Cat Haven's Krewe of Mew Mardi Gras Photo Contest: How Voting Works & How to Win

What is the Krewe of Mew Mardi Gras Photo Contest and who runs it?

Cat Haven is a Baton Rouge shelter devoted to cat rescue, and Krewe of Mew is its Mardi Gras season signature event. The ballot greets visitors with "Laissez les bon temps rouler!" and folds the shelter's residents into the festivities, inviting supporters to celebrate their furry friends alongside the parade season. Structurally it is a photo vote: entrants post pictures of their cats, the public browses the gallery, and support arrives through paid clicks.

The balloting runs on GoGo Photo Contest, a dedicated photo-contest platform, at www.gogophotocontest.com/cathaven. Cat Haven anchors the ballot with its physical identity, which matters for a charity drive: supporters can verify that the fundraiser belongs to a real shelter with a real door.

The pet vertical contains many formats, and the Krewe of Mew ballot narrows to cats alone. Where dress-up events invite dogs, rabbits and reptiles, this gallery is a cat-only room, which sharpens its appeal for the Baton Rouge feline crowd.

When has the contest run, and what were the 2025 dates?

Editions on the calendar

Confirmed editions of the Krewe of Mew contest ran in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2025. That pattern marks the ballot as a recurring item on Cat Haven's Mardi Gras calendar rather than a stray experiment.

The 2025 window

Voting for the 2025 edition began on February 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM CST and closed on March 3, 2025. Entry submission ran in parallel: photos could be submitted from February 17, 2025 until March 3, 2025, so the ballot skipped a separate nomination phase. The page also cautions about a delay in displaying the most recent tabulations, so the visible tally can trail what has actually been given.

Since the 2025 ballot closed, the page states the contest has ended, and Cat Haven has posted no window for the following Mardi Gras season. Planning ahead therefore means watching the shelter's channels.

A visitor combing the ballot for a category slate or a ceiling on how often a person may contribute finds neither printed; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

How does a supporter cast a vote for a Krewe of Mew cat?

Voting happens on the GoGo Photo Contest site itself. The ballot's menu stretches across the top with Home, View Entries, Prizes, Rules, About Us and Sign In. A supporter opens View Entries, walks the gallery of cat portraits, and settles on the entry worth backing. Completing that choice processes a $1 donation, which flows into the fundraiser's proceeds for Cat Haven.

The surrounding tabs each hold a job. Rules carries the entry terms, including the photo-rights language, and Prizes outlines what leading pictures earn. The Sign In link suggests accounts exist somewhere in the flow, although the page does not state whether a voter must register before giving.

Cadence is the planner's blind spot: nothing on the ballot says whether a person may give repeatedly or how often. Anyone sizing up the full window should treat frequency as unverified and read the Rules tab before committing. Every completed vote raises the entry's standing and the shelter's receipts together, which is unusual among public ballots and shapes how campaigns here are budgeted.

How does this ballot sit beside its Louisiana neighbours?

Louisiana's ballot scene gives the Krewe of Mew contest plenty of company. Three fellow pet ballots run in the state: the Now For Kvkis Cutest Canine Companion Pics vote, the 2026 Dress Your Pet Photo Contest and the Daily Iberian Dress Your Pet Photo Contest. Outside the pet lane, the Alexandria Community's Choice Awards and Bayou's Best Community's Choice Awards collect community favorites, while the Baton Rouge High School Athlete of the Week covers prep sports in Cat Haven's own city.

Krewe of Mew separates itself from that pack on pricing and purpose. The neighbours are community popularity votes; the Krewe of Mew ballot is a single shelter's charity event, priced per vote and scheduled around Mardi Gras. For a Baton Rouge cat owner, that makes it the natural local stage, while fans of wider best-of formats have the Alexandria and Houma-centered ballots to follow.

What lifts a cat up the Krewe of Mew standings?

Because every vote here is paid, a support push looks different from free-click polls. Framing the ask as a donation to Cat Haven's rescue work gives friends, family and coworkers a reason to give that feels like charity rather than campaigning. Spreading appeals across the full voting window protects against a single burst fading early, and pointing people straight at the entry's page removes steps between goodwill and a completed vote.

General vote-driving tactics, from social posts to group outreach, are collected in the votes guide; the donation-based twist above is what makes this ballot its own case.