Humane Society of Atlantic County Howl-o-ween Photo Contest: How Voting Works & How to Win

What the Howl-o-ween Photo Contest is and who runs it

The Humane Society of Atlantic County Howl-o-ween Photo Contest is an online photo vote run by the Humane Society of Atlantic County. Entries are Halloween photos of pets, and supporters vote on them through the photo contest site at gogophotocontest.com under the humanesocietyofac address.

The market is Atlantic County, New Jersey, and the metro entry for the program is Atlantic City. The contest page says the fundraiser helps pay for veterinary care for pets entering the shelter and for pets belonging to families in need in the community, which gives the vote a clear local purpose.

Which years are confirmed and when the 2026 contest opens

The contest site confirms two editions, 2024 and 2026. The 2024 contest is marked as ended. The 2026 contest is the newest confirmed edition, and its start is set for 10/2/2026 at 12:00 AM Eastern Time, which is the only dated window the listing gives.

The listing does not print a closing date for the 2026 vote, and it gives no closing date for 2024 either. Readers should treat the start time as fixed and the end of the window as unknown until the page shows it.

The table keeps the two confirmed editions apart so the 2024 contest is not mistaken for a live vote. The 2026 start time is the only fixed point the listing supplies.

How a supporter votes for a pet photo today

A supporter opens the contest page once the 2026 vote is live, reads the Halloween pet entries, and submits a vote for one of them on the same site. The vote is a public web action, and the listing does not describe a separate download, a confirmation email or a second screen.

The table below sets out the three actions in order. Where the site says nothing about a step, the table results the gap rather than filling it with a rule that may not apply to the current contest.

Because the vote is a public web ballot, a supporter controls which photo receives the vote and when it is submitted. Any repeat-vote limit sits on the Rules page, so repeat voting should wait until that page has been read.

How this contest sits beside other New Jersey entries in the directory

The Howl-o-ween contest is one of several New Jersey ballots in this directory, and the closest format match is the Monmouth County readers' choice entry, which is also a public vote run on a local organization's behalf. The Halloween pet photo format is the difference that matters most for a reader comparing the two.

The shelter contest differs from these entries because it is a pet photo vote tied to a single animal-welfare fundraiser, while most of the others are business or readers' award ballots. Readers who want an animal-focused vote in the state will find this one is the only entry of its kind in the list.

Ways a supporter can help a pet photo in the Halloween vote

Support for a photo in a public vote usually comes from people who already follow the shelter. The most direct step is to share the 2026 contest link with friends, neighbours and volunteers, and to ask each of them to look at the entries before voting. A vote from a real supporter is the kind the public count is designed to include.

The site does not describe what the organizer permits for outside promotion, such as paid posts or group drives, so a campaign should check the Rules link first. For general tactics that apply to public votes, see how to get more votes online, which does not assume any rule specific to this contest.

Any paid option sits outside the contest terms and should be judged on its own. Compare the organizer's wording with the cost before spending money on votes, and remember that the winner is the photo the public count selects.