• Entry fee is $10 per photo. You may enter as many photos as you want, but you must pay the entry fee for each photo entered.
• Each vote is $1. There is no limit to the number of votes an individual can cast.
• Voting period ends at 10:00 PM (Central Time) on Wednesday, October 29, 2025.
• All photos must be submitted online to be eligible. We cannot accept printed photos.
• By entering a photo, you warrant that you have the rights to use the photo and the entry does not infringe the intellectual property rights of any third party or violate the privacy rights of a third party.
• By entering a photo, you agree to allow Topeka Community Cat Fix to publish it in our 2026 calendar and on our website and social media pages.

• Photos must be of cats or other animals only; photos that include humans are not eligible.
• All animals must be depicted in a humane manner.
• Photos must be high-resolution (300 dpi or greater).
• Photos with professional photographer watermarks are ineligible.
• Photos of paintings, drawings, or other artistic renderings are ineligible.
• AI-generated images are ineligible.
• Any photo that is deemed inappropriate or that does not comply with the contest rules will be removed from the contest without the entrant receiving money back.

• The top six vote-getters in the Pet Cats category and the top three vote-getters in each of the other categories (Community Cats and Honorary Cats) will each be featured in a month spread in the 2026 TCCF calendar.
• The overall top vote-getter, in addition to appearing in a month spread, will also be featured on the cover and will receive a certificate for a free pet mini photo session, including a phone consultation and three digital files, from Memory Makers Photography (expires 12/31/26).
• Winners can request their preferred month to feature their photo, but TCCF reserves the right to make final determinations.

About Topeka Community Cat Fix (TCCF)

The mission of TCCF is to reduce overpopulation and improve the lives of community cats living in Shawnee County Kansas through Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return (TNVR). Additionally, TCCF attempts to involve and educate the public about community cats and the benefits of TNVR and maintain open communication with other local animal welfare groups and supporters.

Community cats are free-roaming cats who make their homes outdoors. These cats may be feral (unsocialized to humans), abandoned, or lost. Community cats trapped by TCCF volunteers are spayed/neutered, vaccinated, treated for internal and external parasites, ear tipped to identify their status as fixed, and returned to their original location where a colony caregiver provides food and shelter. Neutering male cats helps to decrease undesirable behaviors such as fighting and urine marking. Spayed female cats are no longer subject to frequent repeated pregnancies, and fewer kittens are born into potentially unforgiving conditions. Additionally, the relationship between these cats and people who live near them is improved as nuisance behaviors are reduced.

TCCF is committed to decreasing the proliferation of cats and kittens through TNVR. Since its inception in 2014, TCCF has spayed and neutered over 10,500 cats, saving tens of thousands of homeless cats and kittens from harsh lives and even death on the streets and reducing the burden on local animal shelters.