Giveaway Rules — Free Promo & Sales Social Post Template
Promo & Sales · v1.0.0 · Updated 2026-11-13 · Instagram, Facebook & X · HTML + CSS
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Ask an AI assistant to adapt the Giveaway Rules HTML and CSS: write plain-language eligibility text for your region (then have it checked), turn the steps into a carousel, or draft a short "how to enter" Story caption.
Prompt to recreate it
Copy this into your AI assistant of choice to build the effect from scratch, or as a jumping-off point for your own variant:
Create a 1080×1350 Instagram "how to enter" giveaway rules post in plain HTML and CSS.
- A warm cream background (#fdf3e7) with a soft coral glow in the top-right corner and a fine teal dot grid fading out downward.
- A coral pill "Win a $200 gift card" above a large serif (Playfair Display) headline "How to enter" with "enter" in teal. To the right of the headline, an optional prize photo inside a white polaroid frame, rotated about 4 degrees with a soft shadow; hide the frame if there is no photo.
- Four white rounded rows with a thin border and a small shadow: each with a rounded-square teal tick box (draw the check with CSS borders) and a bold line: "Follow @yourbrand", "Like this post", "Tag 2 friends in the comments", "Share to your Story for a bonus entry". Make the fourth row dashed with a coral border and a coral tick.
- A dashed-border fine-print box in small text: "Open to residents 18+. One winner picked at random and messaged on Nov 7. Not sponsored by or affiliated with Instagram."
- At the bottom, a teal deadline "Open until Fri, Nov 6 · 9 PM EST" on the left and the brand handle on the right. Keep text well inside the margins.Want to tighten it up first? Run this prompt through the AI Prompt Studio to score it across 8 quality dimensions, catch anti-patterns, and tune the wording for Claude, ChatGPT, or Gemini before you paste it in.
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About this template
Giveaway Rules Template — a "How to Enter" Post with Ticked Steps
A giveaway rules post answers the question that costs you entries: "how do I enter?" Giveaway Rules is a free template that lays the steps out as four ticked rows, marks the bonus entry as optional and puts the fine print in a box people can actually read.
Four ticked steps
The headline "How to enter" sits at the top with a coral prize pill above it ("Win a $200 gift card"). Under it, four white rows each start with a teal tick box: follow, like, tag two friends and share to your Story. In the animated export the ticks are stamped one after another, like someone checking off the list. The fourth row has a dashed coral border and its own colour, so a bonus entry reads as optional rather than required.
A polaroid for the prize
Add a prize photo and it appears as a slightly tilted polaroid beside the headline that gently sways. Leave it out and the headline simply takes the full width, so contests without a product shot lose nothing.
Fine print in its own box
Contest rules often go wrong in tiny, unreadable caption text. Here the eligibility, winner draw and platform disclaimer ("Open to residents 18+. One winner picked at random and messaged on Nov 7. Not sponsored by or affiliated with Instagram.") live in a dashed box with its own line height, so it stays legible on a phone. Under it, the deadline is set in teal with your handle and optional logo beside it.
A calmer companion to the loud posts
Warm cream and teal make it a good follow-up to a flashier announcement: post Giveaway Time or Giveaway Contest first, then this card as a Story or carousel slide for anyone who asks how to join. Close the loop with Giveaway Winners. Check your local rules and each platform's promotion guidelines before you run a contest.
Why use it
Why Use the Giveaway Rules Template
How it’s different
How It’s Different From Canva-Style Templates
Step by step
How to Use
- 1Pick the sizeChoose Portrait 4:5 (the Instagram feed default), Square, Story / Reel, Landscape 16:9 for X, a 1200×627 LinkedIn image or a 1000×1500 Pinterest pin. Giveaway Rules opens at 1080×1350.
- 2Edit the textClick any text in the preview, or use the fields on the left (prize line, headline, step 1, step 2 and more). Wrap words in *asterisks* to colour them.
- 3Add your imagesClick a photo area in the preview or use Images to upload your prize photo and logo. Images stay in your browser.
- 4Match your brandApply your saved brand kit or one of 12 palettes, set exact colours, and choose heading and body fonts from any Google Font or your own uploaded font.
- 5Preview it in the feedSwitch the preview to Instagram, Story, X or LinkedIn to see the post with your name, handle and caption, and fix anything the quality checks flag.
- 6Download, save or bulk createDownload PNG, JPG or PDF, every size as a ZIP, or copy the HTML. Save it to My designs to reuse later, or turn a CSV into dozens of posts with Bulk create.
Real-world uses
Common Use Cases
Got questions?
Frequently Asked Questions
The prize, how to enter, the closing date and time with a time zone, who is eligible, how and when the winner is chosen and contacted, and a line saying the contest is not sponsored by or associated with the platform.
Three or four. Every extra step lowers the number of people who complete it. Keep the required ones few and mark extras such as a Story share as a bonus entry.
Yes. The photo is optional. If you do not upload one, the polaroid is not shown and the headline uses the full width.
No. It only gives the rules a clear layout. Contest and sweepstakes laws vary by country and region, so check the rules that apply to you and the platform's promotion guidelines.
Portrait post 1080×1350 (4:5): Instagram feed (recommended), Facebook and LinkedIn feeds, X portrait. Square post 1080×1080 (1:1): Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and X feeds. Story / Reel 1080×1920 (9:16): Instagram and Facebook Stories, Reel covers. Landscape post 1600×900 (16:9): X feed image, Facebook landscape. LinkedIn image 1200×627 (1.91:1): LinkedIn shared image and link posts, Facebook link images. Pinterest pin 1000×1500 (2:3): Pinterest standard pin (the recommended 2:3 ratio). Switch sizes in the editor and the layout adapts, or click "All sizes (ZIP)" to download every size at once.
Yes, free. Press Play in the editor to watch the animation, then open Export and download it as an animated MP4 (or WebM) for Reels, Stories and WhatsApp Status. PNG, JPG, PDF and HTML exports are free too.
Yes, and it is free. Choose Export, then "Bulk create from CSV", and paste rows from a spreadsheet or upload a CSV whose column names match the Giveaway Rules fields. Every row becomes one post, and you download them all as a ZIP.
Yes. The preview switches between the plain design and mock-ups of an Instagram feed post, an Instagram Story, an X post and a LinkedIn post, using the name, handle and logo from your brand kit and the caption you type.
Yes. "Copy HTML" and "Download .html" give you one self-contained file: the markup, all the CSS and links to the Google Fonts it uses. "Fork to My Code" saves an editable copy in the UI Snippets editor. The file records the template name and version (v1.0.0).
Yes. It is free for personal and commercial posts, with no sign-up and no watermark. Everything runs in your browser and nothing you type or upload is sent to a server.