22 APRIL 2013

The winner of the Jr. Duck Stamp contest was chosen on April 19 at a judging at the National Conservation and Training Center in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. The winning artist is Madison Grimm from Burbank, South Dakota, with an oil painting of a male Canvasback. The amazing thing is that Madison Grimm is only six years old.

Artwork certainly runs in the family. Madison Grimm's father, Adam Grimm, is a renowned wildlife artist who also began drawing and painting at an early age. He was 21 years old at the time when he won the Federal Duck Stamp Contest in 1999, with an image of a Mottled Duck.

The Junior Duck Stamp will be released by the Service on June 28 at the Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World in Ashland, Virginia. These stamps are sold for $5 each. Proceeds from stamp sales are recycled back into the program and are used to fund scholarships for national contest winners, state programs, marketing, and environmental education materials.

Read the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service press release for more detais on the contest results – including runners-up.

And, for a image of Madison Grimm's artwork and other information and images, see the home page of the Junior Duck Stamp program.