Submit Your Original Photos & Artwork
(Entries that don't meet requirements are subject to exclusion.)
- Images must be high resolution/large file size (1 MB to 7 MB recommended) and suitable for printing.
- Each image requires a unique write up of 50 to 90 words (the birds' stories are really important!)
- Only images with rescued, adopted or wild and free pigeons and doves in safe, non-exploitive settings, please.
- Photos and artwork submitted must be original. Photographs (including of artwork) must be high resolution and suitable for printing.
- There is no limit on the number of images submitted.
- Entering begins at 9:00:00 AM (Pacific Time) on Monday, July 1, 2024 and ends at 5:00:00 PM (Pacific Time) on Wednesday, July 31, 2024.
- The earlier you enter, the better chance you have to get votes and win!
- All images must be submitted by 5:00:00 PM (Pacific Time) on Wednesday, July 31, 2024.
Voting
- 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 9:00:00 AM (Pacific Time) on Monday, July 1, 2024 and ends at 5:00:00 PM (Pacific Time) on Wednesday, July 31, 2024.
- All votes must be submitted by 5:00:00 PM (Pacific Time) on Wednesday, July 31, 2024.
Eligible Pictures
- Images must be high resolution/large file size (1 MB to 7 MB recommended) and suitable for printing.
- Each image requires a unique write up of 50 to 90 words (the birds' stories are really important!)
- Photos and artwork submitted must be original. Photographs (including of artwork) must be high resolution and suitable for printing.
- Only images with rescued, adopted or wild and free pigeons and doves in safe, non-exploitive settings, please.
- Palomacy reserves the right to refuse any image.
- One person may submit as many images as they choose (and there is no limit on the number that may win).
- Entries that don't meet requirements are subject to exclusion.
Winning Images & Prizes
- Top 10 fund-raising entries featured on choice of date in Palomacy's Virtual Bird-A-Day Calendars!
- Next 190 top fund-raising entries included in Palomacy's Virtual Bird-A-Day Calendar!
- Thirteen entries selected by Palomacy featured in 2025 Wall Calendar & win two!
- Select images will be added to Palomacy's merchandise designs!
Your birds will be immortalized as Palomacy Calendar & merch birds, gracing people, homes & businesses all over the world, ambassadors for compassion.
(There will not be a PAPER 365 page BirdADay Desk calendar version produced in 2025. Instead, we will be sending out daily virtual pages via e-mail or SMS by subscription!)Pre-order Calendars
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2025 Calendars. Shipping begins 12/1/24.
Additional Terms
By entering, you warrant that the (a) photograph/artwork is original, (b) you are the sole owner and copyright holder, (c) you have not granted exclusive rights in that photograph/artwork to any other person or entity, (d) the photograph/artwork 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/artwork 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/artwork 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/artwork, 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/artwork, 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.
Exclusive Ownership
All submitted photos/artwork 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/artwork is not the pet's owner, they must receive permission to submit the photo/artwork by the pet owner.