Contest is open to any dog, anywhere. In order to win the prizes listed, the photos must meet these rules. Multiple dogs may appear in the photo. Collage photos are ineligible for prizes or calendar pages. There must be an MS theme. (Orange is the color for multiple sclerosis awareness.) This can be as simple as wearing something orange OR a theme that is more elaborate.
Please keep in mind that our goal is to create a calendar that supports people with MS and that raises awareness of MS. If the photo does not qualify, it might be removed, or it might remain in the contest as a means of raising money, but it would not win a calendar page. You may re-submit a qualifying photo, but votes from the prior photo will not be transferred and those votes will not be credited towards your photo. In order to avoid this situation, you may message the Facebook page Walk Fur Multiple Sclerosis, Goldsboro NC before submitting a photo to receive an opinion as to whether the photograph qualifies under the rules.
In order to win a page on the calendar, there must be no humans or other species in the photo. The dog does not have to be living at the time of the contest; if you were able to take a picture that qualifies while the dog was living, you may enter the picture in memory of the dog. Any photo that has appeared on a calendar page in a previous year's contest is not eligible to win a calendar page. Entries must be photographs and not artwork; however artwork can be used for the reserve-a-date feature. Photos must be respectful, and contest administrators reserve the right to remove a photo from the contest or to decline to print the photo in the calendar. Remember that one of the calendar's purposes is to encourage people who live with MS. We know it can be difficult to photograph animals, but please try to submit photos without blurring of the animals. If an image is too blurry, we may decline to print it in the calendar. Also be aware of the background.
All entrants give permission for the photo to be included in future calendars that will be offered for sale to raise money for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. By submitting a photo, you represent that you own the rights to the photo.
Rules concerning other species (cats, horses, rabbits, iguanas, etc): We would love for your animals to help us raise money for the National MS Society. Any animal that raises at least $8 will be somewhere on the calendar, but only dogs will be shown on the main calendar pages.