Outreach & Education

About the Alaska Migratory Bird Calendar Contest:

What?
The Alaska Migratory Bird Calendar Contest (formerly the Goose Calendar Contest) is a state-wide poster and literature competition. The current contest has ended. Check this site in September 2012 for the new contest.

Why?
The purpose of the contest is to encourage local children to learn about bird conservation.

Who?
K-12 students (public, private or home-schooled) residing in or adjacent to the North Slope Borough and the following National Wildlife Refuges: Arctic, Yukon Delta, Kanuti, Togiak, Izembek, Alaska Peninsula/Becharof, Alaska Maritime, Selawik, Innoko, Koyukuk and Nowitna may enter. If you are not sure of your eligibility, email cathy_rezabeck@fws.gov

Students living in other communities outside those described above are welcome to compete in the Junior Duck Stamp Contest.

Four ways to Win\

1. Local Contest. When entries arrive at Fish & Wildlife Service offices in February, each office conducts a local contest with the help of 5 local judges. They select winners in each of the four calendar categories for both poster and literature entries (K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12). These 24 winners (12 poster and 12 literature) receive ribbons. Non-successful local entries are returned to their schools.

2. State-wide Contest. Each Fish & Wildlife Service office (there are 11 this coming year) sends their 24 local winning entries to Anchorage for the state-wide contest. Five independent judges select 12 state-wide literature and 12 state-wide poster winners (3 in each of the calendar categories above) to be printed in the 2013 calendar. They also select 1 Grand Prize Literature and 1 Grand Prize Poster winner. Grand Prize winners receive a big ribbon, new bike and a helmet. The other state-wide winners receive ribbons and other prizes. Local entries that were not chosen as state-wide winners are sent back to the Fish & Wildlife office they came from.

3. Manager's Choice. The manager of each office selects one of the returned local winners as the "Manager's Choice." It is published (at a smaller size than the State-wide winners) in the 2013 calendar.

4. Certificates of Appreciation. Every student that submits an entry receives a "Certificate of Appreciation" signed by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Regional Director.

Thank you to partners who supported the 2012 calendar:
National Audubon Society, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Ducks Unlimited, Donlin Gold L.L.C. and Conoco Phillips Alaska.

Last updated: April 6, 2012

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