#CINCYBARKS CONTEST

Each year we crown an (unofficial) Cincinnati Parks Doggie Mascot! Does your pup have what it takes?

The Cincinnati Parks Foundation’s #cincyBARKS Facebook and Instagram photo contest crowns a doggie mascot for Cincinnati Parks! The winner receives bragging rights and a custom poster designed with their dog’s likeness in their neighborhood park.

THE RULES

1. FOLLOW US:

@Cincyparksfoundation on Instagram or Facebook

2. TAKE A PHOTO OF YOUR DOG AT AN OFFICIAL CINCINNATI PARK

3. POST YOUR PHOTO* AND USE THE HASHTAGS:

#CincyBARKS
#LOVEcincyparks

*Set at posts Public View. Dogs must be leashed where required.

Tip: try to get a photo where your dog's face is visible AND include iconic #CincyParks imagery in the background!

Winners will be chosen by a panel of Cincinnati Parks Foundation Board Members and notified at the end of the contest. Three (3) entrants from the eligible submissions will be chosen based on the following criteria (“Judging Criteria”):

Photo features an official Cincinnati Park.
Entrant follows @cincyparksfoundation on the platform on which it was posted.
Entrant posted a photo publicly and used the hashtags: #cincyBARKS AND #LOVEcincyparks
Quality of photo.

Contest closes on October 30, 2021, 11:59 pm EST. Winners will be announced in November 2021. This contest is not endorsed or sponsored by Facebook or Instagram.

By tagging your photo with #CincyBARKS and #LOVEcincyparks user grants the Cincinnati Parks Foundation a royalty-free, non-exclusive license to publicly display, distribute, reproduce and create derivative works of the submissions, in whole or in part, in any media now existing or later developed, for any purpose.

2019 #CINCYBARKS WINNER

Congratulations to @skye.thegoldenpuppy  for winning the 2019 #cincyBARKS photo contest! As the winner, Skye is our 2019 Smale Riverfront Park mascot and received a custom art print!

2020 #CINCYBARKS WINNER

Congratulations to @themidge00  for winning the 2020 #cincyBARKS photo contest!  As the winner, Mya is our 2020 Mt. Airy Forest mascot and received a custom art print!