Entry deadline is February 15, 2025
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
The Details
What you need
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 Contest Information (fws.gov)
- Junior Duck Stamp Rules for 2024-2025 (fws.gov)
- Understanding the JDS guidelines to prevent disqualification
- A guide to approaching JDS artwork
- FREE Junior Duck Stamp Conservation Education Curriculum (fws.gov)
- Entry Form: Junior Duck Stamp Contest Entry Form (fws.gov)
- Reference Form: Junior Duck Stamp Reference Form (fws.gov)
- Help spread the word: JDS poster
Ready to Participate in the Contest? Here’s What You Need to do:
- Review the annual brochure and print out entry form (English/Spanish).
- Read the contest rules carefully and make sure you meet eligibility requirements.
- Begin researching and preparing your entry.
- Fill in the entry form (English/Spanish) and reference form (English/Spanish) (if required) completely and affix to the back of your entry.
- Mail your entry (see address below) by the deadline. It's as simple as that!
How to submit
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
More info
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