Become a Competitor

$50,000 in Prize Money and 1,250 Ribbons to be Awarded!

Full 2024 Rules here

World Championship

  • Decorative Life-size Wildfowl
  • Decorative Floating Pairs
  • Decorative Miniature Wildfowl
  • Interpretive Wood Sculpture
  • Shootin’ Rig
  • Single Gunner

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
    • *the silhouette division is a great group or individual project for beginners!
    • youth silhouette wildfowl pattern: Blue Bird see Guide

Lem & Steve Ward Competition

Hunting Decoys

  • Contemporary Decoys – Open and Champion
  • Single Gunner
  • Gunning Pairs – Open and Champion
  • Contemporary Antiques
  • Shorebird Decoys
  • Bench

Decorative Smoothie

  • Smoothie Waterfowl – Open and Champion
  • Smoothie Shorebirds and Wading Birds
  • Champagne Waterfowl Floating – Open and Champion
  • Champagne Wildfowl Non-floating – Open and Champion

Special Divisions

  • Sculpture Other Than Wood
  • Champagne Interpretive

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 the Saturday prior to the show. Instructions for mailing entries will be in the Competition guide.

Sample registration forms for the World Championship are available in PDF format below. (*new forms for the 2024 competition coming soon!)

Updated forms coming soon!