🎁 Club Pug Giveaways & Contests — Official Rules

Club Pug runs two kinds of promotions for our members: member drawings (random, free, open to all members) and patron contests (skill-based, judged, for Pug Patron members). These rules cover both. Specific promotions may add details (dates, prizes, themes) in their announcement posts, and those details are part of these rules.

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY to enter or win any Club Pug drawing. A purchase or paid membership never increases anyone's chances of winning a drawing.

1. Who can enter

• Legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia, 18 years of age or older.
• Prizes are shipped only to a US mailing address. If you can't provide one, please don't enter prize promotions.
• One entry per member per promotion, unless the announcement says otherwise.
• Club Pug organizers and their household members aren't eligible. Sorry, house pugs — Bea is also disqualified, which she considers a great injustice.

2. Member drawings (random)

• Who's entered: every Club Pug member (free and paid alike) is automatically entered into our two big member drawings each year. Equal odds for everyone — paid members get no extra entries and no better chances.
• How winners are picked: random drawing from all eligible members on the date announced.
• Prizes: the swag bundle described in the announcement (approximate value stated there).

3. Patron contests (skill-based)

• Who can enter: Pug Patron (paid) members only. Because contest winners are chosen by skill — not chance — contests may be limited to paid members.
• How winners are picked: entries are scored by the judges named in the announcement, using the published criteria (for photo contests, typically: theme fit, creativity, photo quality, and pure pug charm — weighted as stated in the announcement). The highest score wins. Judges' decisions are final.
• Entry requirement: the entry form includes a confirmation that you can provide a US mailing address if you win. Entries without it can't be accepted.

4. Winners: notification, verification, runners-up

• Winners are notified by the email on their Club Pug membership and must reply within 7 days with a valid US mailing address.
• If a winner doesn't reply in time, or can't provide a US mailing address, the prize goes to the next eligible entry — for contests, the next-highest score; for drawings, an alternate random pick.
• Prizes ship to the address provided only. We don't ship to reshipping or forwarding services, and we're not responsible for a prize that can't be delivered to the address given.
• Winner first names and their pugs' names may be celebrated in a Club Pug post and on our social channels. That's the fun part.

5. The fine print (still written like humans)

• Prizes aren't transferable and can't be swapped for cash.
• If a prize becomes unavailable, we'll substitute one of equal or greater value.
• Club Pug may cancel or change a promotion if something goes genuinely wrong (fraud, technical failure, too few entries to run a fair contest) — if that happens, we'll say so publicly and explain why.
• By entering, you confirm your entry is your own (your photo, your pug or one you have permission to share) and that Club Pug may share it, with credit, in winner announcements.
• These promotions are run by Club Pug and are not sponsored, endorsed, or administered by Instagram, Meta, or any prize brand mentioned.

Questions about a promotion? Reply to any Club Pug email and a human (supervised by a pug) will get back to you.