2026 KMSP FOX 9 Top Teacher Award Rules
2026 KMSP FOX 9 Top Teacher Award Rules
Who Can Enter
1. Nominators must be at least 18 years of age and have lawful access to the method(s) of entry set forth in these rules. Nominees must be at least 21 and teaching professionals, paid or volunteers, in the education field, and the nominee’s school must be within a 75-mile radius of FOX 9 KMSP-TV. Nominators and Nominees must reside in Minnesota or in Western Wisconsin within 100 miles of FOX 9 KMSP-TV.
2. Employees of Fox/UTV Holdings, Inc., owner of KMSP-TV FOX 9, Papa Murphy’s restaurants, and Royal Credit Union (collectively, "Sponsor"), and their affiliated companies, advertising and promotion agencies, and the immediate family and household members of each, and members of the 2026 Top Teacher Award Selection Committee and the immediate family and household members of each, are ineligible to participate as nominators or nominees. The term "immediate family members" includes spouses, parents and step-parents, siblings and step-siblings, and children and stepchildren. The term "household members" refers to people who share the same residence at least three (3) months out of the year. Participation constitutes entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to these Giveaway Rules and Sponsor’s decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Giveaway. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.
How To Enter
3. NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.
4. All submissions must be original and conform to KMSP-TV FOX 9’s then-current standards and practices and policies as established or determined by KMSP-TV FOX 9 in its sole discretion. Without limiting the foregoing, submissions may not contain profanity or references to violence, or demean any gender, race, religion, or sexual orientation. Nominees must own the copyright to, or otherwise have all necessary rights in, their entry materials. KMSP-TV FOX 9 reserves the right to disqualify any nominee or remove any entry based on a claim of copyright infringement. Entry constitutes an unlimited perpetual license to KSMP-TV FOX 9 to use entry materials, including, but not limited to, the right to copy, distribute, publicly perform, and display the entry materials on its websites, television stations and in any and all media whether now known or hereinafter invented.
5. Only one entry per e-mail address. The Giveaway begins at 12:01 a.m. local time on January 25, 2026, and all entries must be received by 11:59 p.m. local time on March 22, 2026 (the "Giveaway Period"). The Sponsor’s computer is the official time keeping device for this Giveaway. An individual, household, and/or immediate family may win only one (1) time during this Giveaway Period. Individuals are eligible to win only one prize from KMSP within any 30-day period, regardless of the number of giveaways entered.
6. To enter, go to fox9.com and follow all required instructions to complete and submit the nomination form online.
7. Sponsor is not responsible for error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operations or transmission, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to or alterations of entry materials, or technical, network, telephone equipment, electronic, computer, hardware, or software malfunctions of any kind, or inaccurate transmission of or failure to receive entry, winner(s) or other Giveaway information by Sponsor or entrants for any reason whatsoever. Sponsor is also not responsible for any injury or damage to any entrant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from playing or downloading any materials in the Giveaway or for entries that are late, misdirected or incomplete. All entry materials may be maintained as part of KMSP’s giveaway records. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEB SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATIONS OF THE GIVEAWAY IS A VIOLATION OF THE CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS, AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, THE SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH ENTRANT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. Sponsor reserves the right to cancel or modify the Giveaway if it becomes technically or otherwise corrupted. Any attempt by any participant to submit more than [one (1) entry] by using multiple/different email addresses, identities, registrations and logins, or any other methods will void all entries and that participant may be disqualified. Use of any automated system to participate is prohibited and will result in disqualification.
8. A panel of judges will select 10 (ten) winners based on positive influence on student(s), impact on school, and additional information detailed on entry form. Sponsor reserves the right to cancel the contest, or, at its option, to select the winner by alternate means if, in Sponsor’s discretion, the voting becomes technically or otherwise corrupted. All entries and attachments become the sole property of KMSP-TV FOX 9 and will not be returned. KMSP-TV FOX 9 reserves the right to publish the nominations or any portion or edited form thereof. Entries must be submitted in short answer form, typed. Short answers are not to exceed 250 words each. Individuals may nominate only one candidate. No group nominations will be accepted. Individuals may not nominate themselves. Supportive material is permitted but not required. A maximum of 4 scanned attachments may accompany the nomination form. (Examples: newsletter articles, news stories, photographs, etc.). Only the first 4 attachments will be given to the Selection Committee. Video or audio tapes and slides will neither be accepted nor returned. All entries that are illegible, mutilated, from an ineligible nominee, and incomplete entries will be void. Decisions of the judges are final. By entering, each nominator agrees, and by accepting, each winner agrees to the use of his/her name, voice, and likeness for online posting, broadcast, advertising, and promotion in connection with the contest without any further compensation.
The Prizes
9. The first 200 qualified nominators will receive a code good for up to $25 toward a large or family size pizza from Papa Murphy’s on or about March 23, 2026. Qualified Nominators must become a Papa Murphy’s MySlice loyalty member to use the code and redeem $25. It is free to become a Papa Murphy’s MySlice loyalty member. The code is good at participating locations only through 6/1/26. Retail value $25.00.
10. 10 (ten) winners will be selected on or about April 6, 2026, and notified in person at their school or organization via a surprise assembly (subject to permission by winner’s school) anticipated to take place sometime between April – June 2026. All 10 (ten) winners will be announced and shown during a KMSP-TV FOX 9 newscast, subject to pre-emption, time limits, or rescheduling as determined by KMSP-TV FOX 9. Each winner will receive a FOX 9 Top Teacher Award, valued at $80, a Papa Murphy’s gift card, valued at $150, 35 Gift Certificates valid for a Little Murph’s Pizza form Papa Murphy’s, valued at $5.99 each, and on-air recognition. Total retail value of winners’ prizes package is $439.65 each. In addition, each winners’ school will receive a $1,000 check from Royal Credit Union.
11. The winner(s) must respond to prize notification within 14 days after the presentation, and the winner(s) will be required to complete, sign and return a Certification of Eligibility and Release and claim the prize in the manner and within the time period communicated by Sponsor or they will be immediately disqualified and ineligible to win the Prize. The winning school must also sign and return a Certification of Eligibility and W-9 and Release within 14 days of notification or the school’s portion of the prize will not be awarded. If a winner cannot be reached, or if an individual winner does not return the Certification of Eligibility and Release within the designated time period, the prize will be awarded to the next runner up as determined by the judges.
12. Prizes cannot be redeemed for cash or substituted for any other items by the winner(s). The winner(s) cannot sell, assign or transfer prize. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of like or greater value, including cash, for any prize, for any reason.
13. Winners and schools are responsible for all federal, state, county and local taxes that apply. This contest is subject to all applicable laws and regulations and is void where prohibited or restricted by law, including without limitation, in jurisdictions requiring registration, filing, trust account, or posting of a bond, or any other requirements or disclosures that are not expressly satisfied by these rules. Sponsor is not responsible for typographical or other errors in the printing, offering, or administration of the contest, or in the announcement of the prize.
Miscellaneous
14. These Giveaway Rules are available at http://www.fox9.com/, and Monday through Friday during normal business hours at KMSP-TV FOX 9, 11358 Viking Drive, Eden Prairie, MN 55344 through April 24, 2026.
15. For a list of prize winners, send a separate, self-addressed, stamped envelope no later than one year following the end of the entry period, to: KMSP-TV FOX 9, 11358 Viking Drive, Eden Prairie, MN 55344.
16. This Giveaway is subject to all applicable laws and regulations and is void where prohibited or restricted by law, including without limitation, in jurisdictions requiring registration, filing, trust account, or posting of a bond, or any other requirements or disclosures that are not expressly satisfied by these rules. Sponsor is not responsible for typographical or other errors in the printing, offering, or administration of the giveaway, or in the announcement of the prize. In the event of a dispute over who submitted a particular entry, Sponsor will determine the entrant’s identity or select an alternate winner, in its sole discretion.
17. By entering, participants represent that they are eligible, and agree (a) to release Sponsor, any prize provider, and their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, employees, and agents from any and all liability for any injuries, losses, or damages of any kind caused by any prize or resulting from acceptance, possession, use, or misuse of any prize, and (b) to Sponsor’s Terms of Use located at https://www.foxlocal.com/terms-of-use/index.html and Privacy Policy located at https://www.fox.com/privacy-policy.