Photo Contest Official Rules

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. THIS IS A SKILL CONTEST BASED ON JUDGING CRITERIA — NOT A GAME OF CHANCE. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.

1. Sponsor

Sponsor is Trucking Apparel (truckingapparel.com) (“Sponsor”). For contest questions, contact Sponsor by Instagram DM to @truckingapparel.

2. Eligibility

Open only to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia who are eighteen (18) years of age or older at entry. Void where prohibited.

Not eligible to win: Sponsor’s employees / contractors engaged for this Contest, contest judges, and each of their immediate family (spouse, parent, child, sibling) and household members. One (1) prize max per person / Instagram account.

3. Contest Period

Entry Period begins: November 6, 2026 at 4:30 PM America/Chicago (CT)
Entry Period ends: November 20, 2026 at 11:59 PM America/Chicago (CT)
Winners announced on or about: November 22, 2026 (America/Chicago)

Sponsor’s America/Chicago clock is official. Late entries void.

4. How to Enter (no purchase; no paid boosts)

During the Entry Period, submit one (1) entry by either method below. These Official Rules are available on this page before entry.

(A) Public feed entry. Publish one (1) Instagram feed photo that:

Shows a parked truck / parked-rig / creative road-or-rig scene taken while the vehicle is parked and not in motion;
@mentions @truckingapparel in the caption (text mention of the account);
Includes a clear contest-entry disclosure in the caption, near the start — for example: “Entry in Trucking Apparel photo contest” (or substantially similar wording ordinary viewers will understand).

Accurate tagging (separate from the required caption @mention): Do not tag people or accounts in the photo who are not actually depicted. The required caption @mention of @truckingapparel is how you enter with Sponsor’s account; it is not a request to inaccurately tag the brand as a person in the image.

(B) DM entry. Send one (1) Direct Message to @truckingapparel containing the photo and, optionally, a short story/caption. No public post is required. A private DM to Sponsor is not a public endorsement, so the public contest-disclosure caption sentence is not required for method B.

Optional campaign hashtag #TruckingApparelRigs: helpful for discovery; not required for a valid entry. An optional brand hashtag alone does not replace the public-feed disclosure in method A.

Not required: purchase, wearing Sponsor’s brand, tagging friends, likes, shares/reposts, or paid Boost. Following @truckingapparel is encouraged so winners can be notified, but is not a condition of entry.

Limit one (1) entry per person; first valid entry counts. Incomplete, duplicate, late, unsafe, non-original, or noncompliant entries may be disqualified. Driving-while-shooting / clearly unsafe depictions are ineligible.

5. Judging (skill — no random selection)

Skill contest only. Chance plays no role. Sponsor will not pick winners by random draw.

Judges will assess all eligible entries received during the Entry Period (no unexplained pre-shortlist that drops eligible entries from scoring).

Scoring criteria (equally weighted, 0–10 each):

Creativity / originality
Story / emotion (caption or optional DM text)
Truck pride / authenticity (parked, safe, real)

Category allocation (sequential): After all eligible entries are scored, winners are awarded in this order, each to the highest-scoring eligible entrant not already awarded a prize:

Best Rig
Most Creative
Best Story

Ties: If two or more eligible entries remain tied for the next category after scoring, George Fissler will compare only the tied works and select the winner based on creativity, with a short written skill rationale kept in Sponsor’s contest records. No coin flip, raffle, or other chance method.

Judge: George Fissler (scores all eligible entries and breaks ties).

Odds depend on the number and relative skill of eligible entries.

6. Prizes

Three (3) prizes: each winner receives one (1) regular Trucking Apparel tee of the winner’s choice from Sponsor’s then-available regular tee styles on truckingapparel.com, in an available size, shipped to a US address at Sponsor’s expense. No purchase, fee, or shipping charge to winners.

Approximate Retail Value (ARV):

Each prize: up to $40
Total of all prizes: up to $120

No cash alternative / transfer / winner substitution. If a selected style is unavailable, Sponsor may substitute a tee of equal or greater retail value from the eligible list. Winner responsible for any taxes (if any).

7. Winner Notification

Potential winners notified only by Instagram DM from @truckingapparel. Reply within 72 hours with shipping name, US address, size, and tee choice. If no timely reply / ineligible / decline → next highest-scoring eligible entrant not already awarded (still no random draw).

Sponsor never asks for payment, card, password, or gift-card / remote-access codes.

8. Photo permission (narrow; you keep ownership)

By entering, you grant Sponsor a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license, for twelve (12) months from the Entry Period end date, to use, repost, crop (without changing meaning), and display your entry photo and Instagram handle on Sponsor’s organic Instagram, website, and organic social channels solely to operate this Contest and publish Contest recap / winner features.

Not included without your separate permission: paid ads, Boosted posts, or other unrelated commercial uses.

Archival: Contest posts already published during the Contest or recap may remain on Sponsor’s organic channels after the 12-month license period as archival Contest content; new uses after that period (other than leaving existing posts up) require separate permission.

You retain ownership. This is a license, not an assignment. Sponsor need not use any entry.

You warrant that: (a) you own/control rights needed to grant this license; (b) every recognizable person depicted is an adult and you have their permission to submit and license the photo as described; (c) the entry does not depict any identifiable minor; (d) the entry does not infringe copyright, trademark, publicity, or other rights; and (e) you have considered truck-maker logos, other carriers’ marks, plates, and DOT numbers — blur/crop when practicable. Sponsor may decline or remove entries that create clear IP / publicity risk.

9. Instagram / Meta

This Contest is not sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with Instagram or Meta Platforms, Inc. By entering, each entrant releases Instagram and Meta from liability related to this Contest. Do not inaccurately tag content.

Data: Sponsor collects and uses contest-related information you provide for entry and prize fulfillment as described in Section 10. Instagram / Meta separately process platform data (including posts and DMs) under their own privacy policies. Providing an entry through Instagram does not mean Meta is the Contest sponsor.

10. Privacy

Sponsor uses contest data only as needed to run the Contest: Instagram handle, public post URL or DM contents, judging notes/rationales, and (for winners) shipping details and size/style choice — per these Rules and Sponsor’s privacy practices at https://www.truckingapparel.com/policies/privacy-policy. Shipping details are not posted publicly. Entry does not opt you into marketing emails or texts.

11. Disqualification; limited modification

Sponsor may disqualify Rules-violating, fraudulent, or unsafe entries. Cancel / suspend / modify only if fraud, technical failure, or circumstances beyond reasonable control impair integrity, and only in a manner fair to existing eligible entrants. No blanket cancel-for-convenience right.