Rules

To enter your pet in the Associated Humane Societies and Popcorn Park Animal Refuge’s online photo contest, you must provide information about your pet and then upload your HIGH-RESOLUTION photograph. There is a $10 entry fee which also counts towards your pet's total votes. A new entry fee is required for each photo you enter.

All photos and votes must be submitted by 6:00:00 PM (Eastern Time) on Tuesday, September 10, 2024.

1. Photos must be submitted in landscape (horizontal) format and must be high-quality (ex: not blurry or out of focus). Photos must also be uploaded in full color and as a .jpg file.
2. Photos must contain either a dog or cat or some combination of cats or dogs.  Photos may not contain people. We will not be able to accept photos of other types of pets.
3. Any inappropriate images submitted will be removed immediately with no opportunity for a refund.
4. One person may submit as many images as they choose, however please be aware that votes of friends and family will be spread out over the images, lessening your chances of winning.
   
   

1. Minimum of 5 votes at the time of voting. Pets will receive 1 vote for every $1 donated.
2. You do not have to use all your votes at the time of the donation. You may store your votes and use them at a later date in the contest.
3. Donations are tax deductible by law. Please save your credit card receipts for your tax records. The Associated Humane Societies is a 501©3 non-profit organization (tax id 22-1487122).
4. The 2 Top Dog and 2 Top Cat pictures with the most votes (donations) at the end of the contest will win!
   
   

There are two categories: Top Dog and Top Cat Photos. In total, we will feature 4 winners from the calendar contest (2 Top Cats and 2 Top Dogs). The Grand Prize winner will be the entrant with the most votes overall and will be featured on the front cover of the calendar. Our Grand Prize winner will also have additional pictures and a personal bio prominently displayed on the inside cover. Our 3 Runner-Up winners will be featured on a month spread in AHS's 2025 calendar! All winners will receive a copy of the printed 2025 Calendar.

If you have any questions about the calendar contest, please contact Megan Velardo at mvelardo@ahsppz.org. Thank you for participating and supporting the Associated Humane Societies and Popcorn Park Animal Refuge!

When you enter the Calendar Contest, you warrant that the photograph is original, that you are the sole owner and copyright holder of that photograph and that you have not granted exclusive rights of that photograph to any other person or entity. You also warrant that the photograph does not invade the right of privacy of any individual; does not infringe any trademark, trade name, trade secret, intellectual property right, or other common law or statutory right; nor does it contain any material that otherwise violates any criminal prohibition or the personal or proprietary rights of any person or entity.

With regard to any image or content submitted, you agree to grant the Associated Humane Societies, its legal representatives, successors and assigns the nonexclusive right and permission to use, modify, adapt, reproduce, publish and distribute the photograph or any portion thereof, throughout the world, in any printed form and by any kind of mechanical or electronic or any other method or device of reproduction, publication and distribution known or later developed during the full term of the copyright and without notification or payment in connection with the Associated Humane Societies’ Calendar Contest. The Associated Humane Societies agrees to attribute authorship and copyright ownership to you when it publishes and distributes the photograph you submitted. The Associated Humane Societies agrees that it will never sell the photograph or rights in the photograph to any individual or entity.

By entering the contest you also agree to grant to the Associated Humane Societies, its legal representatives, successors and assigns the nonexclusive right and permission to use, modify, adapt, reproduce, publish and distribute the photograph or any portion thereof throughout the world in any printed form and by any kind of mechanical or electronic or any method or device of reproduction, publication and distribution known or later developed, during the full term of copyright and without notification or payment. AHS also agrees that it will never sell the photograph or rights in the photograph to any individual or entity.

Releases are not responsible for printing, typographical, human or other errors of any kind in any contest-related materials or for stolen, lost, late, misdirected, damaged, incomplete or illegible entries. If, for any reason, the Contest are not capable of running as planned or infection by computer viruses, bugs or tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, actions of entrants, technical failures or any other causes corrupt or infect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the contests, the Associated Humane Societies reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify any entry or entrant and/or to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the contests and at its sole discretion award a prize from among all eligible non-suspect entries validly received prior to the action requiring such modification. By entering, all contestants agree that the contests are governed by laws of the state of New Jersey for the resolution of all claims and disputes (excluding any claims against or disputes involving parties other than AHS relating to any prize awarded in the contest).

All submitted photos and information become the property of the Associated Humane Societies to be used at their discretion for any and all marketing purposes without any additional compensation. If the person submitting the photo is not the pet's owner, they must receive permission to submit the photo by the pet owner.