Rules
- Photos of dogs, cats, horses, small mammals, reptiles and birds are accepted
- Your pet does NOT have to be adopted from Mary S. Roberts Pet Adoption Center or live in the Inland Empire to be eligible to enter the contest
- Photos may contain more than one pet
- Photos must be high-resolution (300 dpi or greater) and be in landscape (horizontal) format to be considered for a month spread in the calendar
- Photos that do not meet the eligibility requirements (ex. horizontal format, resolution, etc.) by the end of the contest will automatically be disqualified regardless of the number of votes.
- Photos must only contain domestic pets (no people or wildlife)
- Photos must be full-color; no heavily filtered, edited or altered photos
- Photos with professional photographer watermarks will not be eligible to be included in the calendar
- Photos deemed offensive, indecent or obscene will be removed from the contest
- Photos must receive at least 5 votes to be included in 2027 calendar
- All online photo entries must be submitted by midnight (11:59:59 PM Pacific Time) on Friday, September 25, 2026
- All mail-in/hand-delivered photo entries must be submitted by 4:00 p.m. PDT September 2, 2026.
- All photos submitted become the property of Mary S. Roberts Pet Adoption Center
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