SECTION 800:25-21-2. Contest rules for Oklahoma Waterfowl Stamp Design Competition

  The following are the contest rules for the Oklahoma Waterfowl Stamp Design Competition:

(1)   Artwork may be in any of the following media: acrylic, oil, watercolor, sratchboard, pencil, pen and ink, tempera, etc. Photographs are not eligible. Painting must be on a smooth surface, rather than a textured surface such as canvas.

(2)   One design per contestant. The design must be two dimensional and horizontal: 6 1/2 inches high and 9 inches wide.

(3)   A nonrefundable entry fee of $20.00 must accompany each entry. These funds will be used to cover the cost of packaging, insuring and mailing entries back to artist and to support the purchase award.

(4)   Any resident of the United States is eligible. Any member of the contest judging panel or any member of his or her immediate family or any employee of the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation is ineligible.

(5)   The winning artist will be ineligible to compete the following two years. If a previous winner should win again, his/her eligibility is extended to four years after each win.

(6)   The Oklahoma Waterfowl Stamp Design must be matted with a single layer of white mat board 9 inches high × 12 inches wide with the opening cut precisely 6 1/2 × 9″ (plus or minus 1/16″). The mat board must not have a black or colored inner or outer accent border.

(7)   Artwork must not be framed or under glass. An acetate covering should be used to protect the artwork. This cover must be easily removed for judging or will be left in place.

(8)   No scroll work or lettering can appear on the design itself. Any design signed or lettered by the artist will be disqualified. However, the name and address of the artist must be on the back of the design.

(9)   The waterfowl species to be depicted will be determined annually by the Department and that species must be the dominant feature in the design. Any habitat appearing in the design must be typical for that species in Oklahoma.

(10)   The design must be of the artist's own creation, neither copied nor duplicated from any previously published art, including paintings, drawings in any medium or published photographs. An entry form affirming such originality must be signed and submitted with the entry.

(11)   The winning artist will receive a purchase award of One Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($1,200.00), and 50 prints (special artist's proof edition) of the design if the Department makes such a reproduction.

(12)   Utmost precautions will be taken to protect entries from damage, but the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation cannot be responsible for loss.

(13)   Any entry which fails to comply with any of the requirements of this competition shall be disqualified.

(14)   The winning entry will become the sole and exclusive property of the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation and the winning artist will be required to execute an appropriate release of all rights in and to said entry prior to the receipt of any prize money. The artist will be required to sign and number all prints of the winning design if the Department makes such a reproduction and remark a minimum of 25 prints.

(15)   Any refusal of the winning artist to sign said release, to challenge the rules or regulations concerning release of rights or otherwise take any action that would delay the reproduction of the art as a state waterfowl stamp or limited edition print, shall be grounds for that art being disqualified as regards payment of purchase award and use of print. In the event a disqualification should occur, the art receiving the next highest number of points in the judges voting shall be then declared the winner and shall be used to reproduce the state waterfowl stamp and limited edition print.

[Source: Added at 8 Ok Reg 2005, eff 5-15-91]