Adopt-a-Shelter-Cat Month Photo Contest

The Art of the Cat Nap: Photos of Kitty in Unusual Sleeping Spots

Yaaaaaaaaaaaawn! Is it naptime yet? Odds are it is for Kitty, since the average cat spends more time sleeping than she spends awake! (They don’t call them “cat naps” for nothing.) And when it comes to catching Z’s, cats are better at falling asleep in weird places than Navy Seals. We know cats who have napped in the bell of a tuba, on an elliptical machine pedal and even on a dog’s back!

So, in honor of Adopt-A-Shelter-Cat Month, we’re announcing the Art of the Cat Nap: Photos of Kitty in Unusual Sleeping Spots photo contest! Throughout the month, we’re accepting your photos of kitties sleeping in unexpected places. We want to see your snapshot of Whiskers fast asleep in the silliest place you’ve ever caught him dozing—the funnier, the better!

To enter the contest, send photocontest@aspca.org your kitty’s best catnap photo and 100 words or less about her favorite place to sleep. We’ll announce the five winners in mid-July.

Rules
- No purchase necessary.
- Must be 18 or older to enter. This contest is void where prohibited and is limited to legal U.S. residents; ASPCA employees and their families are not eligible to enter.
- Entries are subject to the ASPCA’s privacy policy.
- Submission deadline is midnight Eastern Time on June 30, 2011.
- Five winners will be chosen by a panel of ASPCA judges based on the aesthetic quality of their photo submission and how compellingly their story is told. All judgments are in the sole discretion of the ASPCA.
- Your entry must include your name, mailing address, daytime telephone number, a valid email address, animal name, and 1 jpg photo file. Incomplete entries will not be considered. Entries become the property of the ASPCA and will not be returned.
- Photo submissions should include only images of you and pets owned by you.
- By submitting your text/photo in this contest, you give the ASPCA an irrevocable, perpetual royalty-free right to use your name/text/photo for any purposes to promote the ASPCA’s mission of providing effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the United States.
- By entering this contest, you are confirming that you are at least 18 years of age, the sole owner of the photograph submitted, and author of the text contained in your entry.