Rules

• Photos of dogs and cats will be accepted (no people please) and may contain only one LIVING pet including a name, age, favorite food and election platform they will run on. Any photo, bio, or platform deemed inappropriate or politically divisive as determined by FHS will be removed from the contest. 
• Due to copyright laws, please do not use professional photos unless you have written consent of the photographer. 
• Photos should be in focus and of high quality, in either .jpg or .png format with a high-resolution of 300 dpi or greater. Please do not submit photos with digital overlays or effects.  
• Your pet does NOT have to be adopted by Forsyth Humane Society BUT must live in Winston-Salem or Forsyth County to be eligible to enter the contest. 
• Forsyth Humane Society (FHS) reserves the right to decline publication of any photograph for any reason. If a photograph is declined, FHS will notify the participant and either request a replacement or give notice of decline. 
• Once entered, photos become the property of FHS and can be used, edited, or modified to promote the contest, used in printing and other marketing purposes. 

• Each vote costs $1. There is no limit to the number of votes you may cast for the duration of the contest and votes maybe be cast for multiple entries in this election. 
• This contest permits online voting only.  

• The vote bank is optional and allows participants who create an account to purchase all their votes at one time. Once you have banked your votes you may allocate them to multiple entries throughout the duration of the contest. 
• Banked votes MUST be applied to an entry before the contest ends. Any unallocated votes will not be automatically applied. Unallocated votes will be considered a contest donation to the organization and will not be automatically refunded.  
• Banked votes can only be used in the contest they were originally purchased in (they cannot be used in a different contest). 

• FHS uses the GoGo Photo Contest platform to manage our Pet Mayor contest.  
• Participants are asked to create an account when entering the contest. Participants with an account will be able to manage their entries, create a vote bank (optional), see who has voted for their pet and print a donation receipt.  
• When voting, creating an account is optional. 
• Account information is private and never shared or sold to third parties. 

Please email Cindy Caines at ccaines@forsythhumane.org or at 336-546-1415.