OHS is now accepting applications from pet lovers for our annual Fuzzy, Furry & Feathered Friends Photo Contest.
We’re looking for photos that show how cute your pet is and illustrate the loving bond between pets and people.
Past winners have included action shots at the dog park, carefully staged pet portraits, and heartwarming moments captured by chance.
Prizes will be awarded in the following categories: Best Dog Photo, Best Cat Photo, Best Other Animal (bird, rabbit, horse, etc.), Funniest Photo, Child with Pet, Best Youth Photographer, and Me & My Pet (a person with their pet). The judges will also present a Grand Prize and an Editor’s Choice Award, which can come from any category.
New Category: Doggie Dash Photos
We’ve added a new category for
2012: Best Doggie Dash picture! The best photo taken at the May 12, 2012 OHS Doggie Dash wins four free tickets to the 2013 Doggie Dash. The judges are looking for photos of pets and people enjoying themselves at Portland's most popular dog event.
This year’s contest is sponsored by Pro Photo Supply, Canon USA, and Beard’s Framing. Winners will be featured in the OHS Magazine and will be awarded prizes from the sponsors.
Prizes
The Grand Prize winner will receive a Canon Digital SLR Camera and a $250 gift card from Beard’s Framing. The best pictures of dogs, cats, and other animals get a $100 gift card to Pro Photo Supply, with the remaining categories receiving $50 gift cards from Pro Photo Supply and Beard’s Framing.
Submit Online
OHS will be accepting digital entries this year (prints can also be mailed to OHS). There is a $5 fee to enter the
contest, and up to five photos can be submitted either online on through the mail. All entry fees go to help animals at the OHS shelter.
Online submission requirements:
- To make your online submission, first go to the OHS Contest Entry Page.
- Each photo file should be no larger than 5MB in size.
- You may submit up to 5 images total.
- Entries must be submitted by 12:00 noon (PST) Sunday, June 3, 2012.
- If you are selected as a finalist , you must be able to supply a version of your photo in a 300 dpi JPG format no smaller than 8x10 inches (1500 x 2100 pixels). This file size is supported my nearly all of today's digital cameras.
Submit by Mail
- If you would prefer to submit entries by mail, you can send us any size photograph up to 8x10 (no slides, negatives, photocopies, e-mails or digital files). Photos must be printed on high quality photo paper.
- Download the official entry form -- you can tape the form to the back of each photo. On the form, list your name, address, telephone number, and the pet’s name.
- Checks should be written to the “Oregon Humane Society.” Proceeds go directly to helping animals at the shelter.
- If your subject is a companion animal, make sure there is a visible collar and identification tag. OHS stresses the importance of pet identification.
- All mailed entries must be postmarked no later than May 28 (or hand delivered to OHS by May 30). The deadline for online entries is June 3. Mail entries to: Photo Contest, Oregon Humane Society, PO Box 11364, Portland, OR 97211. Our street address for delivering photos in person is 1067 NE Columbia Blvd., Portland, OR 97211.
Deadlines
The online submission deadline is June 3, 2012 (mailed entries must be postmarked by May 28).
To make your online submission, go to the OHS Contest Entry Page.
Rules of Entry
- There is a $5 entry fee, which allows you to enter up to five photographs.
- If you are submitting online, first visit the OHS Photo Entry web page.
- If your subject is a companion animal, make sure there is a visible collar and identification tag. OHS stresses the importance of pet identification.
- Employees and immediate family members of OHS and contest sponsors may not enter
- If photos include pets not owned by the photographer, or people not in the photographer’s immediate family, please be able to furnish written permission from the pet’s owner and/or the individuals photographed to submit the photo and to abide by contest rules.
- All entries become the property of the Oregon Humane Society, which may, at its discretion, copy, edit, publish, use, adapt, and/or modify entries in any manner, in any and all media, without limitation. Submitter does not relinquish rights to use photo in any way.
- Photos submitted will not be returned.
