(2021 Update) Gerber Baby Contest: How to Enter, Deadline, and Free Alerts

Each year since 2010, Gerber has been looking for a new, cute healthy baby to represent the face of Gerber. Can your child win the next Gerber baby contest?

You're about to learn:

• When does the contest start?
• What are the prizes?
• How to enter?
• What are the contest rules?
• What are the requirements?
• and more...

The Gerber baby contest is the biggest free baby photo contest in the nation, with hundreds of thousands of entries every year. It also gets huge media coverage — meaning, if your baby wins then your child will be famous for a while.

We know you want to win and want the details on the Gerber baby contest.

Let's get started.

When Does The 2021 Gerber Baby Contest Start?

The 2021 Gerber Photo Search started April 27, 2021. The (DEADLINE) contest ends 11:59pm ET on May 10, 2021.

What are the Prizes?

When it comes to prizes, Gerber is very generous.

The Gerber baby contest grand prize winner will take home a nice cool cash prize of $25,000. They also give extra cash for taxes as well, Gerber has thought of it all.

Beside the cash prize, there will be opportunities for featuring on Gerber media channels. That means your child with be famous for a while.

There are usually honorable mention prizes as well. You can learn more about that by checking out the past Gerber winners.

How to Enter the Contest?

Here's how you can enter the 2021 Gerber contest. Just like last year, this year Gerber continues to utilize their own website for entries.

To enter the 2021 Gerber baby contest, head over to https://photosearch.gerber.com/ and submit your child's photos or videos.

The contest is completely FREE and no purchase is required.

Once submitted, you'll be in the Gerber baby contest for a chance to win $25,000.

Rules

A quick look at the Gerber baby contest rules. (Full 2021 Gerber Contest Rules)

• Grand prize winner will be awarded a $25,000 cash prize in a form of a check. Winner will also have opportunity to be featured in Gerber ads, commercials and more.
• Entry Limit: One entry per child. If you have more than one eligible child then you must enter a separate entry the each.
• To participate and be illegible in this contest you must be at least 18 years of age, legal guardian of the child in the photos, and a legal resident of the 50 United States,  Washington D.C., or Puerto Rico.
• To be qualified for the contest your child must between the age of 1 day to 48 months old.
• No entry fee, the contest is FREE. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING.

Here are some things to be aware of that can disqualify you from the Gerber baby contest.

• Don't collage your pictures. In other words, don't put multiple pictures into one.

• No nude pictures. Child must be clothed in at least a diaper.
• Photos must be taken within the entry period.
  
• Cannot pay professional photographer or others. You must take the photos yourself.
  
• You cannot use any filtering, editing or retouch the photos.

ALSO READ: Learn more about the Gerber Baby Contest Rules - FULL Details

We pulled the above images from Instagram with #gerberphotosearch2018. This is an example of disqualified photos that entered the Gerber baby contest.

What's Next?

What to do while you're waiting for the Gerber baby contest winner announcement?

The Gerber baby contest is an annually contest so it only happens once a year. Don't miss the deadline to submit your baby's photos!

Two things that we recommend you do while waiting for the next launch or update of the new Gerber Baby.

1. Stay alert for the launch and updates.
2. There's a contest that we recommend.

While we recommend you to stay alert for the Gerber contest updates, we don't recommend checking every day. That will get old after the third day and you may stop checking altogether, but don't worry we've got the solution for you!

Solution:

We have been emailing thousands of subscribers each year to inform them of the next contest and updates, the service is completely free. Join the thousands today.

Signup by filling out the form below and hit that "JOIN" button.

Gerber PHOTO SEARCH is an annual contest which runs only once a year, that's why we recommend another contest while you're waiting! Don't let those cute baby pictures go to waste.

Yes... go to waste.

The Gerber baby contest official rules stated for many years now, photos that are taken more than 30 days before submission are disqualified.

So if you have a cute baby picture that will be disqualified by the time Gerber launches their baby contest then we recommend entering a photo contest now.

Here is a cute baby contest that you can join now and they allow baby photos that are taken by paid professionals, while Gerber baby photo contests do not.

Submit a Photo

The Cute Kid contest is a monthly contest for kids and babies, with winners being announced each month.

There's a grand prize of $25,000* college fund for CuteKid of the year, plus modeling opportunities and the chance of being discovered by Disney, Huggies, Pampers, and Parents as past CuteKid entries have been.

This is an excellent opportunity to see how easy it is to enter an online baby photo contest. The Cute Kid contest is free for their "People Choice" category. Start from there!

Submit a Photo

Although the Gerber baby contest is the biggest and most popular baby contest around, we suggest that you take the time to learn as much as you can about other baby contests — especially if you're dying to show your baby off!