Rules

Eligibility

• Human entrants must be over the age of 18 at the time of entry. (Lawrence Humane staff and immediate family members of staff are not eligible to participate in the contest.)

• Your pet does NOT have to be adopted from the Lawrence Humane Society to be eligible to enter the contest.

• Entry fee is $5 per photo. You may enter as many photos as you want, but you must pay the entry fee for each photo entered.

• Each photo may only have one pet in it. You MUST submit a different entry for each pet. Photos and submissions with multiple pets will be excluded from the contest without receiving money back.

• Photos must be of dogs or cats only; people are not allowed in the photo. All animals must be depicted in a humane manner.

• Any photo that is deemed to be inappropriate or that does not comply with rules will be removed from the contest without the entrant receiving money back.

• Your pet does not need to be alive at the time of entry to be eligible.

Entering a Photo

• Photos must be high-resolution (300 dpi or greater).

• 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.

• Photos with professional photographer watermarks will not be eligible.

• Photos of paintings, drawings, or other artistic renderings of pets will not be eligible.

• All photos must be submitted online to be eligible.

• All photos submitted become the property of the Lawrence Humane Society.

Voting

• Each vote is $1. There is no limit to the number of times a person can vote. In fact, we encourage as many votes as possible!

• Voting period ends at 11:59:59 PM (Central Time) on Wednesday, April 30, 2025.

Prizes
This year, we're changing things up! Instead of featuring one dog and one cat on the LBC crowler, we will be featuring TWO dogs and TWO cats! Read on to learn how it will work:

• As we've done in the past, the GRAND PRIZE winners (2) will be the one cat and one dog whose entries receive the most votes in their respective categories at the close of the voting period. These animals' images will be illustrated by Alec Joler and they are guaranteed to appear on Lawrence Beer Co. crowlers during the summer of 2025! (And in the event of a tie vote in either category, the winner will be the participant with the earlier entry date.)

• But instead of having a Runner-Up category, this year we will have a dog and cat raffle so that an additional dog and cat can be featured on the crowlers and EVERYONE has a chance to win!

• Every dog entry (other than the Grand Prize winning dog) will be entered into the dog raffle and every cat entry (other than the Grand Prize winning cat) will be entered into the cat raffle. Each entrant gets one spot in their respective raffle so that everyone has an equal and fair chance of winning. Lawrence Humane staff will film the picking of the winning raffle tickets so that all can see the random and fair process. The cat and dog entries picked in their respective raffles will ALSO be illustrated by Alec Joler and will appear on Lawrence Beer Co. crowlers during the summer of 2025!

• All winners will be notified no later than May 15, 2025 via e-mail. Winners will be asked to keep from sharing the news publicly until Lawrence Humane and Lawrence Beer Co. do a public announcement.