The VUMC Voice Pet Photo Contest is underway for 2024, and we’re asking for Medical Center people to send in pictures of their pets to (if selected) share with co-workers. Some of the selected pictures will be grouped in picture features in the Voice section of the VUMC News website, and others will be featured as Pets of the Day in the twice-weekly MyVUMC News email.
Entry this year is through a REDCap form, which you can access using the link below.
Here are the rules for entering—please read and follow carefully so your photo can be considered for use:
Who is eligible to enter?
VUMC employees and volunteers. For purposes of the contest, any employee or volunteer with a VUMC ID badge is considered eligible to enter. This includes anyone at any satellite location and at VUMC’s regional hospitals.
What is the deadline?
Pictures must be submitted by midnight on Aug. 23.
How should entries be formatted?
They must be saved in .JPG format and submitted via this form. THE PICTURE FILE NAME SHOULD INCLUDE THE FIRST AND LAST NAMES OF THE PERSON ENTERING THE PICTURE. (Example file name: Pet Contest Jane Doe – dog Molly.JPG)
Is there a limit to the number of entries I can send?
ONE entry with up to TWO photos can be submitted per person. If you have more than two pets, it’s fine to send a group shot – or promise any pet left out that he or she will be entered next time. Also, it’s OK to send a picture of a pet you entered in previous years, but please don’t send the same picture.
What do I get if the picture of my pet is selected for inclusion?
You will have the bragging rights of knowing that your pet was selected by the expert pet judges at VUMC Voice to share with the Medical Center community.
When will the selected pictures appear?
Selected photos will be published in groups over the coming months and some will be featured as VUMC Pets of the Day and shared in MyVUMC News.
Enter using REDCap
Fill out the form and upload your photos using this REDCap link:
https://redcap.vumc.org/surveys/?s=MRM93JYJEY9FH33F
As a refresher, if you’d like to look at some of the selected photos from the last Pet Photo Contest, go here.
And, by the way, people who work in VUMC News and Communications aren’t eligible — which is why the photos of their pets are here with this announcement.