Collectible Conservation Stamp Art Contest

The species for the 2027 contest is the Arctic Grayling. Download the rulebooks for contest details and information on submitting an entry.

 

 

Professional Contest

The professional contest begins accepting entries on January 2, 2026 and the deadline to submit entries is by 5 p.m. on March 31, 2026. Judging will be held the week of April 13, 2026. The virtual event will be held on April 24, 2026. 

 

Professional Artist Rulebook

 

 

Youth Contest

Contest opens on September 1, 2025 and closes on April 9, 2026.

 

Student Artist Rulebook

 

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Conservation Stamp Art Show Winners

An American Pika painting featuring a Pika building a haystack by carrying plants in its mouth

2026 Conservation Stamp Art Contest Winner

Michael Patrick Bailey, Newburgh, Indiana
"Michael Patrick Bailey 2026 Entry"
An American Pika perched on rocks with distant mountains in the background on the top left of the painting.

2026 Conservation Stamp Art Contest 2nd Place

Justin Hayward, Casper, Wyoming
"Justin Hayward 2026 Entry"
An American Pika on a rock with trees and mountain peaks in the background of the painting.

2026 Conservation Stamp Art Contest 3rd Place

Ryan Kniss, Johnstown, Pennsylvania
"Ryan Kniss 2026 Entry"
A painting of an American Pika on a rock with indian paintbrush in its mouth

2026 Conservation Stamp Art Contest 4th Place

Catherine Holt, Evanston, Wyoming
"Catherine Holt 2026 Entry"
A painting of an American Pika on a rock with an out of focus background.

2026 Conservation Stamp Art Contest 5th Place

Megan Beavers, Farson, Wyoming
"Megan Beavers 2026 Entry"
Artwork prominently featuring A western tanager perched on a bush with red berries.

2025 Conservation Stamp Art Contest Winner

Justin Hayward, Casper, Wyoming
"Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana)"
A male and female western tanager perched side-by-side on a branch in a forest.

2025 Conservation Stamp Art Contest 2nd Place

Michael P. Ashmen, Summerville, South Carolina
"Perching Tanagers"
A western tanager with its wings extended as it lands in a field of purple lupine flowers.

2025 Conservation Stamp Art Contest 3rd Place

Abby Gustafson, Sheridan, WY
"Among the Lupines"
A male and female western tanager next to one another in flight with a forest in fall in the background, with gold and green trees under a partly cloudy sky.

2025 Conservation Stamp Art Contest 4th Place

Moss Kent, Cheyenne, Wyoming
"Western Tanager Dance"
A western tanager perched on a branch with a moth in its beak.

2025 Conservation Stamp Art Contest 5th Place

Tabitha Huston, Twentynine Oak, California
"Ouch Moth"
Beaver swimming underwater with a branch in its mouth

2024 Conservation Stamp Art Contest Winner

Justin Hayward, Casper, WY
"Beaver (Castor canadensis)"
Beaver swimming with a branch in its mouth

2024 Conservation Stamp Art Contest 2nd Place

Mickey Schilling, Loveland, CO
"Go Fetch"

Price: $1,100
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2023 Conservation Stamp Art Contest Winner

Dan Andrews, Denver, CO
"Pacific Marten"

2023 Conservation Stamp Art Contest 2nd Place

Michael P. Ashmen, Summerville, SC
"Out on a Limb"

Price: $2,500

2023 Conservation Stamp Art Contest 3rd Place

Rozmaring, Czaban, Casper, WY
"Barkalounger"

Price: $4,250

2023 Conservation Stamp Art Contest 4th Place

Debra Otterstein, Cove, OR
"Out on a Limb"

Price: $1,650

2023 Conservation Stamp Art Contest Honorable Mention

Justin Hayward, Casper, WY
"Pine Marten"

Price: $3,500