Artwork Due in August; Winner Receives $1,200 Purchase Award
All artists are invited to create an entry for the 45th annual Oklahoma Waterfowl Stamp Design Competition. Artwork must be delivered to the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation headquarters in Oklahoma City by 4:30 p.m. the final Friday in August, or shipped and postmarked by the final Friday in August.
The winning artwork will become the design for the 2027-28 Oklahoma Waterfowl Stamp, which is sold to state waterfowl hunters and stamp collectors nationwide. The winning artist will receive a $1,200 purchase award. Revenue from waterfowl stamp sales is used to fund Wildlife Department waterfowl conservation efforts across the state.
This year's selected subject is the white-fronted goose, also known as the specklebelly, which migrates through Oklahoma each fall and winter.
If you are an artist (or know of one who would like to enter), why not get creative with us? Competing artists aren't required to be Oklahoma residents. To register, click here.
After the entry period closes, a "public favorite" vote will be held on wildlifedepartment.com, which will figure in the final judging. A judging panel of waterfowl experts will consider each artwork in terms of anatomical accuracy, artistic composition and suitability for printing before the winner is selected.
For complete rules including instructions for entering, go to wildlifedepartment.com/hunting/resources/waterfowl/duck-stamp-program.