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Delaware Trout Stamp Contest Rules



The next Delaware Trout Stamp Art Contest will take place during the week of Aug. 19, 2024 when judges will review the artwork.

Contest Rules Summary

Here are the basics. Please see the 2024 Stamp Art Contest Artist Agreement and Contest Entry Form for a full set of the rules.

Artwork entries for the contest to be held in 2024 must depict one or more species of trout (i.e., brown, brook or rainbow trout) in a setting or environment typical of Delaware. The trout subject must be the focal point of the artwork.

Artists participating in the Trout Stamp Art Contest are limited to two entries.

The “Best in Show” winning artist receives $250 cash award.

The artwork selected as “Best in Show” during the 2024 contest will be featured on the Delaware Trout Stamp issued for the Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2025 fishing year.

Each entry should be delivered or mailed to:
Trisha Virdin
DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife
89 Kings Highway
Dover, DE 19901
Telephone: 302-739-9918

How to Enter

Read the 2024 Stamp Art Contest Artist Agreement and submit one completed and signed Contest Entry Form with each artwork entry postmarked on or before 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, Aug. 2, 2024.

Eligibility

All U.S. citizens, who are at least 18 years of age by January 1, 2024, are eligible to participate notwithstanding ineligibility criteria.

Any person who has won “Best in Show” in Delaware’s Trout Stamp Art Contest held the preceding year will be ineligible to submit an entry in Delaware’s current year Trout Stamp Art Contest.

Members of the contest judging panel and their immediate relatives are ineligible.

Judging

Entries will be judged on the following criteria:  suitability for reproduction as a stamp; habitat depiction; anatomical accuracy; and artistic composition to include spatial balance, lighting, and harmony of subject and background. Artists are strongly encouraged to apply the judging criteria in the development of their submitted artwork.

The judging panel will include five members from various categories of experience or expertise, such as a representative of the White Clay Fly Fishers Club, a member of DNREC’s Advisory Council on Wildlife and Freshwater Fish, an angler, a biologist, a stamp collector, or an art instructor.

For a complete set of rules, please see the 2024 Stamp Art Contest Artist Agreement and Contest Entry Form.




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