Rules

Only photos with rescued, adopted or wild and free pigeons and doves in safe settings please.

Photos should have sharp focus, be high quality (300 dpi or better), in uncropped and original resolution with a plain background or space for text to be added.

To enter Palomacy's online photo contest, you must provide information about the bird and yourself and upload your photograph. There is a $5 per photo entry fee.

Entering begins at 9 AM PT on 10/15/18 and ends at 5 PM PT on 11/11/18. The sooner you enter, the better chance you have to get votes and win!

All photos must be submitted by 5 PM PT on November 11th, 2018.


Vote as many times as you want! Invite all your friends and family to vote too. Every vote means a dollar that will help Palomacy help birds.

Voting begins at 9 AM PT on 10/14/18 and ends at 9 PM PT on 11/11/18

All votes must be submitted by 9 PM PT on November 11^th, 2018.

• Photos submitted must be in sharp focus, high quality (300 dpi minimum) and suitable for printing.
• Photos must include rescued, adopted or wild and free pigeons and doves in safe, non-exploitive settings.
• Palomacy reserves the right to refuse any photo. If you're not sure, please first send the photo to Elizabeth@pigeonrescue.org for review.
• Images that are inappropriate or violate the rules will be removed without refund, at Palomacy's discretion.
• One person may submit as many images as they choose, but please be aware that votes of friends and family may be spread out over the images, lessening your chances of winning.

1. The top ten entries based on number of public votes will be featured in Palomacy's 2019 Calendar.
2. Three Founders' Choice photos will also be selected by Palomacy founder Elizabeth Young & included.

All thirteen contest winners will receive two 2019 Palomacy Calendars (shipping begins 12/1).

Calendars can be pre-ordered for $22 each (shipped within the US) or $28 each (shipped internationally) and shipping begins 12/1.

By entering, you warrant that the (a) photograph is original, (b) you are the sole owner and copyright holder, (c) you have not granted exclusive rights in that photograph to any other person or entity, (d) the photograph does not invade any individual's right of privacy and does not infringe any trademark, trade name, intellectual property right, or other common law or statutory right, and (e) the photograph does not violate any law.

You grant Palomacy the nonexclusive, irrevocable, perpetual right, license, and permission to use, modify, adapt, reproduce, publish, perform, create derivative works, and distribute the photograph or any portion thereof, throughout the world, in any printed form and any other media, via any method or device of reproduction, publication, and distribution known or later developed. You will not receive payment and you may not be notified of any publication. Palomacy may (but shall not be required to) attribute authorship and copyright ownership to you if and when it publishes and distributes the photograph, and you grant Palomacy rights in your name and identifying information to this extent.

You acknowledge and agree that although Palomacy will not be selling ownership or publication rights to any individual photographs, Palomacy will be distributing hard copies of the calendars and you waive any claim for payment.

Palomacy assumes no liability, and you waive any and all claims against Palomacy, for printing, typographical, human or other errors of any kind in any contest-related materials or for stolen, lost, late, misdirected, damaged, incomplete or illegible entries. If the Contest is not capable of running as planned for any reason (including but not limited to infection by computer viruses, tampering, unauthorized intervention, technical failures, or any other cause), Palomacy may in its sole discretion disqualify any entry or entrant and/or cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the contest. Palomacy may in its sole discretion award a prize from among all eligible non-suspect entries. By entering, all contestants agree that the contests are governed by laws of the state of California for the resolution of all claims and disputes.


All submitted photos and information become the property of Palomacy to be used at its discretion for any and all marketing purposes without any additional compensation. If the person submitting the photo is not the pet's owner, they must receive permission to submit the photo by the pet owner.