The Zionsville / Zionsville Kiwanis Coolest Pet Contest is open to anyone 21-years-old or older who would like to enter their pet to compete for the coveted title of "Zionsville / Whitestown Kiwanis Coolest Pet for 2024."

Pet owners are allowed to submit multiple entries.

Animals that require Indiana Department of Natural Resources wild animal permits are excluded from the contest.

If you have multiple entries, you will need a separate photo for each and post them separately. Show only one pet in each photo. Provide a few short sentences on why your pet is the coolest of the cool. Photos should be digital, in focus and sharp enough to look good on the Internet and in print. No photos of people, just your pet.

There is a $10 fee to enter your pet, which automatically credits your pet with 10 votes!

Pet owners are encouraged to have their friends, relatives, co-workers, anyone and everyone go to the contest website and vote for their dog.

One vote cost $1.00 with no maximum on how many votes a person can buy. For example, $4 earns you 4 votes. And you can come back and vote as often as you'd like.

Or you can take advantage of our promotional quantity discount. If you buy a minimum of 5 votes in a single transaction, you will earn an extra vote. And you will accumulate extra votes for every $5 you spend in a single transaction. For example, spend $5 and receive 6 votes (1 extra vote). Spend $20 and receive 24 votes (4 extra votes), or $100 and receive 120 votes (20 extra votes), and so on.

Pet owners themselves will be able to buy as many votes as they'd like too. (The purpose of the contest is to raise money for worthy, child- and animal-focused causes, as well as to have fun identifying cool pets.)

The Zionsville / Whitestown Kiwanis Coolest Pet Contest will officially launch at 8:00:00 AM (Eastern Time) on Friday, August 2, 2024, and end at 8:00:00 PM (Eastern Time) on Sunday, October 6, 2024. No entrants will be accepted after 8:00:00 PM (Eastern Time) on Sunday, September 29, 2024, but voting will continue until 8:00:00 PM (Eastern Time) on Sunday, October 6, 2024.

Winners will be announced the week of October 6, 2024.

Only one prize will be awarded to one person. (If, for example, a person enters two animals and wins prizes for both, only one prize will be awarded.)

All entries will be made online by visiting the contest website and following the directions for entering pets in the contest and voting. Contest payments online are through a secure site.

By submitting an entry, you (the entrant) agree that you have all and full permissions to share the photo, which may appear on the contest website, social media, contest promotional media, newspapers and on beers sold by Deviate Brewing.

• Your photo should show only one pet (no people or other pets).

• Multiple shots of the same dog or cat on one photo is acceptable.

• Well-composed, well-lit, in-focus images attract voters and will work best on a beer label.)

• Your photo should be high-resolution (300 dpi or greater).

• Any photos with watermarks will not be accepted. Photos from professional photographers must have the photographer's approval.

• Photos deemed offensive, indecent, or obscene will be removed from the contest.

• Deviate Brewing will decide how to name the beer.
  
  

• All photos must be entered via the contest website. No mail-in/hand-delivered photo entries will be accepted.

• All entered photos will become the property of the Zionsville / Whitestown Kiwanis Club.

Special promotional prize packages may be announced during the voting period. Watch our Facebook page for announcements.

We encourage you to share your contest page link with family and friends through email and social media, encouraging them to vote for your favorite contestant's photo.

All donations for votes are non-refundable and are not tax-deductible (because there was a vote in exchange for the donation). All entries and donations must be made via the online contest page.

Donations and photo entries for this online contest that are submitted via other means (US mail, in-person or by other means) will be accepted as donations but not applied toward the contest.

This fundraiser is being conducted by the Kiwanis Club of Zionsville / Whitestown, Indiana. Our partners include Deviate Brewing, Boys & Girls Club of Boone County, Human Society for Boone County and Riley Children's Foundation. We deeply appreciate our sponsors who have contributed donations and items to our award packages.

Each of our pet-service partners will recognize their respective top fundraiser. To participate in one of these mini-contests within the Contest, select your favorite pet-service partner from the drop-down menu on the registration page. Each entrant can only select one pet-service partner.

The Kiwanis Club of Zionsville / Whitestown will attempt to notify (multiple times, if necessary) the top 10 vote-getters via telephone and email between October 10 and October 12.

There are no prize packages for different species. There will be 10 coolest pets, as well as overall winners of promotional mini-contests.

If the first-place winner cannot be contacted by midnight, October 12, 2024, the Kiwanis Club of Zionsville / Whitestown may award first-place to the next highest vote-getter.

Participation in the contest constitutes entrant's agreement to and acceptance of these Official Rules and the decisions of the Main Sponsor (Kiwanis Club of Zionsville / Whitestown), which are final. Winning a prize is contingent upon being compliant with these Official Rules.

All federal, state, local, and municipal laws and regulations apply.

Participation in the contest constitutes agreement to and acceptance of these Official Rules and the decisions of the Main Sponsor (Kiwanis Club of Zionsville / Whitestown), which are final and binding. Winning a prize is contingent upon being compliant with these Official Rules and fulfilling all other requirements of the contest.

In the event that the operation of the Contest is impaired in any way for any reason, the Kiwanis Club of Zionsville / Whitestown (Main Sponsor) may, in its sole discretion, either (a) suspend the Contest to address the impairment and then resume the contest in a manner that best conforms to the spirit of these Official Rules or (b) terminate the contest and, in the event of termination, award the prize from among the eligible, legitimate entries received up to the time of the impairment. The Main Sponsor (the Kiwanis club) reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Contest or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive or offensive manner.

By participating in the Contest, entrants agree to release and hold harmless the Main Sponsor, all other Sponsors, and each of their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, advertising and promotion agencies, other companies associated with the contest, and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, shareholders, representatives, and agents (the Released Parties) from and against any claim or cause of action arising out of participation in the Contest or receipt or use of the prize(s).

People associated with our contest partners and sponsors, including Zionsville / Whitestown Kiwanis Club members, are eligible to enter, vote and win the contest, providing they follow all rules and requirements.

Our celebrity pets from the Zionsville Police Department are entered in the Contest and may receive votes that will contribute funds to the Contest, but the dogs will not be eligible for prizes.