The winning entries for the 2022 edition of the Delaware Trout Stamp Contest were chosen by a panel of five judges who independently evaluated and scored the contest entries in person as part of COVID-19 safety precautions.

The 2022 Trout Stamp will feature a painting of a brown trout by George Bradford of Georgetown, Delaware. Mr. Bradford received $250 for Best in Show and retains artist’s rights for reproduction and sales of prints of the stamp. Mr. Bradford also took second place with a rainbow trout. Third place was Tory Farris of Dover Foxcroft, Maine, with a brook trout.

Best in Show

Second Place

Third Place

Honorable Mentions

Honorable mentions went (left to right) to Broderick Crawford, of Tiger, Ga., for a rainbow trout; Eric Jablonowski, of Suwanee, Ga., for a brown trout; and Jeffrey Klinefelter, of Etna Green, Ind., for a brown trout.

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