Be a Poster Sponsor

TWA offers several levels of support to individuals, organizations, and agencies. Over nine thousand Wolf Awareness Week posters are distributed around the country to raise awareness of wolves and the fragile environment in which they live. For 2024, the Wolf Awareness Week poster focuses on the first gray wolf reintroduction attempt, which took place in Michigan in 1974.

Your sponsorship helps the Timber Wolf Alliance educate communities about wolves and the important work that people have done to bring them back to their natural habitats. Please join us as a sponsor of the next poster. The 2024 poster sponsorship due date was June 15, 2024. The theme and sponsorship/pre-order deadline for 2025 will be announced at a later time.

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
• Name on the back of the poster
• Logo on the TWA webpage

For a pledge of $600, you receive:

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

For a pledge of $150, you receive:

• 150 posters
• Name on the back of the poster

The sponsorship and pre-order sales opportunity are closed for this year. Post-production posters can be ordered above.

2024 Sponsors

Each year, the Timber Wolf Alliance’s Wolf Awareness Week poster celebrates a broad theme in wolf conservation. In 2023, we celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act. In 2022, we celebrated Sigurd Olson’s influence on wolf ecology and stewardship. And in 2021, our theme was “Wolves in Citizen Science.” Wolf Awareness Week posters have been created by the Timber Wolf Alliance since 1990.

In 2024, our Wolf Awareness Week programing will focus on the gray wolf reintroduction efforts. The first reintroduction took place in Michigan’s upper peninsula in 1974, and while this reintroduction was not successful, it helped wildlife managers find ways to have success in future reintroductions.

To illustrate our 2024 Wolf Awareness Week poster, we seek art or photography that depicts gray wolves being released into their natural habitat; however, we will consider any art that depicts wolves in their natural habitat.

Please submit proposed artwork to the Timber Wolf Alliance by April 7, 2024. We expect to select the winner for the 2024 Wolf Awareness Week poster by May 1, 2024.

Submission Deadline

• April 7, 2024

Competition Rules and Guidelines

1. SUBJECT: Entries must have as their subject gray wolves in their native environments.
2. REALISM: The Timber Wolf Alliance is an organization dedicated to public awareness and education about wolves, and the image for the annual poster reaches thousands of people each year. For this reason, realism is preferred; accuracy in portrayal of wolves’ anatomy, pelage, and the surrounding habitat is critical.
3. ACCEPTABLE MEDIA: All entries must be original artwork or photos, 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 the Timber Wolf Alliance of the photographer’s name and address. Previously published work is also acceptable.
4. FORMAT OF SUBMISSIONS: All entries must be submitted in a digital file format. No hard-copy photographs will be accepted. Files should be saved in JPG or TIFF format and must be 24 inches wide by 18 inches high with a resolution of 300 pixels per inch. If you cannot meet these requirements, the original artwork must be available for the Timber Wolf Alliance to photograph.
5. SUBMITTING: Complete the entry form on this page and indicate your method of file delivery (FTP or mail). 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.
6. FTP ENTRIES: Files can be uploaded to an FTP file hosting service (e.g. Dropbox or WeTransfer). TWA does not provide FTP service—files must be sent though your FTP. If submitting more than one entry, save all entries into a single folder and provide the URL sharing link to that folder within the entry form on this page. Image files attached to an email will not be considered.
7. POSTAL ENTRIES: Save all entries on a single CD, DVD, or other external storage device. All entry materials (CD, DVD, or other digital storage devices) become property of TWA and will not be returned. TWA is not be responsible for the loss or damage of any images or digital storage devices submitted to the competition. Print a copy of the confirmation email you receive after submitting the entry form on this page and include it with your mail-in submission. Mail to: Timber Wolf Alliance Poster Contest, Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute, 1411 Ellis Avenue, Northland College, Ashland, WI 54806
8. JUDGING: All entries will be judged by the Timber Wolf Alliance 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.
9. PRIZE: The winning artist will be awarded $750. TWA may request to use the winning artwork on t-shirts, for which the artist will receive an additional $100.
10. RIGHTS: Copyright remains with the artist, with usage rights by the Timber Wolf Alliance for the poster and any other subsequent use of artwork for promotional items.
11. For color separation purposes, the art piece selected as the winning entry must be available in the original or in a large format digital file, at least 300 dpi at 100%, for an 18×24-inch poster. The final product is a poster format and not a fine art print format.
12. Winning artists may be asked to provide pen and ink drawing(s) for the educational information on the back of the poster. Specifications will be discussed at that time. This piece(s) will be the property of the artist.
13. The Timber Wolf Alliance may ask the artist’s permission to use his/her winning artwork for t-shirts, for which the artist would receive an additional $100.00. Please indicate on the application form if you are interested in allowing such use of your artwork.

The Wolf Awareness Week Poster contest in now closed.

Here’s a gallery of all our past posters! Click on any image to begin.