Critter mug art contest
Now taking submissions for the 2024 Deep Portage Annual Critter Mug artwork contest!
Every year, Deep Portage puts out a special mug available for those that donate $50 to support our organization.
Contest Guidelines:
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Artwork should be 1 color
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Size printed on mug is about 2"x2"
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We have a few suggestions of critters, but you are free to come up with any critter as long as it hasn't been done before (list below) and is a species that would be found at Deep Portage
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Email digital files to office@deepportage.org or paper submissions to 2197 Nature Center Drive NW, Hackensack, MN 56452.
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Submissions due: October 13th, 2023.
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Winners chosen on November 3, 2023.
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Winner receives a free mug and a t-shirt.
Past critter mugs
Year
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
Animal
Mallard w/ 4 ducklings
Mallard w/ 4 ducklings
Ruffed Grouse
Beaver
Great Blue Heron
Red Fox
Hairy Woodpecker
Skunk w/ ladyslipper
Bald Eagle
Black Bear
Mallard
Raccoons
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
White-tailed deer (buck)
Bobcat
White-tailed deer (Fawn)
Great Horned Owl
Male Wood Duck
Pileated Woodpecker
Canada Goose w/ 3 Goslings
Gray Wolf
Ruffed Grouse
Northern Pike
River Otter
Largemouth Bass
Black-capped Chickadee
Bluegill
Flying Squirrel
House Wren
Porcupine
Painted Turtle
Great Horned Owl
Osprey
Dragonfly
Black-and-white Warbler
Hooded Merganser
Common Loon
Wood Frog
Bees w/ honeycomb
Tiger Salamander
Black Bear
Wild Turkey
Flying Squirrel
Trumpeter Swan
future critter Ideas
Animal
American Woodcock
Fisher
Bat (Big Brown or Little Brown?)
Ermine/Least Weasel
Garter Snake
Species of moth
Species of butterfly