Staples Thank A Teacher Contest: Win $5,000 Free Gift Card (20 Winners)

When the teacher wins you win too! A student-teacher relationship is always a tune, at school, so, in this grateful season of Back To School, nominate your favorite teacher whom you want to thank and win $5,000, free school makeover supplies for the school, where she or he is working. Ping a photo or a video on your social media account, that show how thankful and proud you are, of your teachers, and win free gift cards to Staples, for the classroom supplies they need to upgrade the learning environment. Enter the Staple Connet Thank A Teacher Contest to win free school supplies for your favorite teacher, and the school they are serving. Submit your vote of thanks in the Staples social media contests, and give your favorite teacher, the honor of being your inspiration with the $5,000 free classroom essentials they need to make you the heroes of the future!

Limit

The eligible entrants should be 18 years or older at the time of entry. There is a limit of one Entry per day per Website and Social Media Platform account.

How to Enter Staples Back To School Contest

Enter via the website or Twitter and/or Instagram and/or TikTok, as instructed below:

• Online Method Of Entry: Visit staplesconnect.com/thankateacher and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the entry form including submitting your statement and uploading an (optional) photo or video that describes how a Teacher went above and beyond in 2022.
• Twitter: Tweet a statement and optional photo or video that describes how a Teacher went above and beyond in 2022, including the hashtags #ThankATeacher, #contest, and mention @StaplesStores to receive 1 entry into the Contest.
• Instagram: Post an in-feed statement and optional photo or video that describes how a Teacher went above and beyond in 2022, including the hashtags #ThankATeacher, #contest, and mention @StaplesStores to receive 1 entry.
• Tiktok: Post a video that describes how a Teacher went above and beyond in 2022, including the hashtags #ThankATeacher, #contest, and mention @StaplesStores to receive 1 entry.

Submission Requirements:

• Nominates must be of the school where the teacher mentioned in your Entry has taught. Schools must be accredited K-12 schools, and home schools are not eligible.
• All Entry title/caption/text/statement/audio, must be in English.
• Written statements submitted through the form on the Website must be 100 words or less.
• Videos, if included with an Entry, must not exceed 30 seconds in length and if submitted on the Website, also must not exceed 100MB in file size;
• Photos must be submitted in one of the following formats: JPG, JPEG, PNG, or GIF. Videos must be submitted in one of the following formats: MPEG, MP4, MOV, AVI, FLV, or M4V.

Staples Thank A Teacher Contest Winner Selection

All eligible Entries will be judged by a panel of qualified representatives, to select the 50 highest scoring Entries, based on the following judging criteria:

• Adherence to Contest Theme (40%);
• Persuasiveness of Entry (40%); and
• Originality and Creativity (20%).

The top 50 highest scoring Entries will then be re-judged, based on the above judging criteria to determine 20 potential Grand Prize winners.

Staples Thank A Teacher Contest Prize

20 Grand Prizes: Each Prize will be $5,000 in Staples Gift Cards for use by the winning School.