This 2003 Junior Duck Stamp Contest will take place on April 26 in Ocean City, Maryland at the Ward Museum, during the World Wildfowl Carving Competition and Festival. (www.wardmuseum.org) Junior Duck Stamp state coordinators are gearing up for their annual Junior Duck Stamp Art Competitions. The deadline for entries in the states is March 15 each year. Each Best of State entry, along with the winners from Puerto Rico, Guam and American Samoa, will go on to the national contest in Maryland. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is pleased to announce new awards for first, second and third place national winners. The first place national winner receives a $4000 cash award and a free trip to Washington, DC in the fall to attend the Federal Duck Stamp Contest, along with his/her art teacher, one parent and the state coordinator. The national first place winning design is used to produce the federal junior duck stamp. Second place receives a $2000 cash award and third place receives $1000.