By entering this competition, the entrant agrees that they have read and understood the terms and conditions associated with “Pawtrait Pets” and agree to have their pets photograph and name published in the relevant Express & Star, online or relevant Facebook/social media page and be prepared to take part in any video coverage, if so required.
Entrants must reside within the circulation area of the Express & Star. Contact information for the owner must be on an official entry form, which must be fully completed. Express & Star deems the owner stated on the entry form to have full responsibility and eligible to act on behalf of any other parties to give permission for their pet to take part in the competition. The newspaper will abide by the name of the owner stated on the official entry form only.

All entries require an upload of a recent colour photograph of your pet. Images should ideally be in jpeg format, be at least
200 pixels per inch and should be no bigger than 2mb. Only one pet may appear in each photograph. The Express & Star has the right to withhold the publication of any images. Contact information will be held for the purpose of this competition only and not be passed onto third parties. Publicity may be given to winners and winners’ names and images may be published in the relevant Express & Star newspaper title in print and online.

PAWTRAIT PETS SUPPLEMENT
Photo entries will appear within a Pawtrait Pets supplement on Wednesday, October 11th, 2023 (subject to change).
Express & Star accepts no responsibility for any error, misprint or omission in the printing of any entrant’s details/
photograph. While every effort will be made to ensure that all photographs will be published and are of the highest quality
possible, it should be noted that pictures reproduced on newsprint are not of the original quality. In the event of any unforeseen circumstances where the photographs do not appear, no compensation will be offered. Each photo will appear with your pet’s name only and will be allocated their own Unique Voting Code, which will be published alongside your pets image.

VOTING
Readers will be able to vote for their favourite pet photo by collecting special vote tokens published in the Express & Star from Wednesday, October 11th until Saturday, November 4, 2023. Full voting instructions will appear in-paper in the published supplement and subsequent vote token panels. Readers can vote for up to three different pets on any Voting
Tokens Return Form by indicating the pets name, unique voting code number and by indicating the total number of
votes per pet. The unique voting code will appear in the Pawtrait Pets supplement and online.
Any votes received with an incorrect, missing or illegible unique voting code will not be counted. Photocopied or defaced vote tokens will not be counted. Vote tokens must be received with a fully completed Voting Tokens Return Form in the envelope. Votes received on incomplete forms will be declared void. If posting, the correct postage must be put on the envelope. Entries with incorrect/insufficient postage will not be accepted nor will they be collected from Royal Mail and the entry will therefore be void. Proof of posting will not be accepted as proof of delivery. No responsibility will be accepted for any submissions which are lost, damaged, or delayed in the post.

Closing date for all printed vote tokens is 5pm, Friday, November 10 2023 Any votes received after this date will not
be counted. The Pawtrait Pet with the most votes will be deemed the winner and the owner will receive £500. The runner up will receive £300 and the owner of the pet in third place will receive £200. In the event of a tie or for the overall winner, a
judging panel will choose the winner. The total number of votes for each entrant will not be disclosed. Votes will be counted and independently verified. 

PAWTRAIT PETS CASH PRIZES
The winners will receive their prize via BACS payable to the owner as indicated on the entry form.
The prize is non-transferable and there is no cash alternative.
Employees and their immediate relatives of the MNA group of companies, agents and anyone professionally connected
to the promotion are not eligible to enter.
All participants will be notified of when the winners will appear in the Express & Star via email.
No correspondence will be entered into and the Editor’s decision is final. All entries will be destroyed within 90 days of the closing date.