Rules

Contest entries must be for companion cats and dogs.
There are separate IAR and Non-IAR Dog and Cat categories (four categories total). Two winners will be selected from each of these four categories independently.
There are 10 full pages in the calendar to win and 2 collage pages featuring 40 entrants with the next-highest vote totals. See HOW TO WIN below to learn how votes will be broken down and how winning photos will be determined across categories.
Each $1 donation in support of an entry is valued as 1 vote.
Calendar months cannot be reserved.
IAR reserves the right to remove an entry for not adhering to the rules or for containing inappropriate content.
Voting ends at 8:00:00 PM (Eastern Time) on Friday, June 28, 2024.

Entering A Photo

The entry period is from 10:00:00 AM (Eastern Time) on Friday, June 14, 2024 until 8:00:00 PM (Eastern Time) on Friday, June 28, 2024.
Photos of any companion cats and dogs will be accepted. Your pet does NOT have to be adopted from Independent Animal Rescue to be eligible to enter the contest.
Photos must be high resolution (at least 2500 x 1800 pixels) to be included in the calendar. You can see your photo's resolution by viewing its properties. Low resolution photos will look blurry when sized for the calendar.
People are not allowed in the photo–pets only!
Your photo may contain more than one pet.
The pet in your photo must be adopted from IAR to be eligible to win Judges' Choice (see Prizes for more information).
We cannot accept physical photographs, heavily edited photos, or photos with stickers, text, or emojis. No copyrighted or professional photographs will be accepted.
If your photo wins a calendar spot but is not sized appropriately to be included in the calendar, we may ask for another photo.
Once your photo is entered in the contest, you agree to let IAR use it for print and marketing purposes.

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Independent Animal Rescue
PO Box 14232
Durham, NC 27709
animalrescue.net