Pre-register in April online at wardworlds.org

Thursday, April 23, from 11 a.m.- 8 p.m. and Friday, April 24, from 7 a.m. - 9 a.m.

LOCATION: Roland E. Powell Convention Center, 40th and Coastal Highway, Ocean City, Maryland.

• All entries must be hand-delivered either by the carver or a designated second party, except for mail-ins.
• Mail-in entries will be accepted for Lem & Steve and Youth. See our Mail In Instruction page fore more information.
• On the day registrations will require payment at point of registrations.
• Registration forms will be completed on-site.
• The Ward Foundation will assign a registration number when your entries are processed.
• The name of the competitor should not be visible on entries; covering with masking tape is adequate.
• The name of the species should be on the bottom of the base.
• Competitors will receive a competitor badge and can purchase guest badges at registration, $5 for members and $10 for nonmembers.
• Competitors will be allowed early admittance to the show at 8 a.m. Sunday.
• Official competitor name badges must be visibly worn to gain entry during these pre-show hours.
• Competitor's guests, with guest badges, may accompany the competitor. We do not allow the removal of entries before 3 p.m. Sunday.
• All persons removing carvings must be carrying the registration receipt for those carvings.
• Competitors are asked to submit documented reference materials at the time of registration for those birds not listed in the National Audubon Society's The Sibley Guide to Birds. These reference materials are for the accurate judging of your bird.
• Provide documentation at registration about the construction of your entry that would help the judging process, i.e. structural strengthening techniques used in SR. These notations will be given to the judges for their attention during their initial evaluation.
• Any artist with an entry not suitable for tabletop display is required to notify the Ward Foundation by April 2. Under no circumstances should an artist drill (or attach in any way) an entry or base onto a table in the convention center.
• Artists are encouraged to place their business cards beside their work after judging is completed.
• Names of carvers of the Champagne Waterfowl Division entries will be identified by the Ward Foundation after judging if time allows.
• Youth carvers are welcome to enter "adult" levels of competition but once a carving is entered outside of the youth competition, it is no longer eligible to be judged in the youth competition.
• Please note that once an entry is placed in the competition hall, competitors will not be allowed to move their entry for any reason without prior permission of the show director or a floor captain nor enter the center areas of the World and Master divisions.
• Contact the Ward Foundation by email kclattenburg@wardfdn.org with any questions.
• The ultimate responsibility of accurately registering an entry rests with the carver.
• The Competition Committee reserves the right to move a carving prior to judging if it is discovered that it was inappropriately registered or misplaced.