Got a Talented Kid?

Looking for a great way to help your teens spread their artistic wings and really fly? The Junior Duck Stamp is a national art contest administered by the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program. The first place national winner of the art contest graces that year's JDS and is sold by the U.S. Postal Service and Amplex Corporation for $5!

So what do you do? Students from around the United States submit drawings to their state, territory or district competition. Winners from these competitions, called the "Best of Show," are then submitted to the Federal Junior Duck Stamp Design Contest. One image from the 53 Best of Show entries will become the next Junior Duck Stamp.

K-12 students attending public, private, or home schools in the United States and the U.S. Territories are eligible to enter, as long as they are U.S. Citizens, resident aliens, or nationals. U.S. Citizens attending schools abroad may enter through their legal state of residence.

The contest ends March 15, 2011. So grab your pens, pencils, acrylics, paints and crayons and get to work!

For more general information and contest eligibility go to http://www.fws.gov/juniorduck/ArtContest.htm#GeneralInformation.