Employees, officers, directors, representatives, and agents of The Ceramic Shop, along with members of their immediate families and households, are not eligible to enter or win.

Entrants must have access to a valid email address. Instagram entrants must also have an active public Instagram account through the winner announcement date.

The contest begins at 12:00 am on August 1st, 2026 and ends at 11:59pm ET on August 15th, 2026.

Sponsor’s computer system will serve as the official timekeeping device for website entries. The timestamp displayed by Instagram will be used for Instagram entries.

Entries received before or after the stated contest period will not be eligible.

Participants may enter through the official website form, Instagram, or both. One winner will be selected from each entry method.

Participants may enter through both methods but may only win one prize. If the same entrant receives the highest score in both entry groups, that entrant will receive one prize and the next highest-scoring eligible entrant in the second group may be selected.

All entries must meet the following requirements:

• The submitted piece must be a completed and fired ceramic work featuring Pro Series Glazes from The Ceramic Shop.
• Every submitted photograph must be taken horizontally in landscape orientation.
• The ceramic work and photographs must be the entrant’s original work.
• Images must be clear, well-lit, in focus, and accurately represent the finished piece.
• Basic cropping and adjustments to brightness or exposure are permitted, but heavily filtered, digitally composited, misleading, or artificially generated representations of the ceramic piece are not eligible.
• The entry must not contain unlawful, hateful, threatening, obscene, defamatory, or otherwise inappropriate material.
• The entry must not infringe upon another person’s copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity, or other rights.
• If another person appears in an image, the entrant must have permission to submit and publish that person’s likeness.
• The entry must provide the correct name of the Pro Series Glaze or glazes used.

This is a skill-based contest. Winners will not be selected at random. Eligible website entries and eligible Instagram entries will be evaluated as two separate groups by representatives selected by The Ceramic Shop.

Entries will be evaluated using the following criteria:

The eligible website entry receiving the highest total score will be selected as the potential Website Winner. The eligible Instagram entry receiving the highest total score will be selected as the potential Instagram Winner.

In the event of a tie, the entry with the higher score for Creative Use of Glaze will be ranked higher. If a tie remains, the entry with the higher Originality and Creativity score will be ranked higher. The Sponsor’s decisions are final and binding.

The number of followers, likes, comments, shares, or other social media engagement will not determine the Instagram winner.

Two prizes will be awarded. The total approximate retail value of all prizes is $200.

Gift cards are subject to The Ceramic Shop’s standard gift-card terms. Prizes are not transferable, may not be substituted by the winner, and may not be redeemed for cash except where required by law.

Potential winners are expected to be selected and contacted on or around August 25th, 2026.

The potential Website Winner will be contacted using the email address supplied with the website entry. The potential Instagram Winner may be contacted through a direct message from The Ceramic Shop’s official Instagram account.

The Ceramic Shop will never require a winner to pay a fee, provide a credit-card number, or purchase an item to receive a prize.

A potential winner may be required to confirm eligibility, provide requested contact information, confirm ownership of the entry, and complete any reasonably required eligibility, release, or tax documents.

If a potential winner cannot be contacted, does not respond within five business days, is found to be ineligible, declines the prize, or fails to complete required verification, the prize may be offered to the next highest-scoring eligible entrant from the applicable entry group.

Entrants retain ownership of their original ceramic work and photographs.

By entering, each entrant grants The Ceramic Shop a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to reproduce, crop, resize, format, publish, display, distribute, and share the submitted photographs and accompanying entry information for promotional, educational, editorial, website, product-page, email, social media, and marketing purposes.

This permission includes the right to display the entrant’s name, business or studio name, social media handle, project description, glaze information, clay body, firing information, and other details supplied with the entry.

The Ceramic Shop may make reasonable formatting or image adjustments needed for website, product-page, email, social media, or print layouts. The Ceramic Shop will not intentionally alter the entry in a way that materially misrepresents the finished ceramic work.

Except where prohibited by law, winners agree that The Ceramic Shop may identify them as contest winners and use their submitted name, image, social media handle, and winning entry in connection with the contest without additional compensation.

Personal information collected in connection with the contest will be used to administer the contest, verify eligibility, contact potential winners, deliver prizes, display selected entries, and comply with applicable legal obligations.

Information will be handled in accordance with The Ceramic Shop’s privacy policy: View Our Privacy Policy .

Entering the contest does not automatically subscribe an entrant to promotional emails unless the entrant separately chooses to receive them.

The Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any entrant or entry that violates these Official Rules, attempts to interfere with the contest, provides false information, impersonates another person, manipulates an entry method, or acts in an abusive, deceptive, or unsportsmanlike manner.

The Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, corrupted, misdirected, inaccessible, or technically defective entries, posts, uploads, emails, messages, or notifications.

If the contest cannot be administered as planned because of technical failure, platform interruption, unauthorized intervention, fraud, natural disaster, legal restriction, or another event outside the Sponsor’s reasonable control, the Sponsor may modify, suspend, postpone, or cancel the contest.

If the contest is ended early, the Sponsor may select winners from eligible entries received before the interruption using the judging criteria described in these rules.

The Sponsor reserves the right not to award a prize if no eligible entry meets the contest requirements or receives a sufficient score under the stated judging criteria.

The winning entries may be announced on The Ceramic Shop’s website, product pages, email communications, and social media accounts after eligibility has been verified.