Dogs in the Mountains Reader Photo Contest 2020

Dogs in the Mountains 2020

Calling all Blue Ridge dog owners – we want to showcase YOUR dogs in the pages of Blue Ridge Country!

If you have photos of your dog enjoying his or her best life in the mountains we love and call home, we’d love to see them! Your photo could even appear in the pages of our March/April 2020 issue.

To submit your photo, simply complete the quick form below. Thank you!

Terms & Conditions: 

  • Photo entries must be no smaller than 1575 pixels x 2100 pixels, in RGB, .jpg, or .jpeg format. Photos must be high resolution for printing purposes. If you are taking photos with your phone, please be sure to capture your image at the highest possible setting in order to meet resolution criteria.
  • Only digital photos are allowed. Please do not send prints.
  • We cannot accept photos with digital overlays, photo stickers, doodles or any digital effects.
  • Copyrighted photos may only be included with the written permission of the copyright holder.
  • Once entered, photo submissions become the property of Blue Ridge Country magazine, and you transfer all copyrights in and to such submissions to Blue Ridge Country magazine, to be used at its discretion for print and marketing purposes. Blue Ridge Country magazine and its employees and affiliates are not responsible for any injury, damage, or other loss associated with entry or participation in this contest and Participant assumes all such risk for entry and participation. Contest void where prohibited or restricted by law.
  • The submission period begins on December 3, 2019, and ends January 6, 2020, at 11:59 p.m. EST.
  • By participating in this Contest and/or accepting publication or your dog’s image in the magazine, where permitted by law, recipient grants to authorize Blue Ridge Country magazine and all sponsors the right to print, publish, broadcast and use worldwide in all media without limitation at any time the recipient’s full name, portrait, picture, voice, likeness and/or biographical information for advertising, trade and promotional purposes without further payment or additional consideration, and without review, approval or notificatio
  • By submitting your photo you also agree to receive free email communications and regular e-newsletters from Blue Ridge Country. You can opt out at any time.

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