BND wants to find the cutest dog in Illinois. Submit your buddy to our photo contest

If you often find yourself showing off pictures of your dog to anyone who will look, you’re in luck. The BND is searching for Illinois’ cutest dog, and is accepting photo submissions from readers.

From goofy puppies to sweet seniors, we want to see them all.

Submit your dog’s photo using this Google Form and tell us a little about your canine pal. You can also email all the required information to mhoward@bnd.com.

We’ll keep submissions open until noon Friday, Sept. 20. We reserve the right to close the contest early in the event of a high volume of submissions.

Any reader can submit their dog for the contest, but voting will only be open to BND subscribers. When voting opens, subscribers can vote as many times as they like. To subscribe, visit mycheckout.bnd.com for a list of offers, including an initial rate of 99 cents for one month.

The first round of voting should begin Monday, Sept. 23, and subscribers will chose which cute dogs move on in our competition. The winner of our contest will appear in a news story on bnd.com.

If you’re interested in some of our previous bracket competitions, don’t miss southwestern Illinois’ choice for the best coffee shop or top restaurant.