Upload a picture of your pet(s) dressed in any costume.  Costume is open to interpretation and imagination is encouraged.  Staged set-ups and scenes will be accepted.  Submitted photos do not have to be frightful.

There is a $5 fee for each pictures entered.  (Example: If the same person is uploading 3 different pictures, the cost is $15)

All photos must be uploaded as jpeg files. 

More than 1 pet may be featured in picture.

Animal(s) in picture(s) do not have to be alive.

Picture submissions accepted until October 30, 2014 at 11:59AM.

The public will vote for their favorite pictures from October 24 at 12:00pm -- October 30, 2014 at 12:00pm. 

You can vote up to 3 times per day from an IP address.

No negative comments will be accepted or tolerated.  Negative comments made by a person that has a pet in the contest may result in their entry being disqualified and submission cost refunded. 

If you do not have a computer to vote, absentee voting ballots will be available at the front desk at the Pleasantville Business Building located at 1000 West Washington Ave.  You can also call (609) 272-7324 to have them mailed.

Absentee ballots will only be accepted as 1 vote per day and a ballot must be filled out for each day that you would like to vote. 
All absentee ballots must be received in office no later than Wednesday, October 29 at Noon.  If they are received after this date,
they will not be added as votes to the contest.  Absentee votes will be added to contest as they are received. Completed ballots
can be mailed to Frightful Furry Friends, C/O Marketing Department, The Press of Atlantic City, Pleasantville, NJ
08232.  Completed ballots can be dropped off to the same address.  You can also fax completed ballots to (609) 272-7475.

Winner will be announced in The Press of Atlantic City on Halloween, Friday, October 31, 2014

Winners will be notified by phone and email. If a winner is unreachable after seven (7) days, or if that winner is unavailable for prize fulfillment, an alternate winner will be selected. If we cannot find an eligible winner for the prize, that prize will not be awarded.

Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received.

Automated voting of any kind is not allowed. Detection of said automated voting will lead to votes being voided.

Only one registered account per voter. If multiple accounts are detected for a single voter, they will be disabled and votes disqualified.

We reserve the right to substitute any prize with another prize of equal or greater value.

We reserve the right to restrict the local winners to only persons whose primary residence is within a 60 mile radius of the affiliate's' office.

Employees of ours, our respective parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising sponsors and promotional agencies, and the immediate family members of each are not eligible.

Contest entrants agree to abide by the terms of these Official Rules and by the decisions of the contest commissioners, which are final on all matters pertaining to the contest.

Entrants further grant to us the right to use and publish their proper name and state online and in print, or any other media, in connection with the Contest.

We reserve the right to use any and all information related to the Contest, including information on contestants obtained through the contest, for marketing purposes or any other purpose, unless prohibited by law.

The Contest and all of the related pages, contents and code are copyright, UPICKEM, and us. Copying or unauthorized use of any copyrighted materials, trademarks or any other intellectual property without the express written consent of its owner is strictly prohibited.

Each winner, by acceptance of the prize, agrees to release all Sponsors, and their parent and subsidiary companies, their officers, directors, employees, agents, shareholders, affiliates, suppliers, distributors, and advertising agencies from all liability, claims, or actions of any kind whatsoever for injuries, damages, or losses to persons and property which may be sustained in connection with the receipt, ownership, or use of the prize.

We and UPICKEM are not responsible for Internet crashes or slowdowns caused by network congestion, viruses, sabotage, satellite failures, phone line failures, electrical outages, natural disasters or acts of man or God.

All results posted are unofficial until winners respond to e-mail notification.

Each winner is responsible for all federal, state and local taxes and will be required to complete an IRS form W-9. Sponsor reserves the right to withhold prizes until completed form W-9 is received.

This contest is not intended for gambling. If it is determined that a contestant is using the contest for gambling purposes they will be disqualified and reported to authorities.

We reserve the right to change the rules at any time.

This contest is officially sponsored by this UPICKEM licensee.