Photos must be entered by a parent, family (grandparent, aunt, etc.) or legal guardian of the entered child. 

Photos must NOT be professional photos, amateur photos only.  Do not send cell phone pictures.  Make sure the photos are not blurry or grainy.

Photos will begin judging as soon as the contest is over and can the panel can take up to a week to decide. Judges are people from OUTSIDE the Contest World. All scores are tossed out after winners are posted. Please do not ask for scores. If you don't win the title you are hoping for, please try again as judges rotate each month. 

Judging Criteria for Main Contest: is based on Photo Quality, Naturalness and Overall Impression.

Photos must be within 6 months of date taken  for ages up to 5 years old and within a year for ages 6 years and older (only for the main contest).  One child/person in each photo. Prices are for entering only one age division. Photos must be emailed in good quality and we reserve the right to crop or resize the photos to fit our site accordingly. 

Black & White and Sepia accepted (no B&W w/color please). No photos altered by computer (except for cropping). Please send all photos in one email for each child. We do not accept glitz photos. Bare bottoms under 1 year old is excepted at my discretion. Diapered bottoms are okay. Make-up is allowed at my discretion.

If there are not more then 3 entries in a division that division may be combined with the age divison above/below it. Photo Bug Baby reserves the right to carry the entrants over to the next month if there are not enough entrants for that current month. 

Please send all photos by email in JPG format  - we will not accept zip or gif files. We *usually* post photos on the weekend but that isn't always how it works out. Rest assured all entries will be judged equally and when they're posted will have no negative (or positive) impact.

Parents, family or legal guardians agree that ownership of submitted photos have not been granted to any other company or individual.  

Prize Claim: . Prizes must be claimed within 14 days after the winners are announced. After that, an alternate is chosen.  I'm not responsible for 3rd party prize donations. To claim prizes, click on the links in the prize notification email and also to reply back to us with your paypal info for cash prizes. Give sponsors at least a week to respond before assuming they are not fulfilling the request. Cash prizes, if any, are subject to change depending on the number of entries. PhotoBugBaby is not responsible for prizes not supplied by prize sponsor.

The winners will be announced on the website when all prizes have been claimed. Winning photos may not be entered a second time.  

Photos must be mailed to info@photobugbaby.com.  We cannot process refunds for contestants who do not send photos.

Any  photos sent that do not follow these rules will not be accepted.  We will discard any entries sent incorrectly.  These rules are for the safety of the children and to help us run a safe and fair contest.  Thank You!