{"id":25855,"date":"2018-12-26T09:00:10","date_gmt":"2018-12-26T14:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=25855"},"modified":"2018-12-23T14:45:10","modified_gmt":"2018-12-23T19:45:10","slug":"stamp-design-contests-now-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2018\/12\/26\/stamp-design-contests-now-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Stamp Design Contests Now Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Submit Original Work by March 8, 2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/Capture.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-25860\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/Capture-300x186.png\" alt=\"Migratory Game Bird Stamp\" width=\"350\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/Capture-300x186.png 300w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/Capture-768x476.png 768w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/Capture-1024x635.png 1024w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/Capture.png 1364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a>Artists are invited to submit their original works for the 23<sup>rd<\/sup> Annual Maryland Black Bear Conservation Stamp and 45<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Maryland Migratory Game Bird Stamp <a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/wildlife\/Pages\/Stamp-Design-Contests.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">design contests<\/a>. These popular contests are open until March 8, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/a>\u00a0will judge the entries March 16, 2019, in conjunction with the annual Eagle Festival at Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge in Cambridge.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/wildlife\/Documents\/2019-20_BlackBearStampContest.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Black Bear Conservation Stamp<\/a> contest\u00a0is open to both residents and nonresidents. Each contestant may submit one entry for a nonrefundable $10 fee. Proceeds are used to compensate farmers who experience agricultural damage caused by black bears.<\/p>\n<p>New this year, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/wildlife\/Documents\/2019-20_MigratoryGameBirdStampContest.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Migratory Game Bird Stamp<\/a> contest is also open to both residents and nonresidents. Each contestant may submit up to three entries with a fee structure of: $15 for one, $20 for two and $30 for three. Proceeds help fund game bird and waterfowl research and projects.<\/p>\n<p>All entries must be original works, neither copied nor duplicated from any previously published paintings, drawings, prints or photographs. To enter, contestants must mail their designs with required fees and forms by March 8, 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submit Original Work by March 8, 2019 Artists are invited to submit their original works for the 23rd Annual Maryland Black Bear Conservation Stamp and 45th Annual Maryland Migratory Game Bird Stamp design contests. These popular contests are open until March 8, 2019. The\u00a0Maryland Department of Natural Resources\u00a0will judge the entries March 16, 2019, in<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2018\/12\/26\/stamp-design-contests-now-open\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,13],"tags":[3267,3056,3121,4133,3266],"class_list":["post-25855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-wildlife","tag-black-bear-conservation-stamp","tag-blackwater-national-wildlife-refuge","tag-cambridge","tag-eagle-festival","tag-migratory-game-bird-stamp"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25855"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25875,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25855\/revisions\/25875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}