Paintings of black bears are now being accepted for the 2025 Working Together for Wildlife Design Contest by the Pennsylvania Game Commission.

Qualifying submissions will be made by a Pennsylvania artist and feature one or more black bears in a horizontal painting measuring 22 ½ by 15 inches, or a vertical painting measuring 15 by 22 ½ inches. Each painting must have a 3-inch-wide white border and be left unsigned and unframed.

The deadline to submit artwork to the Game Commission headquarters, 2001 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg, is 4 p.m. July 22. The entry fee is $30 per submission and must be made payable to the Pennsylvania Game Commission.

The selected artist will win $4,000. Cash awards will be presented to other top-finishing artists.

For official contest rules and guidelines, visit pgc.pa.gov.