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Bill Cowen has won numerous awards over the years for his bird carvings.

2003

2002

East Carolina Wildlife Arts Festival
Washington, NC
Advanced Class Decorative Life-size Carvings
Drake Wood Duck (Best in Division - Waterfowl)
Ruffed Grouse (Best in Division - Gamebirds)

32nd Annual Ward World Championship Wildfowl Carving Competition

Ocean City, MD
Drake Wood Duck (Advanced Class - Second in Category)
Ruffed Grouse (Third in Category)

Atlantic Wildlife Art & Sport Fishing Show
Virginia Beach, VA
Wildfowl Carving Competition
Ruffed Grouse (Best in Division, Advanced - Life-size Upland Gamebird)
Drake Wood Duck (Best in Division, Advanced - Life-size Waterfowl)


Lancaster Wood Carvers Club
Millersville, PA
Ruffed Grouse (First in Category)
Ruffed Grouse (Best in Show)
Drake Wood Duck (Second in Category)

2001

2000

South Jersey Wood Carving Show
Medford, NJ
First Place - Open Class (Male Kestrel Hawk)

California Open Wildfowl Show
San Francisco, CA
Drake Ruddy Duck (First Place - Open Class)
Male Kestrel Hawk (First Place - Open Class)

Toms River Wildfowl Art Show
Toms River, NJ
1/8 Scale Woodcock (First Place - Open Class)

1999

Barnegat Bay Decoy Show
Tuckerton, NJ
Drake Ruddy Duck (First Place & BEST OF SHOW - Open Class)

Virginia Beach Wildfowl & Art Show
Virginia Beach, VA
Drake Mallard Duck (First Place - Open Class)
1/3 Scale Snowy Owl (Second Place - Open Class)

East Carolina Wildfowl Guild
Washington, NC
1/8 Scale Bobwhite Quail flying (First Place - Open Class)

1998

Wings & Water Festival
Stone Harbor, NJ
1/4 Scale Great Blue Heron (First Place - Open Class)

Baskin Ridge Wildlife & Art Show
Baskin Ridge, NJ
American Woodcock (First Place - Open Class)
Drake Mallard Duck (First Place - Open Class)

East Carolina Wildfowl Guild
Washington, NC
1/4 Scale Bald Eagle (First Place - Open Class)
Hen Mallard Duck (First Place - Open Class)

1997

Wings & Water Festival
Stone Harbor, NJ
1/4 Scale Great Horned Owl (First Place - Open Class)

Ward World Wildfowl Art
Ocean City, MD
Drake Mandrin Duck (Third Place - Open Class)

Toms River Wildfowl Art Show
Toms River, NJ
1/4 Scale Pair of Pheasants (First Place & BEST OF SHOW - Open Class)

1996

Virginia Beach Wildfowl Show
Virginia Beach, VA
Drake Mallard Duck (First Place)
Woodcock (First Place & 2nd BEST OF SHOW - Open Class)

1995

Wings & Water Festival
Stone Harbor, NJ
1/8 Scale Bobwhite Quail (First Place - Open Class)

Ward World Wildfowl Art
Ocean City, MD
American Woodcock (Third Place - Open Class)

East Carolina Wildfowl Guild
Washington, NC
Peregrine Falcon sitting on a Quail (First Place & BEST OF SHOW - Open Class)
Drake Mallard Duck (First Place - Open Class)
Common Snipe (First Place - Open Class)
1/4 Scale Scale Great Horned Owl (First Place - Open Class)

1994

North Jersey W.C. Show
Summerville, NJ
Merlin Hawk (First Place - Open Class)

Toms River Wildfowl Art Show
Toms River, NJ
1/4 Scale Great Horned Owl (First Place - Open Class)

1993

Easter Decoy Show
Chincoteague, VA
Three 1/8 Scale Bobwhite Quails (First Place - Open Class)

1992

Wings & Water Festival
Stone Harbor, NJ
1/2 Scale Peregrine Falcon (First Place - Open Class)

1991

North Jersey W.C. Show
Wharton, NJ
1/2 Scale Black-necked Stilts (First Place - Open Class)

Toms River Wildfowl Art Show
Toms River, NJ
Sharp-shinned Hawk (First Place - Open Class)

1990

Long Beach Island W.C. Show
Beach Haven, NJ
Pair of Common Snipes (First Place - Open Class)

Garden State Wildfowl Art Show
Red Bank, NJ
Female Kestrel Hawk (Second Place - Open Class)

Toms River Wildfowl Art Show
Toms River, NJ
Ruffed Grouse (First Place - Open Class)

1989

Cape May Wildfowl Art Show
Cape May, NJ
Woodcock (First Place - Open Class)

South Jersey W.C. Show
Wheaton Village, NJ
Bobwhite Quail (First Place - Intermediate)

1988

South Jersey W.C. Show
Medford, NJ
Drake Green-winged Teal Duck (First Place - Novice Class)