It really depends on how many submissions I get in the end.

When I narrow down the pictures, I print them all out (about 2" x 3") and choose based on photo quality. I don't have anyone's names attached to them when I select them... so, theoretically, if both pictures are good enough, yeah, it's certainly possible they could both end up being in contention.

Then, they'd have to get past the voters.

When do we get to start the voting?   

Wow! Fantastic photos this year - voting has been SO SO hard. Can't wait to see which ones win.

Suebee - thanks for all your hard work. I just have one question which isn't even really a question. I just wondered what the copyright laws are regarding that picture with the Ben & Jerry's in it? If that pic wins, are we allowed to publish it for sale? Might be worth checking out?

Rach

drat...  ah well, guess I've got a head start this year in taking pics... too bad Beautiful Steven didn't make it 

Sorry, I like to keep all the calendar information together in one place, instead of lumped with everything else.

Honestly, if people miss out on voting, it's their own fault for not paying attention.

At the risk our sounding rude... hee hee... I spend a lot of time creating a lot of stuff on the forum that gets completely ignored on a regular basis, and it's extremely frustrating... so, well... I 've had to make the decision, for my own sanity, to not cater to those who don't pay attention. If ya want in on the fun, ya gotta keep your eyes open.

Too early would be -before- I ask for them.

Start collecting, though... it's coming.

I've had a super-busy April, between Jo-Ann stuff (Class Preview Day is this weekend!) and my one and only major design client (launching a new record label is exhausting!), so I haven't even had time to think about the 2006 calendar... but once things settle a little, I'll post a call for entries.

At this point, the way my August is going, not until September.

Thanks for your patience.

I was out of town all last week, and am working on getting settled back into the "real world."

I sorted the images last night, and -should- have the polls up by the end of the week, unless this month does a repeat of August on me.

Please be patient.

What if all digi media of my rats are smaller then you want?  Does that mean that I will just have to take new pics?

How many entries are we allowed? I must be brain dead tonight, I can't find where it states it.

From the call for entries:

You're not the only one who didn't see it, apparently. I got quite a few submissions that contained a lot more than three images.

If you send me more than three, I will simply reply and ask you to select three before your submissions will be accepted. They simply sit in e-mail limbo until you narrow down your selections to three. If you don't reply with your selections, none of your images will go into the running at all, mostly because I will probably forget they are sitting in limbo in my in-box. That may sound a little unfair, but submitting more than three images in the first place is unfair to the other members submitting one, two, or three photos. This project is enough work that I don't have the time to PRE-narrow things down on an individual basis before I do the real thing.

Some people are also submitting without their screen name, location, and rats' names. Please also be sure to include this information when you submit... by the time we get down to the final votes and it's time to get it all together to upload to cafepress, the submission e-mails are LONG gone, and I have no information to go on, including no one to contact. If you submit the information with your photos, as requested, everything goes a lot more smoothly.

So, please help make this project easier for me, and fair for everyone else, by making sure to follow the guidelines.

Thank you.