2025 ARL Happy Tails Calendar Photo Contest

Feature your pet in the 2025 ARL Happy Tails Calendar!

Show off your pet by featuring them in the ARL’s 2025 Happy Tails calendar! Just upload your favorite photo of your pet with a $25 donation and ask your family and friends to vote for your pet's adorable photo.

NEW THIS YEAR: We’re getting a little "corny" with our theme. 🌽 Why? Because it’s Iowa! There’s no pressure to play along. We just can’t wait to see which ears rise to the top of the leaderboard as "cream of the crop!"

The 12 photos with the most votes will win a monthly featured spot, and the pet with the most votes will also be featured on the cover of the calendar. All entries that receive at least 25 total votes will receive one copy of the 2025 calendar. Pets do not have to be ARL alumni in order to be featured, and every $1 donation = 1 vote. So spread the word to your family and friends so your pet can be the face (or ears) of the calendar! All donations directly help the homeless pets at the ARL.

Want a guaranteed spot in the calendar?

Reserve a day to feature your pet! It can be your pet's adoption anniversary, a birthday, a loved one's birthday or a date that’s special to you for any other reason.

Just pick an available date and upload a photo of your pet. It’s just $25 to reserve your spot! First come, first served!

Reserve Your Day Here →

Pre-order your calendar today!

We only order a select amount of calendars so pre-order yours today to guarantee yours!

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Rules

Your pet does not have to be an alumni of the ARL to be featured
The top 12 pets with the most votes will be featured on one of the monthly cover pages with the top pet being featured the front cover of the calendar, as well as a monthly cover
If your pet wins a cover spot, the opportunity to select a month is determined by the ARL staff
Photos must be high resolution (300 dpi or greater)
Photos must only contain domestic pets (no people or wildlife)
Photos must be in landscape (horizontal) format
Photos must be in full color, not heavily filtered, edited or altered
Photos deemed offensive, indecent or obscene will be removed from this contest
All online photo entries must be submitted by 11:59:59 PM (Central Time) on Sunday, September 8, 2024
All photos submitted become the property of the Animal Rescue League of Iowa and can be used for marketing/promotional materials
In the case of a tie, the photo uploaded first will be the winner – so be sure to upload your pet's photo early!

About Us

The Animal Rescue League of Iowa (ARL) is Iowa's largest nonprofit animal shelter, caring for thousands of animals each year. The ARL serves people and pets through programs including adoption, training, spay/neuter, cruelty intervention, and more.

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