Contest Entry
- To submit your pet's photo, a minimum $5 donation is required. This amount will enter you into the contest. The entry fee will be included in the overall funds donated to your campaign.
- Entries are limited to one photo per entry fee and must be submitted online. You may submit as many entries as you like.
- Once entered, all photos become the property of the Humane Society for Tacoma and Pierce County (HSTPC) and can be used, edited, or modified for print or marketing purposes.
- Any photo or caption deemed inappropriate as determined by the staff of HSTPC will be removed from the photo contest.
Photo Requirements
- Your pet does not have to be adopted from the HSTPC to be eligible to enter this contest.
- All photos must be submitted by the photographer who took the photo. Photos with copyrights must receive the express consent of the owner of the copyright for usage rights in the HSTPC pet photo contest.
- If photos include pets not owned by the person entering the photo, the entrant must receive written permission from the pet's owner for usage in the contest.
- If photos include underaged children, written consent for photo entry and inclusion of child in photo must be able to be proven by entrant.
Contest Voting
- The Cutest Social Distancing Sidekick Judges' Pick winners will be decided by a panel of judges. Votes do not need to be collected to win the Judges' Pick prize.
- The Cutest Social Distancing Sidekick Fan Favorite prize will be won by collecting the highest number of votes for your entry. Each dollar donated to a pet's campaign represents one vote, and there is no limit to the number of votes one may cast for the duration of the contest. You may vote for your own photo as many times as you like!
- A minimum $5 donation is required to vote.
- All donations are tax-deductible by law.
- All donations to the photo contest are final.
- All votes must be applied to selected photos by the conclusion of the voting period to be counted.
- An email address is required to make an online donation so a receipt with tax information can be sent to the donor. If you would not like to receive HSTPC news and solicitations via email in the future, there is a checkbox that you can un-check at the time of your donation.
Contest Deadlines
- Online entries and votes must be submitted before 10:00:00 PM PST on Thursday, April 16, 2020.
Contest Winners
- Prize announcements will be revealed on the contest homepage within one week of the contest end-date. Prizes will be delivered to address on file via USPS within one month.
The value of any prizes won in this contest must be reported on your taxes as income. For more information, please refer to:
http://www.irs.gov/publications/p17/ch12.html#d0e46809