

However, if the artwork is awarded Best of Show, although it may be honored as a winner in that state, it will not be forwarded to the national competition. In the case of foreign exchange students, their artwork may be judged at the state level.Supervising adults should encourage all students to participate in the Junior Duck Stamp education program and enter the art contest.The student who won First Place in the National Junior Duck Stamp Contest the preceding year may not submit an entry in the current year's contest.
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Students may enter through their school, as a home project or as a part of a youth or community activity Citizens attending schools abroad may enter through their legal state of residence. Citizen, resident alien, or national ( a social security number, Green Card or Visa will be required for all Best of Show winners). Territories is eligible to enter, as long as you are a U.S. Contest Eligibility - Who May Participate?Īny K-12 student attending public, private or homeschool in the United States and the U.S. The "Best of Show" from each competition is submitted to the National Junior Duck Stamp Design Contest, where a panel of judges will select one image to become the next Junior Duck Stamp. Students from across the United States submit their artwork to their state, territory or district competition. After studying waterfowl anatomy and habitat, students may express their newfound knowledge by drawing, painting or sketching a picture of an eligible North American waterfowl species.īecause students express themselves best in different formats, the conservation message contest gives them an opportunity to use the written word to express their knowledge. The Junior Duck Stamp Art Contest is the culmination of the Junior Duck Stamp educational program.

INFORM NATIONAL LICENSE
Others interested in obtaining a license to use the image should contact Suzanne Fellows at Suzanne Fellows or 703/358-2145.Īll students in kindergarten through grade twelve are encouraged to participate in the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program annual art and conservation message contest as part of the Junior Duck Stamp Program curriculum. News media should contact Valerie Fellows at Valerie Fellows or 703/358-2285.
INFORM NATIONAL SERIES
This will be the 31st Junior Duck Stamp in the series and will go on sale on June 23, 2023Ī high-resolution version of the winning image is available for certain uses. Funds raised from sales of the $5 collectible stamp are used to educate and engage our nation’s youth in wildlife and wetland conservation and outdoor recreation. The winning artwork will grace the 2023-2024 Junior Duck Stamp. To see or schedule the entries near you, please contact your state coordinator or see the calendar. The original entries will also travel around the country as part of a display. Please see the attached for an entire list of entry placement. Third place went to Emily Lian of Oregon who entered a pair of mallards, also done in oil. Second place was awarded to Arianna Sun of Georgia for an oil painting of a cinnamon teal. Grace Cao, 12, of Texas provided the winning conservation message of “Never duck the chance of conservation.” Linyue Mila Tong, 15, from Virginia took top honors with an acrylic painting of a hooded merganser who had just caught a fish. A panel of 5 judges considered 62 entries submitted by the 50 States, Washington D.C., and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, WV on Friday April 21, 2023. The 2023 National Junior Duck Stamp Contest was held at the U.S.
