Cover Contest

Past Cover Contest Winners

How to Enter Your Dog

You may only enter your dog once. To enter, visit www.ConnecticutDog.com to upload a headshot of your dog. Photographs must be a minimum of 300 dpi. Only one photograph per entry, so send us your absolute best! Please do not mail any photographs. Every entry must be made through our website. Due to mail volume, we regret that we cannot acknowledge the receipt of the submissions made. However, we will let you know if your dog was selected as a finalist. All images must be uploaded no later than September 30, 2023. When submitting your dog’s photograph, please be sure to include your dog’s name, your full name, telephone number with the area code, address, and email. Your entry must include the required information in order for your dog to be entered. You must be a Connecticut resident and currently living in Connecticut to enter the contest.

Show Your Support

Visit www.ConnecticutDog.com to vote. All votes must be made on our website only. We encourage readers, family and friends to vote once a day. If multiple votes come in from the same IP address within a 24-hour period, the votes will only be counted as one. Although likes are not counted as votes, we still encourage readers to like pictures of the finalists on our social media. Connecticut Dog reserves the right to change these rules at any time. We ask that readers be respectful. Any inappropriate comments or photographs will be deleted and removed from all sites.

Contest Dates & Deadlines

All submissions to enter must be made by September 30, 2023

Finalists will be chosen and notified shortly after.

The online voting period runs from October 9, 2023 - October 23, 2023

Winner will be notified by October 25, 2023

Prize Package

The winner will receive a feature article and a professional photo shoot from a local photographer. The photographer will take pictures for the front cover of Connecticut Dog which will run on our Winter 2023 issue. The photographer will take additional pictures for the article that will be written about your dog for that same Winter 2023 issue. Finally, the winner will receive a 1-year subscription of the magazine.

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