Gainesville, GA--  (submitted by City of Gainesville)  Plans for the Spring Chicken Festival are officially underway now that a Call to Artists has been issued for the Fowl Art Show. Interested artists should prepare an original work measuring 11 x 14 or 14 x 11.  The winning artwork image will be used for promotional material, posters, t-shirts and note cards to promote the Spring Chicken Festival sponsored by Keep Hall Beautiful.

The entry fee is $40.00 and includes a frame for the artist to keep. All entries should be taken to Frames-You-Nique in Gainesville by March 4.  Don Griffin, the coordinator of the Fowl Art Show, says the show is a way to get downtown involved in the official cook-off for the State of Georgia and pay homage to the “un-official” bird of Gainesville. “The artists are encouraged to paint a chicken or rooster in a humorous situation. The judges will be asked to consider the puns as well as the quality of the birds. The art will be on display at Frames-You-Nique beginning March 11 and will be judged the week  of  March 14,” Griffin said.

Atlanta, GA--  

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Atlanta, GA--  Do you have the cutest dog in Atlanta?  Everyone thinks their pup is the cutest, but now it's time to put your pooch to the test!  Submit your dog’s photo for the Metromix Atlanta's Cutest Dog Contest! Entries will be accepted until September 26, 2010.  Here’s the link to enter: www.atlanta.metromix.com/cutestdogcontest .