2026 Paw Prints Calendar Entry

2026 Paw Prints Calendar Contest Fundraiser. Submit a photo of your pet for a chance to be featured in our 2026 Paw Prints Calendar. Photos can be submitted on August 21- 31, 2025. Donations from the voting process and the sale of the calendars will go toward saving the lives of countless homeless pets. Just enter your favorite photo of your pet and rally your friends, family & co-workers to vote for your pet to win one of the 12 coveted spots in the 2026 Paw Prints Calendar. Voting requires a $1 donation for each vote. Feel free to cast multiple votes! Voting September 2 – 14, 2025. The 12 single photo entries with the most votes will be eligible to have their pet professionally photographed. The 12 single photo entries with the most votes will be eligible to have the professionally taken photo of their pet featured as a full-page pet of the month, with the top vote-getter being featured on the cover, the second-highest vote-getter selecting which month they would like their pet to be featured, and so forth. In the event of a tied number of votes, the tie will go to the entry that achieved the tied vote total first. Winners must be available on September 20, 2025 for a photo shoot with Irresistible Portraits by Karen Goforth in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

In consideration of entering my photo in The Humane Society of North Myrtle Beach 2026 Paw Prints Calendar Contest Fundraiser, I hereby grant to The Humane Society of North Myrtle Beach, its employees, agents, licensees and personnel who are acting on its behalf (“The Humane Society of North Myrtle Beach”), the absolute and irrevocable right and permission throughout the world and in perpetuity, with respect to the attached digital photograph of my pet, me and/or others (if applicable), as well as my image, likeness, name, testimonials, statements, if any, or other related items (the “Authorized Material”): a. To use, re-use, publish, re-publish, post on a website, transmit, modify and edit the Authorized Material, in whole or in part, severally or in conjunction with other materials, in any medium now or hereafter known, for commercial, promotional and educational purposes and for any other purpose whatsoever, including without limitation, publicity, marketing, advertising, fundraising and/or trade, and b. To claim and register copyrights in any materials created by The Humane Society of North Myrtle Beach based on, derived from or incorporating all or part of any of the Authorized Material in The Humane Society of North Myrtle Beach own name or any other name that it may choose. As a condition for entering my picture in the promotion, I certify that I have the written consent of all other identifiable persons, children and animals in the photo (other than myself or my own children and animals) to be bound by the terms of this Release and License. I hereby release and discharge The Humane Society of North Myrtle Beach from any and all claims and demands whatsoever arising out of or in connection with the use of the Authorized Material or any reproduction thereof and waive any further claim for compensation in connection with the use of the Authorized Material. I acknowledge that the Authorized Material may be altered or modified and waive any right to inspect or approve the finished product. This Release and License shall inure to the benefit of The Humane Society of North Myrtle Beach successors and assigns and shall be binding upon my heirs, successors, assigns and legal representatives.