Who runs this
FreeKilt is run and funded by Scottish Kilt, which supplies every prize from its own catalogue.
This contest is not sponsored, endorsed, or administered by Meta Platforms, TikTok, X Corp, or any other platform. You release each of them completely in connection with it — any question about the contest comes to us, not to them.
Who can enter
FreeKilt is open to every account holder, whether you've shopped with Scottish Kilt for years or signed up five minutes ago with a brand-new email. There's no purchase history requirement, no minimum spend, and no difference in treatment between new and existing customers.
- —Aged 18 or over at the time of entry
- —Anywhere in the world, except where entry or a prize is restricted by your local law — checking that is your responsibility
- —Not an employee of Scottish Kilt, an immediate family member of one, or anyone professionally connected with the contest
- —A free FreeKilt account, made with any email — new or the one you already use on scottishkiltshop.com
- —One account and one entry per person, per cycle. A rejected entry can be replaced in the same cycle. Duplicate accounts get all of them disqualified
The schedule, fixed
The same every cycle, with no exceptions.
| Entries open | Day 1 of the cycle, 00:01 GMT |
|---|---|
| Entries and voting close | Day 14 of the cycle, 23:59 GMT |
| Winner contacted | Within 48 hours of closing |
| Winner published | Within 5 days of closing |
FreeKilt runs on a fortnightly cycle. Entries and votes received after the closing time do not count, and only one contest is open at any time — a new cycle starts right after the previous one closes.
What counts as an entry
One photo with tartan clearly visible in it. If you're wearing the tartan, you need to be in the photo.
That's the whole rule. It doesn't matter what the tartan is on, and the product doesn't need to have been bought from Scottish Kilt. Every entry competes against every other entry in the same cycle, on votes alone.
What you can submit
- —One photo or video per cycle
- —JPG, PNG, or HEIC for images. MP4 or MOV for video. 100MB maximum, 60 seconds maximum
- —A person reviews every entry before it appears, usually within 24 hours. We can reject an entry without giving a reason
What you confirm when you enter
At upload you tick one box confirming three things. All three matter and we act on them.
- 1The photo is yours. You took it, or the person who took it has agreed to this.
- 2Everyone in it has agreed. This matters most for family entries. If a child appears, you're confirming you're their parent or guardian, or that you have that permission. We remove any entry where this is in doubt and don't reinstate it.
- 3You're granting the licence in Clause 7.
You indemnify us against any claim arising from a breach of this clause.
The licence you grant
You keep full ownership and copyright of your photograph. Nothing here transfers it.
You grant FreeKilt and Scottish Kilt a worldwide, royalty-free licence to use your entry — credited to the display name on your account — for display on freekilt.com and scottishkiltshop.com, posts on our social accounts, and paid advertising and printed marketing.
You can withdraw an entry at any time from your dashboard. We remove it from our own sites and pause any active advertising use within 7 days. We cannot recall material already printed or already reshared by other people.
How the winner is chosen
Votes, and nothing else. There's no formula, no weighting, and no judge's discretion.
| Action | Counts toward winning? |
|---|---|
| Community vote — one per person, per entry. No account needed to vote | Yes — this is the entire result |
| Sharing your entry with #FreeKilt | No points. It brings more people to vote for you, and it's how we find entries to feature on our own platforms |
Vote counts update at least every 15 minutes. The entry with the most votes when the cycle closes wins. A tie goes to whichever entry reached that vote count first, by database timestamp. Votes from suspicious or duplicate accounts are filtered and stripped before closing.
The prize
Toward an exclusive range within the Scottish Kilt catalogue — not the full site, a curated selection of premium, made-to-measure pieces chosen specifically for FreeKilt winners.
If the credit doesn't cover the full price of the piece you choose, you pay the difference. If the piece costs less, the balance stays on your account, valid 12 months from issue. Where a specific sett or product is unavailable, we offer alternatives of equal or greater value.
Claiming
We email the winner within 48 hours of entries closing. You have 14 days to reply with your product choice, any measurements required, and a shipping address. After 14 days with no reply, we may award the prize to the next highest eligible entry.
Made-to-measure items are dispatched within 3–4 weeks of your measurements being confirmed. Stock items ship within 5 working days.
Disqualification
We remove entries and disqualify entrants for purchased votes, automated voting, duplicate accounts, organised vote exchange, or submitting content you don't own. Fraudulent votes are stripped before entries close. Our decision is final.
A winner cannot take first place again in the cycle immediately after their win, though they're welcome to enter and vote in it.
Using the site
Keep your login secure. Do not upload anything unlawful, hateful, defamatory, or sexually explicit, and do not upload third-party branding. We may suspend an account that breaches these rules. We aim to keep the site up but do not guarantee it, and vote verification depends on systems outside our control.
Liability
Nothing here excludes liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud, or for anything that cannot lawfully be excluded. Beyond that, we're not liable for entries lost in transmission, technical outages affecting voting, or indirect loss.
Changes
We may amend these rules where we need to. Changes are published here with a new date, and anyone entered in an open contest is emailed.