Minnesota DNR Seeking Designs for 2016 Walleye Stamp

If you're an artist and you want your talents to be seen, the Minnesota DNR has the perfect opportunity. 

Artists can submit entries for the 2016 Minnesota Walleye Stamp from Monday, Oct. 5, through Friday, Oct. 16.  If you are chosen, your work will be seen by all those who get the voluntary walleye stamp.

The voluntary walleye stamp validation costs $5 but is not required to fish for or keep walleye. For an extra 75 cents, purchasers will be mailed the pictorial stamp. A pictorial collectable stamp without the validation is available for $5.75. Walleye stamps are available year-round and are not required to be purchased at the same time as fishing licenses.

The stamp contest offers no prizes and is open to Minnesota residents only. The walleye must be the primary focus of the design, though other fish species may be included in the design if they are used to depict common interaction between species or are common inhabitants of Minnesota lakes and rivers.

Artists are not allowed to use any photographic product as part of their finished entries. Winning artists usually issue limited edition prints of the artwork and retain proceeds. Judging will take place 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 23, at DNR Headquarters, 500 Lafayette Road in St. Paul.

If you'd like to enter, use the link below and good luck!