Wolf Awareness Week & Poster

October 18-24, 2020.

This year, Wolf Awareness Week’s focus is new insights on wolf ecology and stewardship. We will be highlighting some of the major research projects happening nationally that have given us new insights into wolf ecology and stewardship in recent years. Voyageurs Wolf Project, predator-prey relationships in the Great Lakes populations, and Yellowstone wolf management are just some of the topics that will be covered. Through these highlighted research projects we hope to address some of the myths of wolf ecology in the history of management.

To commemorate Wolf Awareness Week, TWA creates an annual poster featuring an award-winning artist’s rendering of a wolf or wolves in their natural habitat. Below you can learn more about ordering posters, submitting artwork for next year’s poster, and becoming a sponsor.

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Poster Sponsors & Benefits

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Be a Poster Sponsor

TWA offers several levels of support to individuals, organizations, and agencies. Over 10,000 Wolf Awareness Week posters are distributed around the country to raise awareness of wolves and the fragile environment in which they live.

Your sponsorship helps the Timber Wolf Alliance educate communities about wolves. Please join us as a sponsor of the next poster. Poster sponsorship deadline is June 2020. More information on the 2020 Wolf Awareness Week theme will be coming soon.

2020 Sponsorship and Pre-Order Form coming soon.

For a pledge of $800+ you receive:

1000 posters (plus 50 additional posters per $50 pledged above $800)
Logo placed prominently on the front of the poster
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For a pledge of $600 you receive:

600 posters
Logo placed prominently on the front of the poster
Name and address on the back of the poster
Name on the TWA webpage

For a pledge of $150 you receive:

150 posters
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Call for 2020 Poster Artwork

Each year Wolf Awareness Week and its poster celebrates a broad theme in wolf conservation. The theme for 2020s is New Insights on Wolf Ecology and Stewardship. In 2019, we celebrated Ma’iingan’s relationship with the Ojibwe as well as other Native American cultures within North America, and in 2018 we celebrated the twenty-year anniversary of Mexican gray wolf reintroduction and recovery. Wolf Awareness Week posters have been created by Timber Wolf Alliance since 1990.

In 2020, we will highlight some of the major research projects happening nationally that have given us new insights into wolf ecology and stewardship in recent years. Voyageurs Wolf Project, predator-prey relationships in the Great Lakes populations, and Yellowstone wolf management are just some of the topics that will be covered. Through these highlighted research projects we hope to address some of the myths of wolf ecology in the history of management.

Ideally we seek art that displays wolves in the Great Lakes states. However, we are grateful for any wolf art submissions. Please submit proposed art work to the Timber Wolf Alliance by April 15, 2020. The winner will be announced in May.

Entry Form

Submission Deadline

April 15, 2020

Artwork Guidelines

SUBJECT: Entries must have as their subject Great Lakes wolves in their native environments of the US. There is no specified theme or number of animals to be portrayed.
REALISM: TWA is an organization dedicated to public awareness and education about wolves, and the image for the annual poster reaches thousands of people each year. We have desire realistic portrayals of the wolf.
ACCEPTABLE MEDIA: Any original two-dimensional artwork, excluding photographs, is acceptable.
ACCEPTABLE SUBMISSIONS: All entries must be original artwork, conceived and created by the entrant. If the artwork submitted to the contest is a depiction drawn from a photograph taken by someone other than the artist, the artist MUST notify TWA of the photographer’s name and address. Previously published work is also acceptable. Winning artist will be awarded $500.
FORMAT OF SUBMISSIONS: All entries should be submitted as a digital file format. No hard-copy photographs will be accepted. Acceptable digital formats include JPG, TIFF, and PDF. The submitted entry should be high enough quality that the judges can see fine details. Each digital file, CD, or other digital media storage device must be labeled legibly with the entrant’s name, address, phone number, email and artwork title and medium used. Specify “Wolf Awareness Poster 20”.
POSTAL MAIL ENTRIES: All entries must be accompanied by the appropriate entry form. Any number of entries may be submitted and all entries may be sent in one envelope. Incomplete entry forms will be disqualified. All entry materials (CD or other digital storage devices) become property of TWA and will not be returned unless a self-addressed, stamped envelope is received with the submission. TWA will not be responsible for the loss or damage of any images or digital storage devices submitted to the competition.
EMAIL ENTRIES: The size limit for email entries is 5MB. Any single entries or combined entries larger than 15MB should be submitted via a link to a file hosting service (e.i. Dropbox) or postal mail. All entries must be accompanied by the appropriate entry form. Any number of entries may be submitted and all entries may be sent in one email. Incomplete entry forms will be disqualified.
JUDGING: All entries will be judged by the TWA poster committee and Advisory Council. There is no jury fee. Selection of the judges is entirely at the discretion of TWA. Entries will be judged on innovative handling of the subject, accuracy, mood, concept, craftsmanship, and reproducibility. The decision of the judges is final and may not be appealed.
RIGHTS: Copyright remains with the artist, with usage rights by TWA for the poster and any other subsequent use of artwork for promotional items.

Expectations of the Winning Artwork and Artist

The art piece selected as the winning entry must have the original available to photograph or provide a high resolution digital file at least 300 dpi at 100 percent for an 18 by 24 inch print. The final product is a poster format and not a fine art print format.
TWA may ask the artist’s permission to use the winning artwork for t-shirts, for which the artist would receive an additional $100. Please indicate on the application form if you are interested in allowing such use of your artwork.