Our English Setter Rescue It's an English Setter's Life Calendar Contest: How Voting Works & How to Win

What Is Our English Setter Rescue's It's an English Setter's Life Calendar Contest?

Our English Setter Rescue, a nonprofit working from 3991 Philmont Drive, Marietta, GA 30066 and posting publicly at oesr.org, runs a photo vote under the title "It's an English Setter's Life". Supporters submit photographs of their setters, visitors vote for the entries they love, and the outcome shapes the rescue's printed calendar, which doubles as a fundraiser for the organization.

The ballot sits at https://www.gogophotocontest.com/ourenglishsetterrescue, where the page carries the heading "It's an English Setter's Life" 2027 Calendar. Its menu lines up a Participate tab, the View Entries gallery, Contest Rules beside Prizes, a further Rules link, About Us and Sign In, so a newcomer can move between entering, browsing and reading the terms without leaving the address.

The ballot labels itself plainly, too: the words "Fundraiser for Our English Setter Rescue" sit above the gallery, so nobody landing on the address mistakes the exercise for anything beyond breed support.

The organization behind the vote

The group puts the breed front and center in its own name, and the contest follows suit: every nominee is a dog, framed as a celebration of setters and their people rather than a ranking of local businesses.

When Did Past OESR Calendar Votes Run, and What Did They Pay Out?

Two recent cycles sit on firm ground: confirmed editions cover 2025 and 2026. An earlier window is documented in full as well. The 2024 vote ran from 7:00 AM Eastern Time on Sunday, July 28, 2024 until 10:00 PM Eastern Time on Sunday, August 18, 2024.

The ballot now headed "It's an English Setter's Life" 2027 Calendar opened its vote at 7:00 AM Eastern Time on Friday, July 24, 2026. That vote has since been marked ended on the page, and no closing timestamp is printed next to the notice. On a separate track, supporters had until September 19 to reserve a special day for their pup in the 2027 calendar.

Prizes attach to the 2027 calendar push. The winning entry's owner can select a $25.00 voucher redeemable at Chewy or Amazon, whichever the winner prefers, and receives one free 2027 OESR Calendar, while the fourth through eleventh place photos each earn a "dog of the month" feature in the 2027 OESR Calendar.

Mid-window standings displayed during the 2024 vote showed how tightly packed the chase could be:

Beyond the prize ladder, OESR prints no category roster, no per-supporter vote limit and no eligibility terms beside the entries; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

How Does Voting Work on the Setter Calendar Ballot?

A visit starts at the ballot address. The View Entries tab opens the gallery of competing dogs, a supporter picks the entry worth backing, and the vote goes in from there. The Participate tab points newcomers toward submitting a photo of their own, with Contest Rules, Prizes and Rules sitting in the same menu for anyone who wants the fine print first.

Entry and vote are tied together on this ballot: it states that "Voting is open as soon as you submit your photo". In practice that means a fresh entrant's dog joins the race immediately rather than waiting for a separate nomination round.

What an accepted photo must look like

Nothing on the ballot names a required voter account, and no dedicated app is mentioned; the gallery behaves like any other browser page, so a laptop and a phone reach the same entries. Whether repeat visits need a fresh email or simply a return trip is left to the Contest Rules tab during the live window.

Once the race closes, the banner flips to a different message: "Voting for the photo contest has ended, but there are still ways to help!" The Sign In tab stays in the menu throughout, yet the page never explains what signing in changes for a voter.

Where Does This Contest Fit Among Georgia Public Votes?

Inside Georgia, the nearest comparisons on this site are best-of ballots: the Athens Community's Choice Awards, Best of Augusta, Best of Atlanta, Best of Cobb from Cobb Life Magazine, Best of Forsyth from Forsyth County News, and Best of Middle Georgia.

Those six ask readers to sort local businesses and services into ranked lists. The OESR contest asks something different: back one particular dog hard enough to print its face on a calendar month. Its nominees are pets instead of storefronts, its beneficiary is a breed rescue instead of an advertising budget, and its payoff is a "dog of the month" feature and calendar merchandise instead of a plaque in a magazine spread.

Marietta readers who follow both kinds of ballots will notice the rhythm differs too. The best-of surveys cluster around community-wide categories, while the setter calendar concentrates everything on a single gallery of faces, which makes each vote feel personal and each standings gap easy to see.

How Can a Supporter Give an OESR Entry a Wider Reach?

The 2024 standings showed places separated by slim margins, so a handful of extra backers can move a dog up the ladder. Practical moves: send the dog's own entry link straight to friends and family instead of a generic contest address, post it where setter owners and OESR adopters already gather, and remind people early in the window while the gallery is still filling.

Because casting a vote costs nothing, a shareable link lowers the barrier to zero; the ask is attention rather than money, which suits quick social posts far better than long written appeals.

OESR has published no guidance on outside voting help, so anyone curious about services beyond organic sharing can read how to get more votes online; award vote packages are described separately for readers comparing routes. Whichever path a campaign takes, the leaderboard settles the outcome, and the Contest Rules tab remains the last word on what the rescue permits.