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Instagram Your Way Into LIFE+DOG

Do you want your dog to appear in LIFE+DOG? NOW. IS. YOUR. CHANCE. 

Just follow @lifeanddog on Instagram and use the hashtag #lifeanddog on your photos and you're automatically entered! 

We'll peruse the #lifeanddog tag and select our favorite favorite photos to appear on the YOUR LIFE + YOUR DOG page in the magazine each issue! We'll contact you via your instagram photo to get more information. Each winning photo will appear in the magazine and the winning entrants will also receive a complementary copy of that issue, a free digital subscription to LIFE+DOG AND goodies from our partners! 

What are you WAITING for? Start snapping today!

QUESTIONS?

What is INSTAGRAM?
Get it today on your smartphone. It's an app available on both iPhone and Android devices. Instagram is a social network that consists of a photo stream of you and your friends. You can easily snap a photo or choose a photo from your library and apply fun and easy filters to it. You can add friends from your Facebook or twitter feeds, or simply by adding their Instagram username. 

What is a HASHTAG?
A hashtag is used on social networking sites to identify a keyword. People place a # symbol (called a hashtag) before a keyword to categorize their post. On Instagram, if you click on a hashtag, it will take you a feed of all photos that have that hashtag. 

How do I use a hashtag?
You can either use the hashtag in your original description of your photo, or you can place it in the comments. The hashtag can be placed in a comment right after you post the photo, or it can be placed onto on old photo of yours as well. Even if you place it on an old photo, it will appear as the most recent photo in a search of that hashtag. 

Can I use a hashtag on more than one photo?
Yes! You can go through all of your old photos on Instagram and apply a hashtag. In the future, as you take a photo with your dog, just use the #lifeanddog hashtag right away and we'll be able to see it! Instagram keeps a permanent archive of photos that have been tagged in such a manner. 

IMPORTANT! You must use the hashtag #lifeanddog to enter a photo, and NOT the @lifeanddog mention. If we miss the "@lifeanddog" mention, there is no way for us to go back and search during the judging periods before publishing. Hashtags are archived and searchable, while @ mentions are not. 

 

 

Official Rules:

Contest starts on November 27, 2012 and runs until LIFE+DOG suspends the promotion. The contest is open to all legal residents (over the age of 18) of the United States and Canada. Residents of other countries my enter photos, but may not qualify for prizes. 

To qualify for publishing, you must follow @lifeanddog on instagram AND use the #lifeanddog hashtag on a photo. 

By entering a photo with the #lifeanddog hashtag you are claiming ownership of the photo. All selected entries will be required to sign a release stating that they own the rights to the photograph submitted. LIFE+DOG reserves the right to subsitute a prize and end the contest at anytime. We also reserve the right to disqualify an entry if their photograph does not meet publishing standards or ownership of an image cannot be proven. 

All photographs retain the copyright from the owner of the image. Non-exclusive, non-commericial usage is granted to LIFE+DOG only for the purpose of publishing in relation to this contest and promotion of this contest. All usage will be presented to the photo owner and agreed to before use.