The Pennsylvania Game commission is now accepting paintings for the 2025 Working Together for Wildlife Design Contest.
The featured species will be the Black Bear. Sizes for the painting must be 22 ½ by 15 inches horizontal or 15 by 22 ½ vertically and must include a 3-inch-wide white boarder.
Submissions must be delivered to the Game Commission headquarters in Harrisburg by 4 p.m. on July 22. Every entry is $30 and they must unsigned and unframed.
The winning Artwork will win $4000 and 50 artist proof prints. The winner will also have to sign 750 limited edition fine art prints of the art work. But, those who don’t come in first will still be able to win, second-place painting will receive $750; third place, $500; fourth place, $400; and fifth place, $250.
There are more rules at www.pgc.pa.gov.