Entry deadline is February 15, 2024
When you’re ready to get started, make sure you know all the steps involved in creating and submitting student artwork.
- This page, How to submit artwork to the Junior Duck Stamp contest, is offered by
- Division of Fisheries and Wildlife
How to submit artwork to the Junior Duck Stamp contest
Contacts
Pam Landry, Wildlife Education Coordinator
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Make sure you understand all the JDS rules by reading the following documents. Read all materials; there are new documents this year.
- Junior Duck Stamp welcome letter
- Understanding the JDS guidelines to prevent disqualification
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2023-2024 Rules Brochure
Junior Duck Stamp Rules for 2023-2024 (fws.gov) - A guide to approaching JDS artwork
- Conservation Education Curriculum FREE Download
Junior Duck Stamp Conservation Education Curriculum (fws.gov)
- Ready to Participate in the Contest? Here’s What You Need to do!
Junior Duck Stamp Contest Information (fws.gov)
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Reference Form
Junior Duck Stamp Reference Form (fws.gov) - JDS poster
How to submit How to submit artwork to the Junior Duck Stamp contest
When you are ready to submit your artwork remember:
- Complete the entry form
Encourage artist to include on the entry form a brief personal conservation message that expresses the spirit of what they learned - Securely tape completed entry form to back of the artwork
- Include reference form with artwork
Note:
- If several pieces of artwork are being submitted from a class or studio a typed list of students names must accompany the artwork.
- Chalk and pastel entries must be sprayed with a fixative prior to submitting
Submit artwork to:
Pam Landry, Wildlife Education Coordinator
Junior Duck Program, MassWildlife
1 Rabbit Hill Road, Westborough, MA 01581
Submissions must be postmarked by midnight February 15, 2021
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Plagiarism guidelines
- DO NOT –copy someone else’s photograph to create a work of art.
- DO NOT –copy a picture that has been printed in any form including book, magazine, etc.
- DO NOT–copy a major part of a photograph (an animal for instance) and place it in a different setting. This is a “grey” legal area, but it is considered unethical by most professional artists. If you have to search to find the difference between our work and the reference work you have gone WAY too far.
- OK –to copy your own photograph to create a work of art.
- OK –to buy the rights to use a photograph from the photographer, but remember that you do not obtain the right to copy someone’s art or photograph by simply purchasing a book or magazine containing their images.
- OK –to copy works that have exceeded the time limits for copyright protection