Rules
How to submit Photographs
- All eligible photos submitted by 11:59:59 PM (Mountain Time) on Sunday, October 20, 2024 will be included in the 2025 Calendar, in days of the 12 month calendar.
- Donations are fully tax-deductible as permitted by law. Ark-Valley Humane Society is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.
- Submissions will be accepted on-line from 8:00:00 AM (Mountain Time) on Monday, October 7, 2024 until 11:59:59 PM (Mountain Time) on Sunday, October 20, 2024. Photos can be voted on by the public during the submission period and/or until 11:59:59 PM (Mountain Time) on Sunday, October 20, 2024 for $1 per vote ($5 minimum).
- The minimum donation for submitting a photo to be included and voted on in the Ark-Valley Humane Society's 2025 Calendar is $5 per photo submitted. You may submit as many photos as you like.
- To submit photos online, click on the Participate tab above and follow the directions to upload a photograph of your pet. We are only accepting online entries this year.
All photos become the property of Ark-Valley Humane Society.Eligible Photographs
- Your pet does not have to be a rescue or from Ark-Valley Humane Society.
- Photos must be high resolution. 3650 pixels X 2740 pixels is preferred for printing purposes. Generally, photos taken with mobile phones are not high enough resolution.
- Acceptable photo formats are: .jpg and .png
- Photos may contain one or more pets.
- Photos must contain only pets (no humans featured)
- Horizontal (landscape) format is preferred.
- Any image that includes people in main part of the photo, or content that is deemed inappropriate, indecent or obscene, as determined by the Executive Director of Ark-Valley Humane Society, will be removed from the Photo Contest.
Vote For Your Favorites
- Once a photo is submitted, it will appear in the online gallery at gogophotocontest.com/avhs, and be open to voting until 11:59:59 PM (Mountain Time) on Sunday, October 20, 2024. Votes are $l.00 each with a minimum of 5 votes. You can vote as many times as you'd like.
- All votes for photo submissions will be tabulated and displayed online.
- To vote online, click on the Participate tab above. The online voting period will end at 11:59:59 PM (Mountain Time) on Sunday, October 20, 2024.
- Ending time for the Photo Fundraiser will be determined by the host website's server, which will show prominently on the Photo Fundraiser website as a countdown clock on the last day of the fundraiser.
- All votes are donations to Ark-Valley Humane Society and are fully tax-deductible as permitted by law.
- Voters are prompted to make a donation (minimum 5 votes) at the time of voting. Entries will receive one vote for every $1 donated during the voting process. After you submit your entry, you have the opportunity to ask your friends and family members to donate-to-vote by sending them the URL for your entry or using the "Tell-A-Friend" form when you log in to your account on the Contest website. Keep in mind that you cannot combine votes from separate photos/entries.
- Voters do not have to use all votes at the time of donation. Upon donation, voters will be given the option of applying all of the votes to one image or storing the votes in an account. If voters choose to store votes, they can be accessed and voted with a User ID and password at any time during the contest-voting period.
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