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Contest: Pet of the Month Chosen by Cinnamon, Patch Puppy and You

Cinnamon is a magical mix breed puppy dog. He is 17 weeks old today. He writes a blog called "It's a Dog's Life" with the help of his human mom, Tu-Ha Nguyen. Cinnamon would like all residents who live in Shoreline and LFP to enter this contest.

Do you have a pet?  Do you and your pet reside in Shoreline, LFP and a nearby city ?  If you answered "yes" to both questions, we invite you to enter your pet to be chosen as the Pet of The Month.  The Pet of The Month will be chosen by Cinnamon, the official Patch Puppy for Shoreline LFP Patch.  For background information about Cinnamon please refer to

If you are interested, contest details are as follows:

  1. Pet and pet owner should ideally live in Shoreline and LFP. However, due to recent requests from pet owners in nearby towns such as Brier, Mountlake Terrace and Kenmore.  We will make the contest available to residents in *Shoreline, LFP, Mountlake Terrace, Brier and Kenmore.
  2. Keep in mind, if there is a city represented by another Patch Editor such as Edmonds, Woodinville, Bellevue and any other official Patch Town in Western WA or The United States we can not answer for those sites and we can not extend a contest to those other Patch Towns.  They are responsible for their own contests. 
  3. Since Patch is set up as hyper local news for Shoreline/LFP we can not open this contest to pet parents and their pets who live in Seattle.  We apologize for those who are interested and live outside of the aforementioned cities*.  Pet parents must have a U.S. mailing address within the city limits of Shoreline, LFP, Brier, Mountlake Terrace and Kenmore.
  4. Please send an email to patchpuppy98155@gmail.com.  Please include your pet's name, age, breed and/or other pertinent information that makes your pet special. One pet per email.  One pet per household for each month you wish to enter the contest.  You need only to enter the pet once to considered for the rest of 2012.
  5. Give us a statement.  "I believe my dog/cat/pot bellied pig/bird, etc should be the pet of the month for August 2012 because ... "
  6. Please keep your statement to 1/2 page or less.  
  7. Share with us special things about your pet.  Does your pet volunteer at a local nursing home visiting the elderly?  Does your pet have a special skill? 
  8. Please attach (jpg only) a picture of your pet.  
  9. Bonus, optional:  You are welcome to send a video of your pet, 45 seconds or less.
  10. Due date:  All nominations for August Pets must be received by Cinnamon by August 25, 2012 at 5:00pm.  The time and date stamp on your email will help this process.  Each month the deadline for submissions is the 25th of the month.
  11. The winner for August will be selected on or before August 31, 2012.  Cinnamon will choose the top three contestants.  You, the reading audience will vote for the winner.
  12. How will you make your decision/decide on a winner?  The winner is based on best picture/cutest pet, the best writing about why a pet should be pet of the month.  Does the pet have a talent? For example, knows how to flush the toilet.  Understands how to roll over and do multiple tricks.  Does the pet do volunteer work?  For example, volunteers at an assisted living center, visiting the elderly.  
  13. The winner of August 2012 contest will receive a Patch swag item.  You will be able to choose one item from a variety of freebies which may include: T-shirt, baseball cap, re-useable grocery bag, water bottle, etc.  These exact items are not guaranteed by the end of August.  There may other items to choose from at that time.  If you win, we will ask for your U.S. mailing address to send you a swag item.
  14. By entering this contest, you agree to hold Cinnamon and all entities of Patch harmless.

All material sent to Cinnamon will be reviewed before publication.  Please send kid-friendly and family friendly information.  Thanks for your consideration.

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