SUN NINJA DESIGN CHALLENGE β OFFICIAL RULES
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
1. Sponsor
The Sun Ninja Design Challenge ("Contest") is fully sponsored by Sun Ninja LLC.
2. Eligibility
The Contest is open to legal residents of the United States who are 18 years of age or older at the time of entry.
Employees, officers and directors of Sun Ninja, its affiliates, agencies and immediate family/household members are not eligible to enter.
Void where prohibited or restricted by law.
No purchase is necessary to enter or win.
3. Contest Period
The Contest begins at 00:01 PST on October 1st 2026 and entries must be received by 23:59PST on October 17th 2026.
Finalists are expected to be announced on or around October 20th, with public voting taking place between October 20th 2026 and October 31st 2026.
Sun Ninja may modify these dates if reasonably necessary.
4. How to Enter
Entrants must:
Download or use the official Sun Ninja tent design template;
Create an original design;
Complete the official entry form at https://www.sunninja.com/pages/design-the-next-sun-ninja
Upload the completed design; and
Agree to these Official Rules.
Limit: one entry per person.
No purchase or payment is required.
5. Submission Requirements
Each submission must be the entrant's original work.
Entries must not contain material that infringes another person's copyright, trademark, design rights, publicity rights or other intellectual-property rights.
Entrants must have all rights and permissions necessary for any material incorporated into their submission.
Entries containing unlawful, offensive, discriminatory, defamatory or otherwise inappropriate content may be disqualified at Sun Ninja's discretion.
Use of design software, AI-assisted creative tools and other creative technologies is permitted, provided the entrant has the legal right to use and submit the resulting work and the entry otherwise complies with these Rules.
6. Ownership and License
Entrants retain ownership of their submitted designs.
By entering, entrants grant Sun Ninja a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license to display, reproduce, publish, adapt and promote their submission in connection with the Contest, Sun Ninja's marketing and promotion of the Contest.
If an entrant's design is selected as the First Place winner, the winner agrees to grant/assign Sun Ninja the rights necessary to adapt, manufacture, market, advertise, distribute and sell products incorporating or derived from the winning design, without additional compensation beyond the stated prize.
Sun Ninja may make reasonable changes to the winning design necessary for manufacturing, printing, branding, safety or commercial production.
7. Selection of Finalists
Sun Ninja will review eligible submissions and select a shortlist of finalists based on factors including:
Originality β’ Creativity β’ Sun Ninja brand fit β’ Visual appeal β’ Suitability for production
Sun Ninja's determination of which entries qualify as finalists is final.
8. Public Voting
Finalist designs will be presented through the official @sunninjatents Instagram account for community voting.
Detailed voting instructions and the voting period will be published when voting opens.
One vote per Instagram account.
Sun Ninja reserves the right to disregard votes that it reasonably believes resulted from bots, automated systems, purchased engagement, fake accounts, vote manipulation or other fraudulent activity.
9. Winners
Subject to verification of eligibility and compliance with these Rules, the three eligible finalist designs receiving the highest valid vote totals will be awarded First, Second and Third Place respectively.
In the event of a tie, Sun Ninja will determine the higher-placed design based on the finalist-selection criteria described above.
10. Prizes
First Place: US $1,500, plus the winning design will be developed for production as a Sun Ninja tent.
Second Place: US $750
Third Place: US $500
Total cash prize value: US $2,750.
For First Place, production is subject to reasonable technical, manufacturing, safety and commercial modifications. The final manufactured product may therefore differ from the original submitted artwork.
Unless expressly stated otherwise, the winner will not receive royalties or additional compensation from sales of the resulting product.
Winners are responsible for any applicable taxes associated with their prizes.
11. Winner Verification
Potential winners may be required to provide proof of identity and eligibility and sign additional documentation relating to eligibility, publicity, intellectual property and release of claims before receiving a prize.
Failure to respond within [5] business days may result in disqualification and selection of an alternate winner.
12. Publicity
Except where prohibited by law, winners agree that Sun Ninja may use their name, submitted design, likeness, social-media handle and related contest content in connection with announcing and promoting the Contest and resulting product.
13. Instagram Disclaimer
The Contest is not sponsored, endorsed, administered by or associated with Instagram or Meta.
Entrants release Instagram and Meta from responsibility relating to the administration of the Contest to the extent permitted by applicable law.
14. General Conditions
Sun Ninja reserves the right to disqualify entries or participants who violate these Rules, attempt to manipulate voting or interfere with the proper operation of the Contest.
If circumstances outside Sun Ninja's reasonable control affect the integrity or operation of the Contest, Sun Ninja may modify, suspend or cancel the Contest as permitted by applicable law.
15. Privacy
Personal information collected in connection with the Contest will be handled in accordance with the Sun Ninja Privacy Policy.
Entry into the Contest does not automatically constitute consent to receive marketing communications. Entrants may separately opt in to marketing through the entry form.
16. Governing Law
The Contest and these Rules are governed by the laws of the USA, without regard to conflict-of-law principles, and subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws.