelines.
Reserve a Day to Honor your Cat! Want a guaranteed spot in the calendar? Reserve a day to honor your cat. Maybe the date you brought your cat home, the kitty’s birthday, or even your own birthday.
Your cat's photo will appear on the day of your choice. Just choose your favorite photo, choose the day, and donate! First come first served! Once a date has been reserved, it will no longer be available. Each calendar day reserved requires a $15 donation. Note, this will not enter your cat in the donate-to-vote contest. You can also enter your cat in the contest for $10.
Reserve Your Day Here →
Pre-Order Your Calendars
Calendars make the perfect gift for friends, family and co-workers. They will arrive in late November or early December - in time for the holidays.
Calendar Order →
Not the right time to enter the contest but want to make a donation to help FFGW? Just click this link. Our work is supported through your donations, events, grants and fundraisers such as this Calendar Contest. Thank you so much!
If you have any questions, reach out to us at calendar@ffgw.org or visit our website at ffgw.org
Prizes
1st Place Grand Prize "Calendar Cover Cat" Winner (1)
The photo with the most votes will put this winning kitty on the cover of the FFGW 2027 Fabulous Feline Cat Calendar.
This Grand Prize package includes:
- featured placement of your photo as the FFGW 2027 Calendar Cover Photo
- a FFGW 2027 Cat Calendar
Twelve "Cat of the Month" Winners (12)
The next 12 highest vote-getters will be featured as Cat of the Month during the months of January to December 2027.
The "Cat of the Month" Prize packages includes:
- featured placement as the January to December Cat of the Month
- a FFGW 2027 Cat Calendar
Photo Collage
Every cat entered will be featured somewhere in the calendar! For those entrants who did not Reserve a Day or win the Cover or one of the Cat of the Month spots, thumbnail sized photos of your kitty will be included on a collage page in the FFGW 2027 Fabulous Feline Calendar.
- To enter the contest, you must register using your personal email address and a password of your choice. Entry is a $10 donation.
- Submit the most adorable photo of your fantastic feline that you can find - or take a new one!
- No photo collages.
- In addition to your photo, we’ll ask you:
- Cat’s Name
- If the kitty is a FFGW rescue (y/n)
- To tell us a little about your cat
- Your cat does NOT have to be adopted from the Feline Foundation of Greater Washington (FFGW) to be eligible to enter the contest.
- The entry with the most votes will win the calendar cover and the entries with the 2nd - 13th most votes will be featured as a “Cat of the Month”.
- The submission and voting window is from 9:00 AM (Eastern Time) on Wednesday, August 12, 2026 until 9:00 PM (Eastern Time) on Tuesday, September 15, 2026.
How to Win
- Share your cat's link via email or on social media with your friends and family.
- Ask them to vote and explain that their votes help FFGW save lives and cover vetting costs.
- Remember - you have about four weeks to get as many votes as possible!
- $1.00 = 1 Vote (minimum $5 vote purchase)
Photo Guidelines
- Who can appear in your photos?
- People? No.
- Cats? Yes.
- Multiple cats? Yes.
- Cats with a dog or another animal friend? Yes.
- Submitted photos must be high quality in a generally accepted file format (JPEG, TIFF, PNG).
- Photos that are high resolution (width greater than 2400 pixels, height greater than 1800 pixels) will display best in the calendar. A file size of 2-3 MB (megabytes) and 300 dpi would be considered excellent quality. If you are using a mobile phone camera, please be sure your photo meets these standards.
- Photos should be in landscape (horizontal) format to be considered for a month spread in the calendar.
- Photos with professional photographer watermarks will not be eligible to be included in the calendar.
- Photos should be full color, and not heavily filtered. Photos deemed offensive or obscene will be removed from the contest.
- Since we can't guarantee on which month each winning photo will appear, it's usually a good idea to avoid photos with holiday themes.
Online Voting
Each vote is $1 and counts for 1 vote. There is no limit to the number of votes you may cast, but you must cast a minimum of 5 votes at a time for a minimum charge of $5. You may vote for your own photo and you may spread your votes across multiple cats. Online voting begins as soon as the photo is registered and ends at 9:00 PM (Eastern Time) on Tuesday, September 15, 2026.
Don't have a cat to submit but want to vote for one of the adorable kitties already entered? No problem. Just browse all the photos submitted and vote for your favorite feline! The 13 kitties getting the most votes will be featured as the cover cat or cat of the month in the 2027 calendar.
Fine Print
- The contest is open to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States, the District of Columbia, and US territories who are 18 years of age or older.
- Once entered, photos become the property of the Feline Foundation of Greater Washington (FFGW) and may be used for online, print, and marketing purposes.
- Feline Foundation of Greater Washington (FFGW) is a 501(c)(3) organization. Donations for entry and voting are non-refundable and are tax deductible to the extent permitted by law. Your confirmation email serves as a tax receipt.
- If the winning photo does not meet the calendar formatting or quality criteria, FFGW will work with the winner to highlight the photo in another FFGW channel, and/or arrange to use a different photo of the same cat(s) that would meet the criteria.
- Winners will be notified by email or phone.