Photo Guidelines
- While we do love to see photos of all personal pets, we're keeping this contest focused on our feline friends and canine companions! Photo submissions for this contest should be dogs and cats only, please! Even if your dog or cat was not adopted from HEA, you're invited to submit a photo for voting!
- Photos should be in focus and of high quality, in either .jpg or.png format
- Please use a high-resolution photo with a file size of 2 MB or higher.
- To check this you can go to the photo's properties or generally click on info in a menu.
- As a rule of thumb, a photo from your photo gallery on a mobile device will be of high quality, but submit it directly from the gallery and not from a previous text exchange or social media post.
- If your photo appears to be low-resolution (grainy in appearance) or is in a non-compatible format, you will be notified.
- Photos must not be altered, other than minor adjustments to contrast, brightness, etc.
- Photos should contain only pets (without their people).
- All entries must be a photo of your pet sleeping, napping, or laying down.
- General guidance, when submitting a photo into the:
- Photo contest: a horizontal (landscape) photo will work best.
- Reserve-a-date: either a horizontal or portrait-oriented photo will likely work.
Photo Submission
- Only one photo submission per entry is allowed – please do not submit collages/multiple photos in the same entry.
- You may submit as many entries as you'd like, but each entry must be of a different pet.
- You may submit photos with multiple pets. If you submit a photo with multiple pets, you will not be able to submit individual photos of those same pets.
- If your photo was taken by a professional or commercial photographer, you must send a signed copyright release to sluna@heanokill.org.
- By entering this contest, you are giving Happily Ever After Animal Sanctuary, Inc. the right to use your photo(s) in the calendar and for promotional purposes. All proceeds will go to Happily Ever After Animal Sanctuary, Inc.
- We believe it is unlikely that this will happen, but Happily Ever After Animal Sanctuary, Inc. reserves the right to disqualify any picture that is not within guidelines or that we deem inappropriate.
Contest & Voting Fees
- The contest submission period begins Monday, November 2 at 8:00 AM and ends Sunday, November 15 at 8:00 PM.
- The voting period begins Monday, November 2 at 8:00 AM and ends Sunday, November 15 at 8:00 PM.
- Each entry into the contest is $5
- Every $1 donation counts as one vote.
- Votes are unlimited.
- All donations from voting and entries are non-refundable.
- Entries and donations have to be made via the online contest page.
HEA reserves the right to alter contest rules as necessary.
Please send any contest questions to
sluna@heanokill.org.