Become a Competitor

Over $70,000 of prize money and 1,250 ribbons are awarded.  With 39 divisions there is something for just about everyone from youth to world champions.  The Silhouette Division in Youth Competition is a great group or individual project for beginners.  Download the pattern and rules for the 2013 Piping Plover Silhouette.  The 2014 Silhouette has just been announced!  Download the 2014 Atlantic Puffin Silhouette pattern now.

• World Championship
  ~ Decorative Life-size Wildfowl
  ~ Decorative Floating Pairs
  ~ Decorative Miniature Wildfowl
  ~ Interpretive Wood Sculpture
  ~ Shootin' Rig
• Master, Advanced, Intermediate, Novice
  ~ Decorative Life-size Wildfowl
  ~ Decorative Floating Waterfowl
  ~ Decorative Miniature Wildfowl
  ~ Interpretive Wood Sculpture
  ~ Bench (Novice and Intermediate)
• A. Danner Frazer Youth Competition
  ~ Decorative Wildfowl I - Ages 16-17
  ~ Decorative Wildfowl II - Ages 12-15
  ~ Decorative Wildfowl III - Ages 11 and under
  ~ Gunning Decoy I - Ages 15-17
  ~ Gunning Decoy II - Ages 14 and under
  ~ Silhouette - Ages 16-17
  ~ Silhouette - Ages 12-15
  ~ Silhouette - Ages 11 and under
• Lem & Steve Ward Competition
  Hunting Decoys
  ~ Gunning Pairs - Open and Champion
  ~ Contemporary Decoys - Open and Champion
  ~ Contemporary Antiques
  ~ Shorebird Decoys
  ~ Bench
  Decorative Smoothie
  ~ Smoothie Waterfowl - Open and Champion
  ~ Smoothie Shorebirds and Wading Birds
  ~ Champagne Waterfowl - Open and Champion
• Sculpture Other Than Wood

Registration is the week of the show on Thursday from 11 a.m. - 8 p.m. and Friday from 7 - 9 a.m. Mail-ins are accepted in the Lem and Steve Divisions and Youth Divisions and must be received at the Ward Museum the Saturday prior to the show. Instructions for mailing entries will be on page 16 of the guide.

The 2013 Guide is now available, and contains everything you need to know to enter the competition.

Sample registration forms for the 2013 World Championship are available in PDF format below.