Bring your camera and creative skills to a City of Arlington park for the 2013 "Pets in the Parks" Calendar photography contest benefiting Arlington Animal Services (AAS). Now through June 30, 2012, you may visit the AAS Photobucket Page and upload your favorite photo of your pet taken in one of Arlington's over 90 parks!

2013 "Pets in the Parks" Calendar Photo Contest

Presented by Arlington Animal
ervices and the Parks and Recreation DepartmentBring your camera and creative skills to a City of Arlington park for the 2013 "Pets in the Parks" Calendar photography contest benefiting Arlington Animal Services (AAS). Now through June 30, 2012, you may visit the
AAS Photobucket Page and upload your favorite photo of your pet taken in one of Arlington's over 90 parks!Don't have a photo you consider worthy enough to enter? No problem! Come visit one of the four parks listed below and take advantage of a talented photographer who will take your photo(s) for free and upload them to our
Public Photobucket Page so you can peruse them at your leisure and select the one you wish to submit into the contest.

Photoshoot Events:

June 9, 2012 - 8a.m. to 11 .a.m. 
River Legacy Park - Exotic Theme 

Veterans Park - Disabled/Service pets 

June 16, 2012 - 8a.m. to 11 .a.m. 
Tails and Trails Dog Park - Pets at Play Theme 

Richard Greene Linear Park - Sports Theme

Just follow these simple steps:

1. Create a photobucket account if you do not already have one.
2. Make sure the photo(s) you wish to submit have been uploaded into your
   personal photobucket account.
3. Click the contest upload
   entry link and upload the picture(s) of your choice. Please review the
   official rules to ensure your photos meet the guidelines for submission.
4. Once uploaded, please review your submissions by clicking on them and ensure you have added your information into the description for each photo including receipt number for
   your minimum
   donation of $5 per photo entry.

Rules

Photo Contest: now through
June 30, 2012 

All entries must be uploaded by:
June 30, 2012 

Winners will be announced:
July 31, 2012

• Images must be of pets in an Arlington park and cannot include humans (sorry!)
• Each entry must be photographed by the contestant or one of the city's volunteer photographers and cannot be digitally enhanced in any way.
• Entries will be
  submitted online by visiting
  this link and must include pets name, owners name, the name of the park
  and the receipt number in the description.
• Enter your photo with a minimum donation of $5 per photo entry. Please donate by clicking.
  Please
  donate by clicking here.
• Only one pet per family can win one of the 12 feature
  months in the calendar.
• City of Arlington employees and their immediate
  families are eligible to participate.
• On July 9, 2012, visit the
  
  contest photo album to view all entries and vote for your favorites. The
  photos with the most "Like" will be the winners.

For more information on the "Pets in the Parks" Photography Contest please call 817-459-5898.

Waiver: Contest winners must grant Arlington Animal Services permission to reprint their photograph as needed. Every submission becomes property of Arlington Animal Services. Arlington Animal Services accepts no responsibility for mislabeled, late or disqualifying entries. Arlington Animal Services retains the right to disqualify any photograph from the contest for any reason.