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Submit a photo of your pet (one pet per entry) with a $10 entry fee. We will then publish all entrants in a round 1 contest special section to appear in the Quad-City Times and Muscatine Journal beginning Sunday, September 14, 2014.
All entries must be received by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday September 7, 2014. See official rules for mailed entries.
We will ask readers to vote for their favorite pet and narrow the field down until we have three finalists, resulting in a grand prize winner and 2 runners up. The top 12 winners will receive a photo shoot with Franscecon Portraiture and will appear in the 2015 Pick of the Litter Calendar. Each registered user receives one free online vote. One free vote, per person, per day on the original form appearing daily during voting rounds in the Quad-City Times and Muscatine Journal. Anyone can vote for a favorite pet with a donation to Newspaper in Education (NIE). Each donation counts as one vote. Visit our Official rules page for more details.
Submit a photo of your pet with a $10 entry fee before 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, September 7, 2014. We publish all entrants in on QCTimes.com/contests entries page. View the entries and vote for your favorite. There will be 3 voting rounds: the first will be from September 14 through September 28 at 11:59 p.m. this will result in the top half of the pets for round 2 voting which starts October 5 through October 19 at 11:59 p.m. The top 12 semifinalists will then be voted on from October 26 through November 9 at 11:59 p.m. with the winners published November 16.
Through 3 rounds we will narrow the field down to the top 3 pets. Top 12 pets get a professional photo shoot with Franscecon Portraiture and will be in the 2015 Pick of the Litter Calendar.
Yes, however if you are a Quad-City Times' Get It Today customer there is no need to re-register. You may use your Get It Today login information.
Winners will be announced on Sunday, November 16,2014 online and in the Quad-City Times and Muscatine Journal.
Yes, the top 3 winners will receive prizes in a combination that could include cash and/or gift cards and goods.
Monies raised for this fundraiser will benefit Literacy Leadership, Inc.. Specifically the Newspaper In Education (NIE) program, which helps K-12 schools in the Quad-Cities, Muscatine and surrounding areas fight illiteracy. For more information visit qctnie.com.
Newspaper In Education (NIE) is an international program to promote and increase our children’s literacy by using the newspaper as a teaching tool. Championed by the Quad-City Times and Muscatine Journal, NIE is a unique way for schools, businesses and the local newspaper to work together in a partnership that benefits all of us—now and in the future.
Through the use of the daily news, editorials, features and even advertising, students at all grade levels can learn educational concepts like math and cost comparison skills, geography and meteorology, history and current events and how they shape our world, all while improving reading and comprehension skills.
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