Valentine Contest: Who Runs Each One and How You Enter
A Valentine contest in 2026 is already on the calendar at three organisers, and a fourth is collecting card designs for 2027. Bumble opens its Valentine's Day contest on January 28, iWantClips runs one through all of February, and St-Hubert takes written entries by email from February 1 to 15. The Loveland Chamber of Commerce closes its card-design call on October 23, 2026.
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What a Valentine contest is
A Valentine contest is a themed competition run around February 14. An organiser sets the theme, opens an entry window and publishes the rules that decide who wins. The mechanics are simple: an entrant prepares a submission in the medium the rules name, sends it through the channel the rules name, and waits for the organiser's decision. The contests profiled here run that same shape in four different media, which is why there is no single template to follow.
The word 'contest' carries more weight than 'giveaway' here. A giveaway usually asks for a name and an email address; a Valentine contest asks for a piece of work that meets a published theme. That difference matters at the point of judging, because the organiser is comparing entries against a standard rather than drawing a winner at random. The rules page carries that standard, and the entrant who reads it before starting has already done the hardest part.
The Valentine contests open in 2026
Bumble opens its Valentine's Day 2026 contest at 01:00:01 AM Eastern Time on January 28. iWantClips runs its own from February 1 through February 28, 2026, and asks for a clip tagged with the keyword Valentine26. St-Hubert accepts written entries by email from February 1, 2026, at 12:00:01 a.m. ET to February 15, 2026, at 11:59:59 p.m. ET. The Loveland Chamber of Commerce is already collecting card and verse designs for its 2027 Valentine re-mailing program, and the deadline is October 23, 2026, at 5 p.m.
Four organisers, four entry methods, four different products. Bumble's is an app-based promotion. iWantClips is a content platform and asks for a themed clip. St-Hubert is a restaurant group and takes a written entry by email. The Loveland Chamber runs a civic re-mailing program that needs a card design and verse a full year ahead. No two of them share an entry shape, which is why the rules page is the only thing worth reading before an entry is prepared.
The entry windows do not overlap, which is worth noting. Bumble's opens in late January; St-Hubert and iWantClips both run through February but St-Hubert closes on the 15th while iWantClips runs to the 28th; the Loveland call closes in October for the following year's program. An entrant who wants to enter more than one has to track each window separately, because no organiser sends a reminder about another organiser's deadline.
How to enter, step by step
Entry follows the organiser's published shape. A clip competition wants a file uploaded and tagged. A written-entry round wants an email sent inside the window. A card-design call wants the design and the verse together before a hard deadline. The steps below cover the shared sequence; the organiser's rules page fills in the medium and the channel.
- Read the rules page before preparing anything.
- Check the entry window against your own calendar.
- Prepare the entry in the medium the rules name.
- Submit through the channel the rules name.
- Keep a copy of what you sent and when.
What organisers check before a win
Theme is the first check. iWantClips requires the clip to carry the Valentine theme and the Valentine26 keyword, and an entry missing either one does not compete. The Loveland card call asks for a design and verse together, which means both have to arrive. A written-entry competition checks that the entry arrived inside the window, because an email sent after the closing time is not an entry at all.
Eligibility is the second check. The 2026 Father's Day Contest requires each entrant to answer a giveaway question, and that question is a gate: the entrant who does not answer it has not entered. Other competitions check residency, age or account standing, and each organiser publishes its own list in the rules.
A third check is the submission method itself. An organiser that asks for an upload, an email or a design submitted through its own process is checking that the entrant followed the published channel. The entry that arrives any other way has a harder time being counted.
Prizes, entry fees and the honest line
None of the contests profiled here lists an entry fee, and none asks for one at the point of entry. The rules pages name a theme, a method and a deadline, and no fee appears in any of them. A Valentine contest that charges to enter is running a different model from the ones shown here, and the way to check is to read the rules page rather than trust a claim made anywhere else.
No Valentine contest can guarantee a win. The judging is the organiser's own, the deadline is the organiser's own, and an entry that misses either one is not judged. The prize is set by the organiser and published in the same rules that carry the theme and the window. A promotion that promises a win, or asks for a payment to improve the odds, is not a contest on this model. Walk away from that one.
Paper, digital and what the rules say about medium
The medium is the organiser's call. The Loveland Chamber of Commerce asks for a card design and verse, which can be prepared on paper or digitally; the rules do not pick one over the other. iWantClips asks for a video clip uploaded to the platform, which rules out a paper entry by definition. A written-entry competition like St-Hubert's takes prose in an email. The question an entrant should ask is what the rules name, not what a contest type normally takes.
The same applies to subject. The rules quoted here set no cap on the number of characters on a single piece, and none of them addresses edits built from another creator's frames or genderbent presentations of an existing character. Those are questions the organiser answers when asked, because the rules page is the only document that carries the answer.
Valentine door contests and the school variant
A Valentine door contest is a school or workplace variant where the entry is a decorated door rather than a standalone card. The rules are set by the school or the workplace itself, and the judging is done by a panel or by a vote among the people who see the doors. A child's entry needs a parent or guardian to consent, because the school's rules carry legal terms and the organiser will not accept an entry from a minor without that consent.
The door variant carries the same mechanics as any other Valentine contest: a theme, a window, a medium and a published rule about what counts. The difference is scale, because the entry is a fixed physical object rather than a file sent to an organiser. Paper and paint, rather than digital art.
The wider seasonal calendar
The same mechanics carry into Mother's Day, Father's Day and Thanksgiving rounds. The 2026 Father's Day Contest opens in June and requires an answer to a giveaway question. Other organisers run Mother's Day rounds in May and Thanksgiving rounds in November, each with its own published window. The entry method, the eligibility list and the deadline are the three things that change, and the rules page carries all three.
A Valentine contest differs from the others mainly in its date. February 14 is the anchor for the Valentine round; the second Sunday of May for Mother's Day; the third Sunday of June for Father's Day; the fourth Thursday of November for Thanksgiving in the United States. The mechanics do not move with the date.
| Contest | Organiser | Entry window |
|---|---|---|
| Clip contest | iWantClips | February 1 to 28, 2026 |
| Written entry by email | St-Hubert | February 1 to 15, 2026 |
| Card design and verse | Loveland Chamber of Commerce | Deadline October 23, 2026 |
| App-based contest | Bumble | Opens January 28, 2026 |
Step by step
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Read the organiser's rules page first
Every contest profiled here publishes its own entry method, eligibility list and closing time. The rules page is the single source for what counts as an entry and what disqualifies one.
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Check the entry window
iWantClips runs through all of February 2026. St-Hubert closes on February 15. The Loveland card call closes in October 2026 for the following year's program. An entry outside the window is not judged.
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Prepare the entry in the required medium
A clip contest wants a video file uploaded and tagged. A written-entry contest wants an email sent during the window. A card-design contest wants the design and verse together.
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Submit through the organiser's own channel
iWantClips asks for an upload to the account. St-Hubert asks for an email. The Loveland Chamber asks for a design submitted through its own process. Sending the entry the wrong way risks missing the deadline.
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Keep a copy of the rules
The organiser can update its rules page. A saved copy is the record of what was published on the day you entered, and that record matters if a question comes up later.
Questions
Does it have to be digital art, or can it be drawn on paper as well?
Both are possible, because each organiser states its own medium. The Loveland Chamber of Commerce asks for a card design and verse, while iWantClips asks for a video clip, so the format follows the organiser rather than a shared standard.
Is it possible to have more than one couple on a single piece?
The rules quoted here set no cap on characters. iWantClips restricts only the theme and the keyword, and the Loveland card call does not mention couples at all, so the number of couples is a question for the organiser rather than a published rule.
Are edits, like digitally drawing with elements from the show, permitted?
Only the organiser can decide. The contests profiled here publish their own rules on what counts as an entry, and none of them spells out a position on edits built from another creator's frames, so check the organiser's page before entering.
Do genderbents count?
The rules quoted here do not address genderbent characters. A genderbent entry is a creative choice, and the contests profiled restrict theme and deadline rather than character presentation, so the decision sits with whichever organiser you enter.
Yeah, what contest and what do you win?
Four Valentine contests are profiled here, each run by a different organiser with its own prize list. iWantClips runs a clip contest, St-Hubert takes written entries by email, the Loveland Chamber collects card designs, and Bumble opens an app contest in January. The prize is published in each rules page.
Is there an entry fee for a Valentine contest?
None of the contests profiled here charges one. The rules pages name an entry method, a theme and a deadline, and no fee appears in any of them. A Valentine contest that asks for money to enter is not running on the model shown here.
Sources
- parkandjetcalgary.com. parkandjetcalgary.com/fathers-day-draw-2026/.
- st-hubert.com. st-hubert.com/en/contests/fathers-day.html.
- montanas.ca. montanas.ca/en/sr-contestrules.html.
- farmboy.ca. farmboy.ca/mothers-day-contest-terms/.
- iwantempire.freshdesk.com. iwantempire.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/44002338787-contest-rules-regulations.
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