IXL's 2026 Study in the Sun Contest

We are excited to host our annual Study in the Sun contest to encourage learning all summer long! The contest runs from June 8 to August 2, and winners will be announced on the IXL Facebook page and IXL Blog on August 11.

Students in grades PK-8 who answer 7,000 questions or more, and students in grades 9-12 who answer 5,000 questions or more, will be entered into a random drawing for one of nine $350 VISA gift cards. We'll choose three winners from each grade band. Enter today for a chance to win!

Rules highlights

As your learners practice, please keep these important rules in mind. For more information, read the full contest rules or the IXL blog.

Students will compete by answering questions on IXL. Students in grades PK-8 who have answered 7,000 questions or more, and students in grades 9-12 who answered 5,000 questions or more, by the end of the contest will be entered into a drawing to win one of nine prizes! We'll choose three winners from each grade band.
For students in grades PK-4, questions in all grade levels will be counted.
For students in grades 5-8, only questions from grade 3 and above will be counted.
For students in grades 9-12, only questions in grade 7 and above will be counted.
Questions in all subjects on the student's subscription will count for the contest.
Questions answered on a trial account or in a trial subject will not be eligible.
Questions answered in the Diagnostic arena, Screeners, Group Jams, Common Assessments, or Quizzes will not count for the contest.
The contest begins June 8 at 12:00 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) and ends August 2 at 11:59 p.m. PDT.

Email address

This is where we'll notify you if your student wins. Please enter your email, not your student's. Please enter a valid email address.

Grade level

Please choose the grade range that accurately reflects your student's grade level for the 2026-2027 school year. Please select a grade range.

Student name

For students who win the contest, IXL will publicly display the following information about the student on its website as part of its winner's announcement: first name, first initial of last name, city, and state. You can opt-out of having the student's name displayed in the winner's announcement by checking the box below, though we will still display: first initial of first name, city, and state.

I'd like to opt-out of having my student's name displayed in the winner's announcement.

IXL will notify you by email if the student is a winner on August 11. It is your responsibility to notify the parent/legal guardian of the student promptly so that the parent/legal guardian can respond to claim the prize within the notification period. Failure to claim the prize within the notification period may result in disqualification and IXL may select an alternate winner. By clicking "Submit" below, I agree my students may enter and participate in the 2026 Study in the Sun Contest and that I have read, understood and agree to the Official Rules below and have the authority to agree to such terms on behalf of the student.

This contest is for IXL students only!

If you are a student on an active IXL subscription and would like to register for this contest, please ask your teacher or parent to sign in to IXL and visit https://www.ixl.com/contest/study-in-the-sun-2026 to sign you up.

2026 IXL STUDY IN THE SUN CONTEST

OFFICIAL RULES

NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
MANY WILL ENTER. A FEW WILL WIN.
ENTRANTS MUST HAVE THEIR PARENT, LEGAL GUARDIAN OR TEACHER COMPLETE THE REGISTRATION FORM ON THEIR BEHALF.
VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.

1. Eligibility: Open to public and private elementary, middle school and high school students (or their primary or secondary school equivalents) who are a registered user in good standing on the IXL Learning website (“IXL”) through an active IXL site (school/district) account, classroom account, or family account. (read more)

1. Eligibility: Open to public and private elementary, middle school and high school students (or their primary or secondary school equivalents) who are a registered user in good standing on the IXL Learning website (“IXL”) through an active IXL site (school/district) account, classroom account, or family account. Students with user accounts held through trial memberships are not eligible to enter or win. Eligibility is worldwide (to the extent permitted by applicable law), but subject to U.S. law as set forth herein. Students with a parent, step-parent or legal guardian who has an employment, consulting or other form of business relationship with IXL, other than as a subscriber to IXL, are not eligible to enter or win. Void where prohibited by law. A student’s or child’s teacher or parent/legal guardian must provide consent and must agree to these Official Rules on behalf of the entrant before a student or child may participate in the Contest.
2. How to Enter: The entry period begins on May 12, 2026, at 12:00 a.m. PDT and ends on August 2, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. PDT (the “Entry Period”). Enter by doing one of the following:
- a. If you have a family account: Ask your parent or legal guardian to log into IXL, go to the registration form, select your name, and follow the instructions for completion of the form on your behalf.
- b. If you have an account through a site (school/district) account or classroom account: Ask your teacher to log in to IXL, go to the registration form, select your name, and follow the instructions for completion of the form on your behalf.
The student’s correct IXL username must be entered on the registration form. IXL is not responsible for incorrect or incomplete registrations. Limit one entry per student and one student per username (e.g., students may not share usernames). An individual student may not enter using more than one username and results from multiple usernames will not be combined. Students must register in the grade band that accurately reflects their grade level for the 2026-2027 school year. The grade bands for the U.S. edition of IXL are: (i) Pre-Kindergarten – Grade 4 (“Group 1”); (ii) Grades 5 through 8 (“Group 2”); and (iii) Grades 9 through 12 (“Group 3”). The grade bands for the Canada edition of IXL are: (i) Kindergarten – Grade 4 (“Group 1”); (ii) Grades 5 through 8 (“Group 2”); and (iii) Grades 9 through 12 (“Group 3”). The grade bands for the UK edition of IXL are: (i) Reception – Year 5 (“Group 1”); (ii) Years 6 through 9 (“Group 2”); and (iii) Year 10 through 13 (“Group 3”). The grade bands for the Australia edition of IXL are: (i) Preschool – Year 4 (“Group 1”); (ii) Years 5 through 8 (“Group 2”); and (iii) Years 9 through 12 (“Group 3”). Grade bands for all other countries will be determined at the discretion of IXL.The grade bands for other countries will be the equivalent to the US edition as determined by IXL. By entering, entrants agree to abide by these Official Rules. Receipt of entries may not be acknowledged. Late and/or incomplete entries are null and void. IXL Learning, Inc. (“Sponsor”), and its employees, agents, and representatives, are not responsible for late, incomplete, lost, corrupted, misdirected, or un-posted entries.
3. How to Compete: During the Contest Period (June 8, 2026 at 12:00 a.m. PDT - August 2, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. PDT), students compete by accessing IXL from the classroom and/or from home (as their teachers and parents permit) and answering either 7,000 questions or more in Groups 1 and 2, or 5,000 questions or more in Group 3, over the course of the Contest Period. The following additional guidelines apply:
- (i) Entrants compete against other entrants within their groups.
- (ii) Questions answered in any of the subjects included in an entrant’s subscription (e.g., math, language arts, science, social studies, and Spanish) will be counted.
- (iii) Questions answered as part of a trial subscription will not be counted.
- (iv) Questions completed as part of the Flex or LevelUp Diagnostic in real-time mode, in IXL Group Jams, in IXL Quizzes, in universal screeners, and in diagnostic benchmark assessments will not be counted.
- (v) For entrants in Group 1, questions answered in all grade levels will be counted.
- (vi) For entrants in Group 2, only questions answered for Grades 3 and above will be counted.
- (vii) For entrants in Group 3, only questions answered for Grades 7 and above will be counted.
- (viii) Each entrant can only be entered in one Group at a time.
4. How to Win: Entrants in Groups 1 and 2 who have answered 7,000 questions or more, and entrants in Group 3 who have answered 5,000 questions or more, per the eligibility rules by the end of the contest period will be entered into randomized drawings within their groups to win one of three (3) prizes.The total number of prizes will be nine (9) prizes.
5. Notification of Winners. Winners will be announced on August 11, 2026 on the IXL Blog, and Winners’ parent, legal guardian, or teacher will be notified via email or other methods at IXL’s discretion. Please make sure that all contact information associated with your account is up to date. The Winners’ parent or legal guardian must respond to the notification within 240 hours of the time that it is sent. If a Winner was enrolled in the Contest by a teacher, it is the teacher’s responsibility to inform the parent or legal guardian of the Winner immediately so that the parent or legal guardian is able to respond to the notification within the specified timeframe. In the event Sponsor or its designee is unable to successfully contact or communicate with a winner and/or winner fails to respond to notification within the specified time frame, Sponsor may instead award the Prize to another entrant randomly drawn that responds as set forth above. The value of each prize is $350 U.S.D. The value of all prizes is $3,150 U.S.D.
6. Prize: Each winner will receive a $350 VISA gift card (“Prize”). To receive a prize, entrant must be in compliance with these Official Rules as solely determined by the Sponsor. In the event a winner is determined not to be in compliance, the Prize otherwise due that winner may be awarded to the next eligible entrant as described above.

Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received.

ALL FEDERAL, NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL TAXES ARE SOLELY THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE WINNER. Each winner agrees to accept the Prize “as is.”, and in accordance with the third party provider’s applicable terms and conditions. For US tax residents, Sponsor or its representative may provide the winners with an IRS Form 1099 showing the actual retail value of the Prize for the calendar year in which the Prize was awarded. Prizes are nonrefundable and nontransferable. Sponsor is not required to (but may, in its sole discretion) offer substitutions, or an alternative, to the Prize awarded under this Contest. In addition, Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value in the event the Prize is unavailable. The prizes awarded are subject to the restrictions and limitations noted in these Official Rules, on the prizes and/or included with the prizes.
7. General Entry Rules: Any individual or entrant who attempts or otherwise encourages, directly or indirectly, entry under multiple identities or for a proxy individual, and/or uses multiple computers, multiple accounts or usernames, multiple Internet Protocol addresses, so-called “proxy servers” (e.g., including using VPN, TOR or other such systems), or any software program to manipulate or create unauthorized multiple entries for this Contest, or uses any other device, method, or artifice to enter or encourage, directly or indirectly, false entries as determined by the Sponsor in its sole and absolute discretion, will be disqualified. Sponsor reserves the right to review and investigate all entries and to take any and all measures it deems necessary to ensure a fair Contest.

Sponsor and its parent, subsidiaries and affiliates, advertising and promotion agencies, suppliers, printers, and distributors, and their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents and any other person or entity related in any way to this Contest (collectively, the “Contest Entities”), are not responsible for circumstances that may limit or otherwise restrict the ability to participate, including, but not limited to: (i) late, incomplete, garbled, or mutilated entries; technical, hardware, or miscellaneous software malfunctions; viruses; network or electronic malfunctions of any kind; (ii) any human error that may occur in winner notification or other Contest-related communications; (iii) non-receipt by entrants of any communications from Sponsor or its designee; or (iv) any printing errors in these Official Rules. If a printing, electronic, or other error results in more prizes being claimed than the number stated in these Official Rules, all persons making purportedly valid claims will be included in a random drawing to award the advertised number of prizes available. No more than the advertised number of prizes will be awarded.

If for any reason the Contest cannot be conducted as described in these Official Rules (including infection by computer virus, bugs, worms, tampering, hacking, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other cause beyond the reasonable control of Contest Entities that corrupts or affects the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Contest), Sponsor shall have the right, at its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend this Contest and select winners from entries received prior to the action taken as deemed fair and appropriate by Sponsor. At Sponsor’s sole discretion, entrants who do not comply with these Official Rules or who otherwise attempt to interfere with this Contest in any way may be disqualified.

ALL DECISIONS BY SPONSOR ARE FINAL. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES, DO NOT ENTER THE CONTEST.
8. Privacy Policy: Information provided by the entrant and the entrant’s parent, legal guardian and/or teacher to enter the Contest is subject to the Sponsor’s Privacy Policy, which can be found at www.ixl.com/privacypolicy. During the Contest Period, entrants’ first name and first initial of last name, city, and state may be displayed on www.ixl.com as part of the Winners List. Parents, legal guardians and/or teachers may elect to withhold the entrant’s first name, though the first initial of first name, city, and state would still be displayed. Teachers and Parents may make this election during the enrollment process. Parents that do not have an IXL username (e.g., the entrant has entered under a site account or classroom account) may contact IXL at contests@ixl.com to make this election. If you have any questions about making this election, you may contact IXL at contests@ixl.com.
9. Release and Indemnification: By entering, entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor which shall be final for all purposes hereunder, and entrants acknowledge, understand, and agree that each of them assumes liability for, and all risks of, any and all injuries (including without limitation, personal injury, illness, adverse reaction, or death) or damages caused, or claimed to be caused, by participating in the Contest, and that entrants, their heirs, next of kin, spouse, guardians, legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, hereby unconditionally and irrevocably release, indemnify, forever discharge and hold the Contest Entities harmless from and against any and all claims, demands, liens, agreements, suits, costs, attorneys’ fees, damages, judgments, orders, and liabilities of whatever kind or nature in law, equity or otherwise, whether known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, and whether or not concealed or hidden, inclusive of any claims for damage to property, personal injury, illness, mental illness, or death, or claims based on defamation, rights of privacy, intellectual property rights, and rights of publicity in any way arising directly or indirectly out of the entrants’ participation in the Contest.

Each entrant hereby WAIVES application of California Civil Code Section 1542 which provides as follows:

A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE, WHICH IF KNOWN BY HIM MUST HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR.

Each entrant expressly waives the provisions of Section 1542 of the California Civil Code as well as any other statutes, rules, laws, ordinances, or common law principles or other authority of similar effect of any jurisdiction, and further waives any right to invoke said provisions now or in the future with regard to the Contest. Entrants and the winners further acknowledge and agree that this waiver is an essential and material term of these Official Rules and the Contest.

Entrants may be required to complete and sign an Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability Release (unless prohibited by law) and other documents as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion, and may be asked to sign a Media Release for publicity purposes. As applicable, entrants must return such documentation to Sponsor or Sponsor’s representatives or the prizes may be forfeited and awarded to the next eligible entrant.
10. Miscellaneous Conditions: EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT PREEMPTED BY FEDERAL OR OTHER APPLICABLE STATE LAW, THE CONTEST SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS THEREOF. ENTRANTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR CONFIRMING THAT THESE OFFICIAL RULES CONFORM WITH THE LAWS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE JURISDICTIONS AND HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THEY HAVE DONE SO. ENTRANTS UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT ALL CLAIMS, DISPUTES OR CONTROVERSIES BETWEEN ENTRANT AND THE CONTEST ENTITIES SHALL BE RESOLVED BY FINAL AND BINDING ARBITRATION IN THE COUNTY OF SAN MATEO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, USA. BY ENTERING, ENTRANTS VOLUNTARILY AND KNOWINGLY WAIVE ANY RIGHT THEY HAVE TO A JURY TRIAL. THIS ARBITRATION CONTRACT IS MADE PURSUANT TO A TRANSACTION IN INTERSTATE COMMERCE AND ITS INTERPRETATION, APPLICATION, ENFORCEMENT AND PROCEEDINGS HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE FEDERAL ARBITRATION ACT (“FAA”). THE ARBITRATOR SHALL BE BOUND TO APPLY AND ENFORCE THE TERMS OF THE OFFICIAL RULES AND THE ARBITRATOR’S DECISION WILL BE FINAL, BINDING, AND ENFORCEABLE IN A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION. NEITHER ENTRANT NOR SPONSOR SHALL BE ENTITLED TO JOIN OR CONSOLIDATE CLAIMS IN ARBITRATION BY OR AGAINST OTHER CONSUMERS OR ARBITRATE ANY CLAIM AS A REPRESENTATIVE OR MEMBER OF A CLASS.

Further, in any such dispute, under no circumstances will entrants be permitted to obtain awards for, and they hereby waive all rights to claim, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, and they further waive all rights to have damages multiplied or increased. Any claims must be asserted within ninety (90) days of the date they accrue or else they will forever be barred, even if a longer statute of limitations may apply.
11. Winners List and Official Rules: You may request the name of the winners by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope by November 30, 2026 to Sponsor at the address below, Attn: 2026 IXL Study in the Sun Contest. Winners may be identified by name of teacher, parent or legal guardian. During the Contest Period, Official Rules requests may be sent to the same address. Rules requests must include a self-addressed, stamped envelope. Residents of Vermont may omit return postage for rules requests.
12. Sponsor Contact Information: IXL Learning, Inc., 777 Mariners Island Blvd., Suite 600, San Mateo, CA 94404 (USA).

IXL's 2026 Study in the Sun Contest

Official Contest Entry Form

This contest is for IXL students only!

2026 IXL STUDY IN THE SUN CONTEST

OFFICIAL RULES