Does your pet have what it takes to make it into our 2026 Calendar? Submit your favorite photo of your animal and let’s find out!
🐾 Submit a photo of your pet with a $10 donation to enter.
🐾 Share your entry link with friends and family to collect votes!
🐾 Each vote is $1 (minimum of $5 per transaction)—so rally your supporters and help your animal win a spot in the calendar!
Be sure to share with your family and friends and encourage them to vote for your photo!
Prizes
- The photo receiving the most votes will be “2026 Pet of the Year” and that photo will grace the cover of the 2026 Calendar and will be added to one month also.
- The next top 10 photos receiving the most votes will be featured as “Pet of the Month”. Pet of the Month winners will be showcased as a large photo each month.
- A panel of judges, including the PAWS Board and staff, will choose a “Best in Show” photo that will be showcased as a large photo one month.
- The next 24 photos receiving the most votes will be featured as “Pet of the Week”. Two Pet of the Week winners will be included as small photos on each calendar page.
Want to Order Your Calendar(s)?Please consider ordering a calendar. This will help us purchase the right amount of calendars so we don't waste valuable funds on extra stock.
Calendar Order →Rules
- Entry, voting, and calendar sales proceeds will help to support PAWS & More
- Each entry will be $10 to PAWS & More. This entry fee does not include a calendar.
- You may enter as many photos as you wish, with no restrictions on animal species or number of animals per picture. Entry fees are required for each submission.
- Entries will be accepted starting at 8:00:00 AM (Central Time) on Sunday, June 1, 2025 until 8:00:00 PM (Central Time) on Monday, June 30, 2025.
- Emphasis of the photo should be on your pets. Please do not include people in the photos.
- Your pet does NOT have to be adopted from PAWS & More or live in Washington to be eligible to enter the contest.
- Anyone may vote for any entry in the 2026 Photo Contest. Each $1.00 donation counts as one vote. You may cast as many votes as you like at any time for any entry. You are allowed, and encouraged, to vote for your own pets, and to share the contest with your friends and family.
- Photos must be high-resolution (300 dpi or greater) to be considered for a month spread in the calendar. No professional watermarked photos will be accepted.
- Photos deemed offensive, indecent, or obscene will be removed from the contest.
- All photos submitted will become the property of PAWS & More and may be used on social media, advertising, or marketing materials.
- The photo receiving the most votes will be “2026 Pet of the Year” and that photo will grace the cover of the 2026 Calendar and will be added to one month also.
- The next top 10 photos receiving the most votes will be featured as “Pet of the Month”. Pet of the Month winners will be showcased as a large photo each month.
- A panel of judges, including the PAWS Board and staff, will choose a “Best in Show” photo that will be showcased as a large photo one month.
- The next 24 photos receiving the most votes will be featured as “Pet of the Week”. Two Pet of the Week winners will be included as smaller photos on each calendar page.
- Participants have the option to purchase a blank calendar grid space for $100. The square will include a thumbnail photo and the name of the pet.
- PAWS & More Staff and Board Members may enter the contest.
- Online voting via website will end at 8:00:00 PM (Central Time) on Monday, June 30, 2025.
- Any photo that receives 500+ votes will earn a free calendar. Otherwise, participants may purchase calendars, if they would like, but calendars will not be provided automatically due to the high cost of printing.
PAWS & More, also known as Washington County Humane Society, is a private, adoption-guarantee shelter located in Washington, Iowa. “PAWS” stands for “Providing Animals with Shelter”, while “More” stands for the loving care and treatment we give to every animal who passes through our doors.
Our Mission
PAWS & More provides animals with shelter and compassionate care while supporting their families and communities.
Our Vision
Provides humane care to all animals needing protection;
Serves as a support resource to communities, animals, and their human families;
Seeks suitable homes for animals in need;
Collaborates with other shelters and rescue organizations needing assistance when possible;
Serves as the animal field services organization for Washington County, Iowa, and most of its incorporated communities; and
Provides euthanasia only when medically or behaviorally necessary.
Our Values
PAWS and More is fiscally responsible and driven by high ethical standards.
We are an Equal Opportunity employer who cares about our paid staff and our volunteers.
PAWS and More seeks to assist families and communities in management of companion animal health and human health in loving homes.
Our shelter seeks to provide progressive, thoughtful, clean, and comforting surroundings for the animals in our care.
We seek to be environmentally responsible and good community neighbors.