After an incredible debut in 2024 with thousands of participants and 19 inspiring winners, Gan Jing World is proud to launch the second annual #GJWTravelerContest—bigger, better, and filled with even more opportunities for creators like you.
This summer, don't just travel—create, inspire, and win. Whether you're exploring hidden gems in your hometown, hiking majestic landscapes, discovering cultural hotspots, or simply sharing meaningful stories from your summer adventures, your journey could lead to more than memories.
This year, we’re raising the stakes:
✅ Win cash prizes up to $1,000
✅ Get discovered by brand sponsors
✅ Land exclusive deals with our event partners
Follow the official GJW Traveler Contest channel for details and news!
How to Enter
Upload your photos, videos, short films, or articles to GanJingWorld.com and include the event hashtags to be automatically entered into the contest!
Channels may submit an unlimited number of entries to the contest, but all individual posts should only contain 2 of the event's hashtags.
🌎 Use the Main Event Hashtag: #GJWTravelerContest ✈️
Plus One of the following Travel Hashtags (6)
#AdventureEssentials: Share must-have pack essentials or wisdom in before the journey.
#FascinatingCity: Share your favorite city, its intriguing stories, or cultural landscape.
#NatureInFocus: Capture a stunning sunrise or a starry sky, bring nature into focus!
#TasteOfSummer: What are the flavors of summer? Use your taste buds to tell the story!
#JourneyThePath: Whether hiking, on a tour, or exploring a city, share your routes & discoveries.
#TravelLikeAPro: How do you save on hotels and trips? Share your best travel planning tips.
*This event is simultaneously running in multiple languages! Use the respective hashtag in your preferred language to enter.
Timeline
Campaign Opens: July 30, 2025 (EST)
Submission Deadline: November 30, 2025 (EST)
Winner Announcement: January 15, 2026 (EST)
Awards
Participant Benefits
Evaluation Criteria
Entries will be judged based on creativity, quality, aesthetics, storytelling, and popularity.
Participation Guidelines
Please ensure to read and agree to the Event Rules and Gan Jing World Contest Official Rules before you join the event. Publish videos, short films, posts, photos, or articles that fit the relevant theme, and add the event theme tag. There is no limit to the number of entries that can be submitted by an individual. Entries can be in multiple content formats.
Receive official event updates, travel deals and winner announcements. Stay tuned to see if your work has been officially featured or supported.
Share and promote your creations
Inspire others with your life insights! Liking and commenting on other participants' posts can increase traffic and interaction rates, improving your chances of winning!
Claim your prize
Winners will be announced by the Gan Jing World Stories official channel. Winners should contact [email protected] to claim your prize.
About Gan Jing World
Gan Jing World’s mission is to create a truly positive, vibrant digital community filled with wholesome content, free from violent, erotic, criminal or harmful material. Through the utilization of technology, we are dedicated to revitalizing traditional connections, fostering a culture of care, kindness, mutual respect, and trust among individuals, within families, and throughout society.
Through our proprietary hashtag aggregation page, we help content creators and users build influence by forging communities. The hashtag aggregator tool pulls together all content on the platform—long-form videos, short videos, articles and blogs, posts, and images. The unique mix of content and forms offers flexibility to different creators, whether their strengths are in audio, video, or written formats.
Event Rules
1. Entries must be submitted within the event duration.
2. Entries must be original and not infringe on any trademark or copyright claims.
3. Entries must be appropriate and free from offensive or harmful content. Gan Jing World reserves the right to exclude entries that conflict with the principles of GanJingWorld.com and this event.
4. Entry into this event constitutes your acceptance of the Event Rules.
5. Contest enrollment is automatic upon posting entries with the event hashtags.
6. Entrants must possess the exclusive rights to posted entries and are responsible for having obtained any necessary permission from the subjects shown in the entries and the organization to which it applies, in accordance with applicable law.
7. If any prize winners are determined not to be eligible, the prize will be awarded to the next qualifying participant in place for that category.
8. If a winner is unable to be contacted after reasonable attempts have been made to do so, Gan Jing World reserves the right to select the next best entry.
9. Gan Jing World’s decision will be final. Any attempt by an entrant to influence the result or subvert the contest will lead to immediate disqualification.
10. By participating in this contest, you acknowledge that you have read and agree to be bound by the Official Rules, Terms of Use, Monetization Policies and Privacy Policy without exception.
11. Gan Jing World reserves the right to rule on any issue(s) not covered by these Terms and Rules.
12. Gan Jing World reserves the right to modify or cancel the event or any of the arrangements, schedules, plans or other items directly or indirectly related to the contest, at any time and for any reason.
13. For any questions, please contact [email protected]