Photography Contest
2025 Nature’s Best Photography International Awards
Deadline |
CLOSEDTheme |
Nature. Several categoriesTerritory |
WorldwideEligibility |
Open to allEntry Fees |
$30 Adult / Free Youth entryPrizes |
Cash PrizeYou are invited to enter your best photos and videos in the 2025 Nature's Best Photography International Awards! Cash prizes and awards totaling $20,000!
Submissions are reviewed by our Judging Panel of experts in photography, wildlife, conservation, and film. Winners are selected for overall appeal, originality, conformity to rules, and technical quality.
We are seeking dramatic portraits, animal behavior, humorous displays, intimate interactions, young animals at play, macro closeups, sweeping landscapes, and other creative approaches to the art of nature photography to convey the beauty and diversity of nature in the following categories: Wildlife • Animal Antics • Art In Nature • Birds • Conservation Story • Conservation Single Image • Landscapes • Ocean Views • Outdoor Adventure • Polar Passion • Nature In Motion/Video.
$20,000 USD IN CASH PRIZES & awards
GRAND PRIZE: $5,000 USD Best overall single image. Cash prize, Awards Plaque, publication in the Awards Edition of Nature’s Best Photography magazine, online presentations, and portfolio feature.
YOUTH PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR: $1,000 USD Best single image by a photographer 18 years of age or younger as of March 26, 2025. Cash prize or the equivalent in equipment, Awards Plaque, publication in the Awards Edition, online presentations, and portfolio feature.
CATEGORY WINNERS: $1,000 USD each Best in each category. Cash prize, Awards Plaque, publication in the Awards Edition, online galleries.
CATEGORY HIGHLY HONORED: Finalists in each category. Awards Certificate, publication in the Awards Edition, and online presentations.
Submissions are reviewed by our Judging Panel of experts in photography, wildlife, conservation, and film. Winners are selected for overall appeal, originality, conformity to rules, and technical quality.
We are seeking dramatic portraits, animal behavior, humorous displays, intimate interactions, young animals at play, macro closeups, sweeping landscapes, and other creative approaches to the art of nature photography to convey the beauty and diversity of nature in the following categories: Wildlife • Animal Antics • Art In Nature • Birds • Conservation Story • Conservation Single Image • Landscapes • Ocean Views • Outdoor Adventure • Polar Passion • Nature In Motion/Video.
$20,000 USD IN CASH PRIZES & awards
GRAND PRIZE: $5,000 USD Best overall single image. Cash prize, Awards Plaque, publication in the Awards Edition of Nature’s Best Photography magazine, online presentations, and portfolio feature.
YOUTH PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR: $1,000 USD Best single image by a photographer 18 years of age or younger as of March 26, 2025. Cash prize or the equivalent in equipment, Awards Plaque, publication in the Awards Edition, online presentations, and portfolio feature.
CATEGORY WINNERS: $1,000 USD each Best in each category. Cash prize, Awards Plaque, publication in the Awards Edition, online galleries.
CATEGORY HIGHLY HONORED: Finalists in each category. Awards Certificate, publication in the Awards Edition, and online presentations.
Featured Photo Contest
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Best Photography Contests in 2025
Each year, there are hundreds of photography competitions all over the world, so we've decided to select for you the best of the best! Our selection of the best photo contests in 2025 is thoroughly curated to help you, whether you are a professional photographer or an amateur, to help find your next creative breakthrough. These all-star competitions offer the greatest opportunities for international exposure and/or incredible financial benefits. Some of them are closing soon, so get your photo submissions in!
ENDS 10/21/25
Be Featured in our November 2025 Online Juried Solo Exhibition!
ENDS 10/31/25
If you're a passionate amateur or professional photographer, we invite you to share your photographic project with us.
ENDS 10/31/25
Selected by a jury composed of five professionals from the fields of photography and publishing, the winner of the Henri Cartier-Bresson Self-Published PhotoBook Award will receive a prize of €8,000.
ENDS 11/02/25
The best photographs will be presented in an exhibition in the Principality of Monaco, then touring in various locations around the world, as well as in a high-quality photography book.
ENDS 11/06/25
1854 Media presents the sixth edition of Female in Focus call for entries. This is an international award that celebrates the remarkable talent and creativity of women photographers.
ENDS 12/01/25
The Rencontres d’Arles is pleased to announce the launch of the 2026 Discovery Award. Jury award of €15,000 and public award of €5,000
ENDS 12/01/25
Our Annual Photo Contest is now open for submissions, and we’re looking for the best of the best. Grand Prize: $2,500,
ENDS 01/06/26
First place receives Sony Digital Imaging equipment and inclusion in the Sony World Photography Awards exhibition and book
ENDS 01/06/26
Dedicated to young photographers under 19 years-old - first prize is top Sony digital imaging equipment plus benefit from global exposure
ENDS 01/06/26
Rewarding the best single images! Enter for free and you could win $5,000, top Sony digital imaging equipment plus more!
ENDS 01/13/26
Rewarding the best photo series worldwide! Enter for free and you could win $25,000, a range of Sony digital imaging equipment plus more!
ENDS 02/15/26
Art is born out of passion. Fine Art photography is a perfect instrument, which allows a person to communicate with the world and share their vision. It results from the author's deep sensitivity, a need to express feelings through image.
ENDS 03/31/26
Entries are open worldwide to photographers using an iPhone or iPad. Photos should not be published previously anywhere. The posts on personal accounts (Facebook, Instagram etc.) are eligible.
ENDS 05/17/26
MonoVisions Photography Awards are an international open call for photographers using black and white medium to express their visual language.