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The DAILY CORGI 2011 CALENDAR!

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You’ve waited, you’ve watched, you’ve wondered … will there really be a 2011 Daily Corgi calendar?

Thanks to the generous participation of Corgi Mom/graphic design pro Elissa Migliacci, the answer is yes — and it’s going to look like THIS!

(Yeah, I’m excited too).

EVERY photo will have the dog’s name and state (or country/major city) on it, so everybody will know that it’s YOUR Corgi.

The calendar will be published and available for on-line purchase in the Fall. The format will be “oversized”, with each page measuring a generous 11″ x 17″.

Best of all — sales from the calendar will raise money for the wonderful work of

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So — do you want YOUR dog in the first ever Daily Corgi calendar?

If so, let’s GO!!
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Submission Guidelines:
This is a fundraiser to benefit CorgiAid, and the entry fee to include your dog(s) photo in the calendar is $5.00.
Pems, Cardis and Corgi mixes are all eligible.

IMPORTANT:

EVEN IF YOU HAVE PREVIOUSLY SENT ME PHOTOS of your DOG WHICH HAVE APPEARED or ARE SCHEDULED TO APPEAR on THE DAILY CORGI’s BLOG or FACEBOOK PAGE, YOU STILL NEED TO e-MAIL ME PHOTOS for the CALENDAR — even if THEY ARE (some of) THE SAME ONES AS BEFORE.

WHY?

I see several dozens of Corgi photos a week (I know, tough job), and even though they are all unique and special, I need to know precisely which photos YOU want to have us choose from for the calendar.

Photos submitted for the calendar will NOT automatically appear on the blog or facebook page: pictures you submit for The Daily Corgi 2011 Calendar are for that purpose ONLY. As always, you are welcome to write me about getting your own Corgi(s) scheduled as a Dog of the Day, and if you’re a fan of the facebook page, you can post photos up there anytime you’d like — no waiting!

If you satisfy all of these conditions, your photos meet technical requirements (see below), you pay the $5 (non-refundable) entry fee AND there is still room left in the calendar when we receive your photos, you are guaranteed a spot in the 2011 calendar.
To allow as many dogs as possible on the calendar, each household can submit a MAXIMUM of five photos, regardless of how many Corgis there are in the family pack. Photos can be of your Corgis singly or together, but in no case will an individual dog appear in more than one photo. Photos may be cropped. Final photo selection is at the sole discretion of the designer.
How to submit photos: E-mail as attachments to me at thedailycorgi@gmail.com. Be sure to include the word “CALENDAR” in the subject line.
Include the names of all dog(s) pictured (no full AKC names, please). Make it very clear which name goes with which dog. If there is any question, I will e-mail you to ask for clarification.
Include U.S. state or territory where you (and the dog) reside. For non-US addresses, just the name of the country (or major city) is fine.

The flat $5.00 entry fee is per household, not per dog (regardless of how many Corgis you have). Acceptable payment types include PayPal (you can use your Visa or Mastercard with PayPal; http://www.paypal.com/), cashier’s check or money order. Be sure to include your dog’s name on the memo line, if paying by cashier’s check or M.O.

* * No personal checks accepted. * *

PayPal payments should be sent to me at thedailycorgi@gmail.com. Please note in the message portion of your payment the name(s) of your dog. If I cannot match up a payment with a photo submission, your entry will be delayed.

A portion of your entry fee will be passed directly on to CorgiAid. Any amount you send over the $5.00 will also be sent to CorgiAid, so feel free to throw in an extra buck or two for the dogs. CorgiAid and rescuers work hard for needy Corgis everyday, let’s show ’em some LOVE!
Need a street address to mail in your cashier’s check or money order?
Drop me an e-mail: thedailycorgi@gmail.com, and I’ll share it with you.

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More Very Important Stuff:
Your photos must be high-resolution. No fuzzy or blurred images, please. Hit us with your best shots the first time out!
Portrait-style pictures are preferred. Nearly all the photos in the sample page above are portrait-style. We need to see your dog’s whole face (or as much of it as possible).
Holiday-themed photos are encouraged: Christmas, Halloween (COSTUMES!), Valentine’s Day, Easter, etc. Seasonal backdrops are also desirable: Autumn leaves, Spring flowers, Summer at the shore, Winter in the snow, etc.
If we cannot obtain a technically acceptable image from any of the photos you submit, you will be notified and asked for replacements. If you have questions about photo requirements, contact our designer Elisa directly: weetall@gmail.com.

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The MOST Important Stuff:
If you do not receive an e-mail from me confirming receipt of BOTH your photos *AND* the $5 entry fee within ten calendar days from the day you sent them, drop a line: thedailycorgi@gmail.com. You may want to add this e-mail to your account address book, to be sure my message doesn’t end up in your spam folder (check there too).
Until you receive this confirmation from me, your photo submission is NOT official.

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Lastly, the Not-So-Fine Legal Pawprint:
Tax-deductibiliy of your payment:

No portion of the $5 entry fee is tax-deductible, nor is any additional money you donate on top of that for CorgiAid. Although CorgiAid is a 501(c)3 non-profit, I am acting only as an intermediary fundraiser and am in no way affiliated with CorgiAid.
Therefore, for tax purposes your payment does NOT qualify as a direct gift to CorgiAid. This means you can’t claim it as a charity contribution on your taxes next year.
Good karma, on the other hand, lasts FOREVER.
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Start sending those photos in … don’t delay, do it TODAY!

Boomer, Official Mascot of the 2011 Daily Corgi Calendar

Looking forward to seeing your Corgi pics!

Most Corgially Yours,

Laurie Eno

Founder & Editor
The Daily Corgi

About Laurie Eno

If a hunky Welsh Corgi on a windswept beach is your idea of a celebrity snapshot, welcome home! My name is Laurie Eno and I invite you to the tribe.

Comments

  4. Anonymous says

    what percent of the $5 entry fee goes to CorgiAid?

    what percent of the price to buy a calendar goes to CorgiAid?

  5. Laurie Eno says

    Hi Anonymous,

    Good question, and one I'm glad to answer.

    Out of the $5 entry fee, $3.50 goes directly on to CorgiAid. Most of what's left over goes directly towards the cost of having a professional graphic designer lay out the calendar. (A fellow Corgi person is generously doing that work a greatly reduced rate).

    Many folks have been kind enough to send money above and beyond the $5 fee; anything above the required $5 goes fully on to CorgiAid, 100% of it.

    As regards the percentage of the calendar price going to CorgiAid: The calendar will be produced on an on-demand basis by cafepress.com and available through The Daily Corgi's shop: (http://cafepress.com/thedailycorgi).

    Profits in the shop are derived solely from mark-up-based commission beyond the base price. I haven't yet assigned a mark-up amount for the calendar, but when I do, 75% of that mark-up/commission will go directly to CorgiAid.

    The reason I'm going with cafepress.com is their ability to produce a very high-quality product well worth the price, and handle the ins and outs of shipping, customer service and payment processing far better than I could on my own.

    The 2011 Daily Corgi Calendar is a fundraiser project for CorgiAid; I am using the blog to leverage interest and particpation in it. The more entries there are and the more calendars are sold, the more money goes to CorgiAid (http://corgiaid.org).

    I hope this answers your questions :-). If you have any further ones, please drop me a line!

    Laurie Eno
    Founder & Editor
    The Daily Corgi
    thedailycorgi@gmail.com

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