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William R. Ireland Sr. Youth Wildlife Art Contest
For over thirty years, the AWF’s William R. Ireland, Sr. Youth Wildlife Art Contest has recognized the outstanding artistic abilities of Alabama's students, while increasing students' knowledge and awareness of wildlife and wildlife habitat in Alabama. The AWF encourages students to research their subject to learn more about Alabama's wildlife species and their habitat requirements.


Click on the AWF Youth Wildlife Art Contest links below for more details:

2013 AWF Youth Wildlife Art Contest Brochure & Entry Forms
Eligibility and Grade Categories Awards
Technical Requirements Subject
Entry Form (PDF) Deadline and Judging
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2013 AWF Youth Wildlife Art Contest Winners & Photos
2013 USFWS Jr. Duck Stamp Competition Winners & Photos
2013 Winners Program
2013 Press Release
 
The Alabama Wildlife Federation partners with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge and the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to promote the AWF William R. Ireland, Sr. Youth Wildlife Art Contest and the USFWS Federal Junior Duck Stamp Contest throughout Alabama.

 

Eligibility and Grade Categories

The AWF William R. Ireland, Sr. Youth Wildlife Art Contest is open to all public, private and home school students in Alabama. First, second, and third place awards will be given in the following four grade categories: *K-3 *4-6 *7-9 *10-12
 

Awards

Winners were awarded plaques and art supplies at a luncheon on Saturday, April 20, 2013, at AWF’s Headquarters in Millbrook at the Lanark Pavilion.

All participants will receive a Certificate of Participation for their entries (limited to 25 entries per school).
 

Technical Requirements

Sponsor Identification: Each school/sponsor must include a copy of the AWF Youth Wildlife Art Contest Sponsor Entry Form with each packet of artwork entries.
 
Return Postage: If the school/sponsor wants the artwork returned, each packet of entries must include a prepaid postage container or a check/money order (made out to the AWF) for the postage.
 
Number of Entries: Each school/sponsor should only submit their top 25 entries; and each student may only enter one piece of artwork.
 
Entry Identification: Each entry must have the AWF Youth Wildlife Art Contest Student Entry Form attached to the back of the artwork. Artists’ mark, name, and/or signature must not appear on the front of the artwork.
 
Media: Any flat media can be used including pencil, ink, acrylic, oil, charcoal, pastel, crayon, watercolor, and/or collage.
 
Size: All entries should be 8” x 10”.
 
Wrapping: Entries must not be framed, mounted or matted. If charcoal or chalk is used, entries must be protected with shrink wrap or wrapped in acetate.
 

Subject Matter

The Subject Matter MUST be a wildlife species indigenous to the state of Alabama.
 
Examples include amphibians such as the barking treefrog or spotted salamander, birds such as the bald eagle or eastern wild turkey, insects such as the monarch butterfly or imperial moth caterpillar, mammals such as the eastern cottontail or black bear, reptiles such as the scarlet kingsnake or Ernst’s map turtle, and fish such as the large mouth bass or sunfish.
 

Entry Form

 
 

 

Federal Junior Duck Stamp Contest

The Federal Junior Duck Stamp Contest design is a term paper in which students use visual rather than verbal articulation to show what they have learned. Participants select a species of North American waterfowl, research this species and its habitat, and then depict the waterfowl in an artistic medium.
 
Entries for the Junior Duck Stamp Contest are collected at the Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge in Decatur, Alabama. Deadline is March 15. For more information about the Federal Junior Duck Stamp Contest, please contact the USFWS's Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge at (256) 350-6639.

CLICK HERE for more info about the Junior Duck Stamp Contest.


Alabama Wildlife Federation William R. Ireland, Sr.
Youth Wildlife Art Contest Winners 2013

Kindergarten - 3rd Grade Division

1st Place:
Bailey Brown
Beauregard Elementary - Beauregard
2nd Place:
Olivia Cain
Home Schooled - Prattville
3rd Place:
Grace He
Ogletree Elementary - Auburn
     

4th - 6th Grade Division

1st Place: 
Adi Argent
Thorsby High School - Thorsby
2nd Place: 
Blake White
Gwin Elementary School - Hoover
3rd Place: 
Eric Wang

Drake Middle School - Auburn
     
7th - 9th Grade Division
 
1st Place: 
Rei Zhang
Auburn Junior High - Auburn
2nd Place: 
Hannah Walton

Auburn Junior High - Auburn
3rd Place:
Savannah Meek
Home Schooled - Jacksonville
     
10th - 12th Grade Division
 
1st Place: 
Amod Karki

Auburn High - Auburn
2nd Place: 
Rachael Robbins
Hartselle High School - Hartselle
3rd Place: 
Daniel Lewy
Florence High School - Florence
     
AWF Youth Wildlife Art Contest Winners Group Photo
 
  2013 AWF Youth Art Winners  
     

























































































      
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Junior Duck Stamp Competition 2013
Kindergarten - 3rd Grade Division
 
1st Place: 
Vicki Wang
Ogletree Elementary - Auburn
1st Place: 
Jocelyn Wang
Wrights Mill Road - Auburn
1st Place:
Grace He
Ogletree Elementary - Auburn
     

4th - 6th Grade Division

1st Place: 
Ruby Rucker
Chapman Christian - Millbrook
1st Place:
Jenny Baek
Forest Avenue - Montgomery
1st Place:
Eric Wang

Drake Middle School - Auburn
     
7th - 9th Grade Division
 
1st Place:
Rei Zhang
Auburn Junior High - Auburn
1st Place:
Tingzhi Eris
Auburn Junior High - Auburn
1st Place:
Andrew Wang
Drake Middle School - Auburn
     
10th - 12th Grade Division
 
1st Place & Best of Show:
Timothy Schreiber
Home Schoold - Lincoln
1st Place: 
Jonathan Boggan
Greenville High School - Greenville
1st Place:
Elizabeth Dufour

Saraland High School - Saraland
     
2012 USFWS Jr. Duck Stamp Winners Group Photo
  Junior Duck Stamp Winners 2013