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AAHS Pet Photo Calendar Contest

Get ready to submit your favorite photos of your furry family members to get their calendar modeling career started... the AAHS Pet Photo Calendar Contest starts June 18!

 

The Athens Area Humane Society is pleased to announce the development of its 2013 Pet Calendar, which will benefit the animals at AAHS. In order to make this a fun process while raising some funds for the animals, AAHS will have a Pet Photo Calendar Contest where anyone can submit photos of their pets to be voted on as the main calendar photos! Will YOUR pet be featured in the AAHS 2013 Pet Calendar?!

AAHS Pet Photo Contest Submission Website

Each photo submission requires a $10 donation, and the deadline for submissions is July 31, 2012. (Entries accepted beginning June 18, 2012.) When looking through your photos, keep in mind that we would like a variety of photos and animals that will take us through the seasons and be fitting for each month of the year. So even though it’s summer, don’t forget about that great photo in the snow or at Christmas!

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The public will be able to vote on the photos for $1 per vote from Wednesday, August 1 through Friday, August 31. Preordered calendars may be purchased for $12 each from June 18 through September 26. The calendars will be debuted and available for purchase at the Rally to Save Volunteer Party on September 27 and at AAHS locations and other local participating locations beginning September 28 for $15 each.  

There will be 13 winning photos chosen, 5 of which will be the photos with the top votes for 2 dogs, 2 cats and 1 other animals for 5 of the months, and 8 photographs that will be chosen by the Pet Calendar Contest Committee for the cover and other 7 months. All usable photos will be included within the calendar.

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Calendar Pre-order Information

Pre-ordered calendars will be available for $12 from June 18 through September 26, 2012 through our website’s PayPal, at either of our locations during open hours, or by mailing your payment to Pet Calendar Contest, 1781 Mars Hill Rd., Watkinsville, GA 30677. Please complete the Pre-order Form along with your payment. 

The 2012 AAHS Calendars will be debuted at the Rally to Save Volunteer Party on September 27 and will be available for purchase at AAHS locations and other local participating locations beginning September 28, 2012.


Calendar Sponsors Needed!

Because we are trying to raise money to help the animals in our care with this calendar, AAHS will offer 12 sponsorships for each month and 1 for the back cover. The 12 month sponsorships will be available for $250 each, and the back cover sponsorship will be available for $500. Payments should be submitted via PayPal or by check mailed to Pet Calendar Contest, 1781 Mars Hill Rd., Watkinsville, GA 30677. If you would like to become a sponsor or one of the selected locations to sell the calendars, please visit www.AthensHumaneSociety.org to download a sponsorship form. Please  email Amanda with any sponsorship questions. 

 

Photo Submission Guidelines

  • Photos must be submitted online by July 31, 2012. (Entries accepted beginning June 18, 2012.)
  • Each photo submission requires a $10 entry fee donation by July 31, 2012.
  • There is no limit on the number of photos submitted as long as the guidelines are followed.
  • Photos must be clear, in color and of high print quality. Digital photograph submissions should be submitted in .jpeg format and at least 300 dpi at 4 inches by 6 inches.
  • Photos must have a horizontal layout. Photos should have only animals in them (no humans), and no hunting photos please.
  •  Only digital photo submissions will be accepted. No polaroid or hard copy photographs will be accepted. Professional photographs can only be submitted by the photographer for copyright reasons.
  • Voting will begin on Wednesday, August 1 and end on Friday, August 31, 2012. Each vote requires a $1 donation. Donations will benefit the animals at AAHS.
  • Those with winning photo submissions will receive 1 complimentary calendar.
  • The Pet Calendar Contest Committee reserves the right to remove photos from the contest that do not comply with the submission guidelines or are otherwise conflicting with the mission of AAHS.
  • The top 2 cats, 2 dogs and 1 other species with the top votes will automatically be chosen for the calendar. The other 8 winning photographs will be chosen by the Pet Calendar Contest Committee for the remaining 7 months and for the cover.
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