Is your pet ‘pawsome’ enough to star in our 2027 SPCA calendar?
The search is on for the cutest cats, dogs, hamsters, horses and other pets (no wild animals or exotic pets, please) to star in our 2027 SPCA Calendar.
Think your pet has what it takes to be a pin-up?
Get them to ‘Paws for the Camera‘ and they could be our cover girl or boy … or feature on one of the 12 monthly pages.
We’re looking for truly pawsome photographs that depict the unique personality, beauty and funny antics of your pets. If your photo is selected by our panel of judges, you’ll receive a free copy of the calendar, a prize for your fur baby, and public acknowledgement of your talent.
Please submit only good quality, landscape format images 2MB-5MB in size. Subtle use of filters allowed, but no weird effects, borders or collages, please.
Entries cost R80 each – and you can enter as many times as you like before the competition closes on 30 September 2026. All entries will be displayed on our website and the winners will be notified. Proceeds from the competition and the sale of the calendar go towards the cost of caring for neglected, ill treated and unwanted animals at our SPCA.
Questions? Please call the Marketing office on 031 579 6534 Or email marketing@spcadbn.org.za.org.za.
RULES
Please read carefully before you begin
- The competition is open to everyone, except employees of the Durban & Coast SPCA and their familes.
- You may enter as many times as you wish, but every entry must be accompanied by a minimum donation of R80 to the Durban & Coast SPCA.
- Entry fees can only be paid online via Payfast or secure Instant EFT.
- The competition aims to showcase the role pets play in our lives – they may be pictured on their own, or interacting with other animals and humans.
- The competition is for domestic animals only. Pictures of wildlife and exotic pets (snakes, lizards, etc) are not eligible.
- You may only submit original photographs owned by you.
- Images should be of print quality, i.e. 2MB – 5MB and 300 dpi. Blurred or over-exposed images will not be eligible to win.
- Images must be landscape format (not portrait) and should not have borders or distorting filters applied. Collages will not be eligible to win.
- The best 13 photographs will be selected by a panel of judges. Their decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
- All photographs submitted become the property of The Durban & Coast SPCA and may be used for promotional purposes.
- The competition closes at 12 midnight on 30 September 2026.
- Winners will be announced in October on this website and contacted by email or phone.
- All 13 winners will receive a free copy of the calendar.
- We reserve the right to cancel the competition immediately and without notice.