Sam Dyke Memorial “Old Bird” Antique Decoy Competition
At the Annapolis Decoy Show
Sunday, June 1, 2025, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Sponsored by the Potomac Decoy Collectors Association
Here is a chance to display a favorite decoy or two from your collection and perhaps take home a ribbon! Entries in the first 4 categories must be 50 years old or older and will be judged in the following six categories:
- Ward brothers working decoy
- Susquehanna Flats working decoy
- Eastern Shore of Virginia working decoy
- Eastern Shore of Maryland working decoy
- Eastern Shore shorebird decoy
- Contemporary or Decorative decoy
To enter this competition, you must:
- Personally register your decoys between 9 a.m. and 11:45 a.m. Saturday, June 1, 2025
- Entry fee: Free, donations encouraged.
- Participants will be limited to 3 entries per category
- Pairs will be judged as a single entry.
- Agree to display entries at the Ward Foundation table during the show, allowing for entries to be photographed for the Ward Foundation and those photos to be shared.
- A “people’s choice” award winner will also be selected by show attendees.
The winners in each category, as well as the Best in Show decoys, will be determined by a panel of three impartial judges. Judging will take place at noon. Winners will be given ribbons, photographed, and displayed on the Ward Foundation table during the show.
All decoys should be picked up between 2:00 and 3:00 pm.
For information email Kristie Clattenburg at kclattenburg@wardfdn.org
