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Is your furry friend the most paw-some watermelon in the patch? Enter the 2025 Monticello Watermelon Festival Pet Photo Contest and let the community decide! This fun tradition celebrates the cutest, goofiest, and most lovable pets—whether they’re rocking a watermelon-themed look or just showing off their natural charm.

🐾 Pet Categories:
🍉 Dogs
🍉 Cats
🍉 Other Pets (bunnies, birds, reptiles, and more!)

🌟 A winner will be crowned and featured at the festival!

📅 Submission Deadline: Friday, May 30, 2025

💕 Don’t miss out—enter your pet today and let their watermelon spirit shine!

This event has an entry fee of $10. Only one photo submission per pet.

Applications must be received by Friday, May 30, 2025.

RULES AND GUIDELINES

  • All contestants must be full-time residents of Jefferson County.

  • Last year’s pet contest winners are not eligible to win for this year’s contest but will be eligible for the People's Choice award.

  • Judges will view photos without any names and must not be related to any participant.

  • Watermelon themed photos are strongly encouraged but not required.

  • A People’s Choice Award category will be available for online votes for $2 each. Voting will take place at MonticelloWatermelonFestival.com and will start on June 1, 2025.

  • This is a contest to brag and show off the personality of your furry friends through photography and not a professional photo contest. While quality and clarity of the photo is important, and is given consideration, the judges will be instructed to look for the pet photo that appeals to them and really showcases the individual pet. This contest is for fun and promotes the festival and the community.

  • The winners will be notified by phone and/or e-mail no later than June 4. Awards will be presented at the Kick-Off Block Party held on June 6, 2025.

  • Pet parents of winning pet photos will be responsible for organizing and decorating a float for the Parade held Saturday, June 14, 2025.

PHOTO RELEASE

I give permission to the Monticello Jefferson Chamber of Commerce, the Watermelon Festival Committee, and all event sponsors, to record the appearance, physical likeness and/or voice on videotape, on film, or digital video disk, and/or take photographs of the appearance of my child and to release these images to the news media, use for posting on the Intranet or Internet, use in internal or external publications, or use in any other manner deemed appropriate by the Chamber, Festival, or Sponsor.

 

I acknowledge that the Monticello Jefferson Chamber of Commerce is the sole owner of all rights in, and to, this visual, sound production, photograph(s), or print material, thereof, and that it has the right to use or reproduce the resulting property as often as it finds necessary. The property may be used indefinitely by television, radio, newspapers, magazines, newsletters, brochures, Internet, intranet, or in other media once released.

 

The Monticello Jefferson Chamber of Commerce has the right, among other things, to edit and/or otherwise alter the visual or sound recording, or photographs, as needed. I understand I will receive no compensation for the appearance of the above-named person or for participation in said productions. I agree to hold the Chamber, Watermelon Festival Committee and all Sponsors, their employees and other parties harmless against claim, liability, loss, or damage caused by, or arising from, my participation in this activity. Revocation of this release may be made in person to the Monticello Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce.

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Once you click submit, you will be taken to the CHECKOUT screen. Applications submitted without payment will not be valid. If you would like to pay with cash or a check, please contact the Chamber office at 850-997-5552 first.

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