Special Provisions and Authorities
By participating in the Junior Duck Stamp Contest, each student, teacher, and legal guardian
acknowledges the following rights and authorities and willingly agrees to each of these
conditions:
The Department of the Interior;
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service:
1. Reserves the exclusive right to authorize the reproduction of the national first-place
winning design, including on stamps and various licensed products, and to photograph
the winning stamp design without compensation to the student.
2. Has the right to use the name, artwork and photographs of the student for promotional
purposes without compensation to the student.
3. May disqualify any entry submitted into the Junior Duck Stamp contest that has the
appearance of a plagiarized submission.
4. Will not insure the entries it receives or be responsible for loss or damage of the
entries. In the event of an address change, it is the student's responsibility to inform the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of this change. Artwork unclaimed after one year from the
date of the contest may be destroyed.
5. May send artwork on tour around the United States. Artwork on tour may be handled by
a third party.
6. Requires that the winning artist provides autographs on Junior Duck Stamps and Junior
Duck Stamp products without charge to the public or Federal Government.