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What a fright! FOX 4 (Kansas City, MO) hosts this Halloween pet costume costume for their viewers. With a perfectly-themed (and a little bit scary) logo, and great prizes ($300 to Price Chopper or $200 gift card to McCarthy Automotive Group), this photo contest is a sweet holiday treat!

Pet contests are always a big hit. So are kids contests. So, this contest with pets and kids from Norfolk Daily News (Norfolk, NE) is sure to be a keeper (plus, winners get cash prizes!). Some hysterical, adorable and goofy submissions were entered – browse through to enjoy!

I kid you not, these are some spooky pets! The Capital Gazette (Annapolis, MD) hosts this fun Halloween pet contest for its animal-loving readers. The scariest costumed pet will win a gift basket from Greater Annapolis Veterinary Hospital – what a perfect sponsor!

Show off your precious pet and help out rescue organizations with this photo contest hosted by Triangle.com and News and Observer (Raleigh, NC). Users can submit their pet for a fee and buy votes in order to help their pet win; winner gets to be featured in the 2011 Adorable Pet Calendar. 10% of all proceeds from the contest and 100% of calendar sales are donated to local nonprofit pet rescue associations. What a great contest!

Show off your love for your best friend – your pup! Newsday (Suffolk, NY) runs their very first UPICKEM contest very successfully with several sponsors – Invisible Fence, NYCpet.com, Mutts & Butts, Pet Central and Total Pet Care – and a very well-designed welcome page. Fantastic work!

In a very clever photo contest, The Times-Tribune (Shamokin, PA) offers readers the chance to win VIP tickets to a great broadway musical – Beauty and the Beast. Readers submit a photo of themselves with their pet (or “beast”, if you will). Check out the winner – how adorable!