Close-up Photographer of the Year 2025
Revealing the hidden wonder of the world
- Deadline: 13 July 2025
- Entry fee: £22 | 6 images // £30 | 15 images // £40 | 30 image // £5 | Young CUPOTY (15 images)
- Website: http://www.cupoty.com
Close-up Photographer of the Year (CUPOTY) returns for its seventh edition! Celebrating the art of close-up, macro and micro photography, we would like to invite you to help us reveal the hidden wonder of the world through your pictures.
There are 11 categories to choose from:
Animals
Insects
Invertebrate Portrait
Butterflies & Dragonflies
Arachnids
Underwater
Plants
Fungi & Slime Moulds
Intimate Landscape
Studio Art
Young CUPOTY for entrants aged 17 or under.
Put your best work in front of our expert jury and you could win the £2,500 ($3,300) cash prize and Close-up Photographer of the Year trophy.
Get featured in our celebrated shortlist galleries (one for each category) and reach a global audience.
Make the Top 100 winners gallery and get seen by millions of people around the world through newspapers, magazines, websites, newsletters and social media.
Be a part of our annual eBook and tell the story behind your picture.
Every entrant receives a FREE copy of the £19.99 CUPOTY 7 eBook.
We can’t wait to share your wonder!
Prizes:
Overall winner
• £2,500
• Universal License for all three Affinity apps (Photo, Designer + Publisher) for macOS, Windows & iPadOS
• Topaz Labs Photo AI 4
• Trophy
• Digital certificate and badge
• Featured in the CUPOTY 7 ebook
• Global media coverage
Category winners
• £250
• Universal License for all three Affinity apps (Photo, Designer + Publisher) for macOS, Windows & iPadOS
• Cynustech Diffuser (to the Insects winner)
• Digital certificate and badge
• Featured in the CUPOTY 7 ebook
• Global media coverage
Young CUPOTY winner
• SIGMA 105mm F2.8 DG DN MACRO | Art lens worth £700
• Universal License for all three Affinity apps (Photo, Designer + Publisher) for macOS, Windows & iPadOS
• Trophy
• Digital certificate and badge
• Featured in the CUPOTY 7 ebook
• Global media coverage
The Top 100
• Featured in the CUPOTY 7 ebook
• Digital certificate and badge
• Global media coverage
Shortlist
• Digital certificate and badge
• Global media coverage
Every entrant
• FREE copy of the CUPOTY 7 eBook worth £19.99
Eligibility:
Open to all
Copyrights & Usage Rights:
Close-up Photographer of the Year respects your rights and does not claim copyright for pictures you submit to the Competition, you will retain full copyright for each entry.
Any winning, Top 100 or shortlisted pictures can be used for any purpose directly connected with the Competition for a period of five years following the date of the announcement of the winners.
Theme:
Abstract Alternative process Black and White Documentary Environmental Fine Art Landscape Macro/Micro Multi-categories Nature Seascapes Underwater Urban Wildlife