Rules

Enter the Humane Society of Charles County Family Pet Photo Calendar Contest between 12:00:00 AM (Eastern Time) on Saturday, July 30, 2022 and 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time) on Saturday, September 3, 2022 by visiting www.gogophotocontest.com/HSCC. Participants must complete the online submission form create an account and upload a high- quality photo of your pet. We recommend that all photo submissions are digital as printed photographs and polaroids are unlikely to be high enough quality to be reproduced in the calendar. All animals must be depicted in a humane and dignified manner. All photos must be in color. List your pet's name, your name and a brief bio of your pet. People are not allowed in the photos. Your pet does not have to be adopted from the Humane Society of Charles County. By entering, all participants warrant and represent that their respective entries are their own fully original creations and their respective entries (including and not limited to any materials integrated into their entries) will not infringe or violate the rights of any third parties, including but not limited to copyrights, trademarks, rights of publicity/privacy.


The sponsor is not responsible for the lost, late, illegible, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible, misdirected entries, which will be disqualified. Only fully completed entries are eligible. Proof of submission will not be deemed to be proof receipt by sponsor. All entries become the sole property of the sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned. By entering, entrants agree that the sponsor shall post all the photos on sponsors website and shall have the right to utilize entrants' photo in sponsor's promotional materials in any or all media in perpetuity. If an insufficient number of entries are received, sponsor reserves the right to cancel the fundraiser. Entries not satisfying official rules will be automatically disqualified. All entrants must have a valid email address. The sponsor is not responsible for technical, hardware, software, telephone or other communication malfunctions, errors or failures of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections, website internet or ISP availability, unauthorized human intervention, traffic congestion, incomplete, or inaccurate capture of entry information (regardless of cause) or failed, incomplete, garbled, jumbled or delayed computer transmissions which may limit one's ability to enter the fundraiser, including any injury or damage to participant's or any other person's computer relating to or resulting form participating in this fundraiser or downloading any materials in this fundraiser.


To vote go to the contestant page you wish to support and donate a minimum of $5 for 5 votes. When voters donate, they will be given the option to apply all their votes to one photo, spread their votes over various photos or store votes in a vote bank to be used later. All votes are donations to The Humane Society of Charles County and are fully tax-deductible as permitted by law. All votes for photo submissions will be tabulated and displayed online.

Winners for the pet contest will be determined by the number of votes received per photo. Once a photo is submitted it will appear in the online gallery and will be open to voting by the general public. The voting period will end at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time) on Saturday, September 3, 2022. Votes must be registered by the system before the deadline ends to be counted for the contest online. If you are submitting votes close to the deadline, please note there is a delay in processing votes.